{"id":561,"date":"2007-04-20T00:41:38","date_gmt":"2007-04-20T04:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/the_yatimer_a_v"},"modified":"2007-04-20T00:41:38","modified_gmt":"2007-04-20T04:41:38","slug":"the_yatimer_a_v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=561","title":{"rendered":"The yaTimer – a very handy utility"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yatimer\"<\/a>
\nIf you are a freelance consultant, writer, or designer, this versatile software timer may be what you have been looking for. It makes keeping track of multitasking activities almost painless.<\/p>\n

I have been searching for a better way to keep track of how much time I spend on various client projects and in a recent article,  I included a list of the must-have features<\/a> I was looking for:<\/p>\n

Independent software vendor Nir Dobovizki of NBD-Tech read my article and created a software timer he calls yaTimer<\/a> that met every one of the requirements I listed.<\/p>\n

He left a comment on my blog post, so I downloaded the counter and have been using it ever since.<\/p>\n

It can be any size I want from a business-card-sized timer in the corner of my computer screen to a full-screen display visible from across the room.<\/p>\n

Nir did an excellent job creating this timer and he is very responsive to suggestions and comments. <\/p>\n

The only shortcomings in this first version of the yaTimer are my fault. When I wrote the list of must-have features, I didn’t consider several necessary features that I really depend on, like counting down as well as up and being able to preset the count to any value I need.<\/p>\n

Nir says not to worry, he is already working on this and the next version will have those features.<\/p>\n

This timer is head and shoulders over any other timer for my kind of work. I usually have several irons in the fire and this timer lets me switch to a new task  or freeze everything with one click. This comes in very handy when I get a phone call or have to stop and greet the UPS lady.<\/p>\n

This timer will pay for itself in less than a week if you are billing on an hourly basis and need to keep accurate records of what time is spent on what projects. It is available as a free download with a 45 day trial period.<\/p>\n

I think Nir Dobovizki is the kind of software developer we need to encourage. He also has a blog<\/a> in which he claims his inspiration for naming this product came from the pen of Scott Adams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Visit Nir’s Software Company<\/a> and tell him I sent you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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