Buzzword© is an online Word Processor created by Adobe©. This online flash application is free to everyone who has an adobe account, if not signed up then registration is as simple as creating an account using your email and selecting a password.
Adobe© Buzzword© provides all the key features of a standard word processor including lists, font styles, tables, and inserting of graphics. The real power of Buzzword© comes in it’s team collaboration functionality. As an online application the documents you create are not stored locally on your computer meaning you will not have to send the documents to others via email or by ftp, instead you simply grant an individual access to the document by typing in their email addresses. As adobe accounts are keyed on the email address this is all the information it needs.
When sharing documents with other team members or individuals you can grant various roles and permissions. The three roles currently allowed are co-editor, reviewer, and reader. These grant the individuals full edit capabilities, notation, and read access respectively. Again as the Word Processor application is online they can instantly see any changes made to the document.
The second key feature for team collaboration is the Document History. Adobe keeps the previously saved versions of documents. This allows you to roll back any unwanted changes and to also easily see what changes were made by a team member.
If you find yourself constantly emailing and merging documents then Adobe© Buzzword© is a free tool that may be of assistance. To learn more about Buzzword© you can access their online site, or to get started you can access the Buzzword© Online Word Processor directly.
Doc Sharing, Team Collaboration, Word Processing
What is Harvest?
Harvest is, simply put, an online time tracking application. Harvest works on the basic concept that your time is recorded on a per project basis and that each project belongs to a client. This allows you to easily generate an invoice for a project or at the client level depending on your own billing needs. In addition your time can be recorded against tasks to get detailed reports on where your time is spent on a project. Some of the key features of Harvest are outline below.
Features
- Time Tracking
Harvest has an online interface for entering your time as well as desktop applications.
- Budgets
Harvest allows you to set budgets on a project or for specific tasks. Allowing you to easily see what projects are over budget or determining what tasks are consistently over budget to determine if you need to allocate more resources or take further action
- Reports
Harvest has various reports from project statuses, invoices, expenses, and detailed time tracking of users, tasks, and projects.
- Quickbooks Integration
Harvest has the built in ability to export time sheets to Quickbooks if you use it for billing and reporting
- Basecamp Integration
built in integration with basecamp project management software
- API
Harvest provides both a Time Tracking API and an extended REST API for easily accessing and managing data. Allowing Harvest Users to easily integrate harvest reports or account management into their own applications.
Summary
Harvest is available with 3 different pricing plans, ranging in price from $12 to $90 per month. For those just starting out they offer a 30 day free trial and a free account that allows you to track 4 active clients and 2 active projects. Visit Harvest’s website to learn more and sign-up today.
Harvest, time tracking