WORK[etc] Web App Blog

• 31 changes, fixes and suggestions go live.

  19
  Apr
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Thu, 19 Apr @ 12:18 PM

  On Monday we rolled out the first batch of our massive user-experience refinement project. As a reminder this project is stuffed full of all those tiny "niggly" bits you come across from time-to-time. Tiny issues tha... | 5 comments | more >>

• XERO Beta Release. Support Jobs. Dashboard Redesign

  11
  Apr
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Wed, 11 Apr @ 3:03 PM

  Huge news. We now have the next beta release ready to go. We need 50 Xero users to sign up for it here: Click here for Xero Beta The form will stay open until Friday or until we've got 50 registrations. Priority will... | 13 comments | more >>

• LAUNCHED: Permissions, Saved Views, Custom Fields and about 100 other things

  05
  Mar
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Mon, 5 Mar @ 2:03 PM

  Over the weekend we pushed out what is perhaps the biggest update to WORKetc since launching the original beta version. There is too much to cover here, so what I've done below is called out the highlights and included ... | 22 comments | more >>

• Sales Pipeline Preview * Progress Update * More Jobs

  27
  Feb
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Mon, 27 Feb @ 2:38 PM

  Part of the impending Sales and CRM update is the inclusion of a new sales pipeline report. For those new to the concept of a Sales Pipeline or Funnel, it is a chart that provides for a visual representation of your ent... | 7 comments | more >>

• Get your beta invite. Hardware upgrades.

  12
  Feb
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 12 Feb @ 12:10 PM

  Long time readers of this blog already know that we're teetering on the edge of a major release. The first part of this release includes both new modules and improved tools: - Improved Custom Fields - Saved Views ... | 4 comments | more >>

• Xero & Quickbooks Desktop Updates

  06
  Feb
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Mon, 6 Feb @ 10:29 AM

  Our 2012 Roadmap has the public beta release for Quickbooks Desktop and Xero integrations slated as the last week in January. UPDATE: New beta invites for XERO accounced. The bad news is that we're running a few wee... | 15 comments | more >>

• New: Custom Field Groups Explained. Plus we're hiring.

  17
  Jan
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Tue, 17 Jan @ 7:46 AM

  An incredibly powerful inclusion in this mammoth release we're working up to is the new custom fields tool. WORKetc has had custom fields for a long time, but their heritage was hack-like; they just always felt like the... | 9 comments | more >>

• 2012 Roadmap - huge leaps forward

  08
  Jan
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 8 Jan @ 8:59 AM

  This will the third product road map we've made public. The first two roadmaps (January 2011 and September 2011) give some interesting insight into just how far we've actually come these last 12 months. Our roadmap i... | 12 comments | more >>

• Sneak Preview: New Table Tools and Layout

  04
  Dec
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 4 Dec '11 @ 12:30 PM

  Daniel Barnett [2012-02-13] UPDATE: We're now taking registrations for the beta A really cool part of this mammoth update we're prepping is the new data grid (table) tool. Currently WORKetc dictates how you see your d... | 17 comments | more >>

• Xero Beta - Coming Soon

  24
  Nov
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Thu, 24 Nov '11 @ 4:01 PM

  Someone smart once told me that the first place business owners go to for advice is either their accountant or lawyer - ironically it was actually my accountant that told me this. It was this bit of advice ultimately b... | 37 comments | more >>

• Quickbooks (Desktop) Beta

  17
  Nov
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Thu, 17 Nov '11 @ 4:07 PM

  Early next week we'll be making available the WORKetc Add-in for Quickbooks Desktop (beta!). This will be a QuickBooks plug-in that installs itself under QuickBooks menu items with support for Windows Vista/Windows 7... | 39 comments | more >>

• Sales & CRM: Saved Views Coming Soon

  26
  Oct
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Wed, 26 Oct '11 @ 10:45 AM

  Daniel Barnett [2012-02-13] UPDATE: We're now taking registrations for the beta We have a lot of updates in development and as luck would have it, it seems they’ll all be out in the same week. So rather than breaking ... | 10 comments | more >>

• New Web Forms - *UPDATE: Now Live

  02
  Oct
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 2 Oct '11 @ 2:04 PM

  **Update - Now Live** We are close (as in this coming week) to making available the new web forms tool for WORKetc. Web forms are a critical part of WORKetc, enabling a link between your web site, getting information... | 10 comments | more >>

• Fluid Roadmap (Rest of 2011)

  12
  Sep
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Mon, 12 Sep '11 @ 4:30 PM

  January's Roadmap Back in January we released our first public and fluid roadmap. For the majority it was really well received however we did have some (now ex) customers who tried to turn the post into ammunition to p... | 11 comments | more >>

• Search and ye will find... in real time.

  04
  Sep
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 4 Sep '11 @ 4:39 PM

  Faster search, across all of WORKetc.Until yesterday, search in WORKetc used to be horrible. So much so that people (including myself) just stopped using it and eventually completely forgot it was there. Part of the p... | 9 comments | more >>

• Mobile Updates & Inc. Magazine (online) Article

  24
  Aug
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Wed, 24 Aug '11 @ 12:11 PM

  Just a quick update... - Android users would have already noticed a few updates over the weekend. These were all related to performance, speed. The iPhone version with similar updates is currently being reviewed by ... | 3 comments | more >>

• iPhone App & Recurring Tasks Now Available

  18
  Aug
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Thu, 18 Aug '11 @ 3:29 PM

  It seems like just yesterday (it was) that I was complaining about Apple taking its time to approve our App and because of this the WORKetc blog wasn't updated for a few weeks. Steve Jobs (obviously ...) keeps an eye on... | 15 comments | more >>

• Heads Down, Grinding Away

  17
  Aug
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Wed, 17 Aug '11 @ 3:02 PM

  I've been hearing a bit of chatter the last 2 days; concerns that we've suddenly gone very quiet on the blog front leading to rumors of some big announcement. Apologies for that. The reality is I've held off writing ... | 4 comments | more >>

• Get the Android App Here. More jobs on offer.

  25
  Jul
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Mon, 25 Jul '11 @ 6:25 PM

  Android App - get it now Continuing our mobile device roll-out, the WORKetc Native Android App (beta) can now be downloaded from the Android Marketplace. Simply search for WORKetc from the Marketplace App on your And... | 5 comments | more >>

• Mobile WORKetc - Beta 1 - Now Available

  10
  Jul
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 10 Jul '11 @ 10:16 AM

  Big news, mobile WORKetc beta 1 is now ready. From today a fully optimized mobile version of WORKetc is available for access on all web-enabled mobile phones. Firstly, just to recap on our mobile strategy: - Today:... | 22 comments | more >>

• Google Docs Integration - now in Beta for all!

  04
  Jul
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Mon, 4 Jul '11 @ 6:33 AM

  That's right, we've (finally) pushed Google Docs integration through to public beta as well as improvements to the File Attachment tool. Here's the low-down on everything Docs. What is Google Docs, Why Use It? Googl... | 6 comments | more >>

• Evernote + WORKetc = Less Errggghhh ... plus looking for a technical writer

  27
  Jun
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Mon, 27 Jun '11 @ 8:33 AM

  Debugging our iPhone App with Evernote At WORKetc we have an informal policy of always using images to describe bugs and user interface issues. Obviously a picture is worth a thousand words but more importantly with a ... | 3 comments | more >>

• Get Stuff into WORKetc Faster with Evernote

  14
  Jun
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Tue, 14 Jun '11 @ 8:55 AM

  I have a lot of ideas ... all the time. The more coffee I drink, the more ideas I have. And they come at the most inopportune times; In the shower, trying to get off to sleep, waiting for the next wave and again in th... | 11 comments | more >>

• Mobile Update & Other Stuff We're Working On

  05
  Jun
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 5 Jun '11 @ 4:18 PM

  Mobile Update Possibly by the end of next week we'll be making available the first mobile beta - it will be generic mobile web interface and include contacts, calendar, timesheets and ToDo's. As a reminder, this is our... | 14 comments | more >>

• Sales & CRM - Work in Progress - Part 1

  31
  May
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Tue, 31 May '11 @ 2:27 AM

  From 10,000 feet WORKetc has a very simple workflow which is useful to every single business on the planet: - Get the customer - Deliver to the customer - Bill the customer - Keep the customer - Repeat (and re... | 14 comments | more >>