As a freelance contractor, one of my biggest challenges is accurate billing.  My clients will call at a moment’s notice, with the expectation that I will drop everything and focus on their needs, and at times I have gotten so interested in what they are having me do that I simply forget to write down when I started or what I did.

The problem really comes when its time to bill them, because I do want to make the money I am due, but I don’t want to overcharge, and its always a nice thing to have notes detailing the work in order to justify the charges, if a question arises.

I’ve been currently using Dropbox as a time tracking tool, by saving a shared notepad text file between my home and work systems. But this isn’t much of a step up from how I did things before.  Today I discovered Chrometa, and at first glance, it looks like a winner.

Their site says:

Chrometa automatically keeps track of your work time — so you won’t have to. Uncover billable time that fell through the cracks, reconcile your billing in a snap, and supercharge your productivity.

I’ll still have to go ahead and install it, but its 2 am, so I’ll have to fill you in more tomorrow.