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IN THIS ISSUE
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- TimeWise for Windows International edition betas now available on
Web site
- TimeWise for Macintosh now easier to download and install
- You Asked Us: Planning for profit when hiring outside help
- Technical Tip: Faster timesheet entry
- Share Your TimeWise Tip and win free telephone support!
- How to get personal attention from us
- Back issues of It's About TimeWise now available on our Web site
TIMEWISE GOES INTERNATIONAL
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Since we've launched our Web site, we've discovered that people from
all over the world are trying out TimeWise. However, if you live outside
the United States or Canada, you would have likely been frustrated that
TimeWise does not behave well when it comes to issues like local telephone
number formats, currency formats, and a host of other issues.
So we have created English-language international editions of
TimeWise for Windows and TimeWise Light for Windows that are now available
in beta test versions for you to download.
The international editions include profiles for many specific
countries in the world, as well as a general international setting which
will work anywhere. Even users in North America will find it useful, in
that it takes into account your personal preferences on date formats and
other such issues.
So far, we have included settings for Australia, Canada (including
specific settings for Quebec and for the Atlantic Provinces), France, Ireland,
Israel, New Zealand, Panama, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United
States. With your help, we'll add more.
We've worked hard to have the profiles for each region address
local conventions on addressing, phone numbering, tax rules, currency formats,
and a host of other regional issues. And we want your feedback on how we
can improve upon what we've done to make sure that TimeWise is the perfect
fit for your organization, no matter where you are located. So, please
tell us if there is anything we can do to improve upon the profile for
your region...or if we have not included a profile for your region and
you would like us to do so, please contact us: we will be happy to do so
at no charge to you.
To get your beta trial edition of TimeWise for Windows international,
go to http://www.davidberman.com/timewise/timewise.htm .
To get your beta trial edition of TimeWise Light for Windows
international, go to http://www.davidberman.com/timewise/light.htm .
If you have already installed TimeWise Light or TimeWise for Windows, you
can instead download a patch to upgrade you to the international edition
at http://www.davidberman.com/timewise/patch.htm .
An international edition of TimeWise for Macintosh is coming
soon.
We are also open to inquiries
regarding potential international distributors for TimeWise.
TIMEWISE FOR MACINTOSH NOW EASIER TO DOWNLOAD
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We received numerous comments from people who found our trial edition
of TimeWise for Macintosh download and installation too cumbersome because
it was spread over four files that had to be copied to floppy disk before
installation. So we have streamlined the procedure: the product is now
available as a single file download, so you only have to get one file,
with no need to build floppies... simply download, double-click to extract
and install! A few rare problems with the installer have been fixed as
well.
The four-disk version of the download is still available, for
those who prefer to break up their download into four steps or wish to
end up with a portable set of installer disks. Either way, if you were
frustrated the last time you wanted to try out TimeWise for Macintosh,
we urge you to give it another go.
YOU ASKED US:
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Tom Bellman of Toronto, Ontario, asked us...
Question: I want to hire someone to do a project which I will be overseeing.
How much (%) should I add to the rate to cover my
1) risk,
2) time monitoring their work by daily phone conversations and
3) occasionally visiting the client for an hour or two ( once or twice
a week)?
I have no idea how to go about factoring this in and it sounds like
Timewise does just that.
Answer: TimeWise will certainly help you with this. However, you have
to walk through some choices, too.
1) To account for the risk (and administration) you are taking
on, consider marking up the person between 20% and 100%, depending on how
confident you are of their quality and of their accuracy in estimating
their own time on the project. Before adding the percentage, be sure that
you have assessed the true cost of hiring the person, including all costs
associated with them (equipment, phone bills, taxis, payroll taxes, insurance...).
If the person will be on staff, you can add them as a TimeWise employee
and put the appropriate figures into their employee profile... then represent
their hourly rate in Time Charges. Alternatively, you can choose to set
them up as a vendor with a vendor profile, and then charge their service
provided as an Item Charge with the appropriate Markup set.
2) To account for your monitoring time, assume you will spend
a minimum of 1/4 hour each day. Thus, multiply the number of days in the
contract x your hourly rate x 1/4 hour. In TimeWise, you can set up a new
task in Setup:Tasks with the appropriate hourly rate, then use this category
in the Time Charge command to calculate the daily 15 minute time event.
3) Similar to the monitoring time, set up a task category called
Client Visits with your hourly rate. For estimating, multiply the number
of weeks x 1.5 visits x 1.5 hours x your hourly rate. Don't forget to include
travel time, perhaps at a lower hourly rate.
Add 1) + 2) + 3) to get your result!
We enjoy the opportunity to help you plan profit into every project.
Continue to send us your questions and we'll keep sending you our answers!
TECHNICAL TIP: FASTER TIMESHEET ENTRY
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Wouldn't it be great if TimeWise could correctly guess the correct
department every time you are entering a time charge? Try this... the Department
radio button cleverly defaults to the Main Department setting in the employee's
employee profile (choose Employees from the Setup menu). So, if you set
the Main Department to the department in which the majority of a person's
time charges are categorized, you'll reduce a step almost every time you
post a time charge.
SHARE YOUR TIMEWISE TIP AND WIN FREE SUPPORT
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Do you have a tip to share with other TimeWise users? Send it in...if
published, we'll give you three months of free personal telephone support.
Or let us know how you think we can improve TimeWise and how you have integrated
our system into your organization.
LATEST FREE PATCHES TO TIMEWISE AVAILABLE
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You can get free updates to the latest maintenance release of TimeWise
from our Web site. Installing patches will not harm your existing TimeWise
information in any way. However, depending on your situation, it may or
may not be worth the bother... a summary of the latest tweaks appears on
our patch Web page ( http://www.davidberman.com/timewise/patch.htm ) so you can
decide whether to patch your TimeWise.
Don't forget that you can register for automatic e-mail notification
whenever a new patch is posted by clicking a button on the patch page.
HOW TO GET PERSONAL ATTENTION FROM US
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You can send mail to "It's About TimeWise" at editor @timewise.net .
To get more information or to download shareware, free 30-day trials, patches for registered users, or to inquire about redistributing TimeWise shareware or trial editions, visit the TimeWise Web site at http://www.timewise.net or email info@timewise.net .
or write us at:
David Berman Developments Inc.
283 Ferndale Avenue
Ontario Canada K1Z 6P9
Or fax: +1 613-482-4777
Or phone: Toll-free sales line 1-800-665-1809 (North America)
(613) 748-1453 (country code 01 if outside North America)
Or email: info@timewise.net
ABOUT "It's About TimeWise"
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"It's About TimeWise" is a free bulletin to help TimeWise users and
potential users keep planning success into every job. Copyright 1997 David
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