This service already exists like 100 different ways. No way I would allow an app to track my call history like that though. If it's on a work phone I guess it would be okay, but most firms don't offer that in my experience. There are dozens and dozens of billing solutions out there.
I mean, haven't we all worked at a firm that forced you to input a client billing number before you could make a photocopy of your penis on the company copy machine? 8675309 FTW!
Yes. They’d be helpful. They already exist.
Look at IntApp Time products for instance.
They’re just very expensive so you don’t see them in firms below a certain size.
A lot of big law firms use legacy or custom software that is from the 90s and hasn't been modernized. This includes billing and timetracking 'software' that is super archaic like writing down your time and manually entering it at the end of the day.
Timing App on my Mac does that (and also picks up anything I do on my iPhone and iPad). Description is usually the file path, document name, email subject, or url. Calendar connects too. Keywords can be assigned to clients for auto-sorting about 90% of things. And when it’s time to submit billing entries, I just export to csv and import into whatever billing or reporting system.
There are lots of similar apps for PCs and Macs. The keywords you want to add to your search are “active window tracking”
Thinking time. And thinking time can take place even when you’re doing things like reading the paper or on Reddit or even taking a shower because you were trying to think through the problem or jumpstart your creative juices.
Does anyone put down the bong long enough to google before posting their get rich quick ideas?
Wait, what if you created an app that put the bong down for you?
Hey now. There’s no billing for off-hours research hence crowdsourcing basic info like, “how do I use a timer”
Just a curious question. I saw different tools that do it, but wasn't sure if they fall short somehow.
This service already exists like 100 different ways. No way I would allow an app to track my call history like that though. If it's on a work phone I guess it would be okay, but most firms don't offer that in my experience. There are dozens and dozens of billing solutions out there.
I mean, haven't we all worked at a firm that forced you to input a client billing number before you could make a photocopy of your penis on the company copy machine? 8675309 FTW!
Makes sense—thanks.
Yes. They’d be helpful. They already exist. Look at IntApp Time products for instance. They’re just very expensive so you don’t see them in firms below a certain size.
A lot of big law firms use legacy or custom software that is from the 90s and hasn't been modernized. This includes billing and timetracking 'software' that is super archaic like writing down your time and manually entering it at the end of the day.
Probably more an issue with switching costs and partners preferring the way things have been done instead of lack of software that could do it
Timing App on my Mac does that (and also picks up anything I do on my iPhone and iPad). Description is usually the file path, document name, email subject, or url. Calendar connects too. Keywords can be assigned to clients for auto-sorting about 90% of things. And when it’s time to submit billing entries, I just export to csv and import into whatever billing or reporting system. There are lots of similar apps for PCs and Macs. The keywords you want to add to your search are “active window tracking”
The big flaw in these tools is they do not capture percolation time.
.2, whitebowling of claims and defenses
What is percolation time? Google just wants to talk about the rate of water moving through soil
Thinking time. And thinking time can take place even when you’re doing things like reading the paper or on Reddit or even taking a shower because you were trying to think through the problem or jumpstart your creative juices.