I'll be speaking at the Tech Podcast Round Table tomorrow, Saturday July 12th at 4pm EDT. Details about the show can be found on Geek News Central.

I've been asked to talk about LiveTimer, give a brief demo, and answer questions. Anyone can participate in the Round Table (just follow the instructions in the link above), so please feel free to join us.

Thanks very much to Andy McCaskey of Slashdot Review for inviting me on the show.

UPDATE: The video is now up at TechPodcasts.com.

As we posted on the LiveTimer News, we're proud to announce that LiveTimer's Beta period is complete!

We certainly haven't rushed the Beta period, which began in March 2007. We decided to continue the Beta while working on what we consider to be critical features for any paid online service: downloadable account backups, which can be used to restore accounts, and a developers' API, which provides almost unlimited integration opportunities.

Thanks again to all our Beta users who have helped shape LiveTimer. We hope you'll continue to work with us to improve our service for years to come!

Sorry for the lack of recent postings to this blog. We've been quite absorbed in the development of LiveTimer.com as we work towards the completion of the Beta period. It's been a very productive time as we incorporate insightful feedback from our users with our own ideas, and it's been quite rewarding to see the results.

The LiveTimer News discusses some of the recent updates to LiveTimer.com:

• Some Features for the Forgetful - New features have been added to retrieve forgotten account names and passwords.
• New Report Features - Reports can now be "memorized" for quick viewing at a later date. Furthermore, recently viewed reports are now being tracked and can be viewed again with a single click.
• New "Activity" Classification - An optional secondary classification for time entries has been added. Named "activity" by default, this classification is independent of the primary classifications already available (i.e. clients, projects and tasks).
• ID Fields - We've added custom ID fields for classifications and users. IDs can be used to keep track of your data, and may reference IDs that you use elsewhere for project management or accounting purposes.
• Bimonthly Report Filters - Reports can now be filtered by the periods "This half month" and "Last half month".
• New Bulk Time Entry and Time Summary Views - Time can now be entered "in bulk" one day or one week at a time. While bulk entry may not be as accurate for tracking time as the Timer, we think you'll find that this is the most efficient way to make many time entries at once. In addition, we've embedded a Summary view within the Time Ledger. This view displays a filtered time summary report that is updated automatically as you make Timer entries.

Thanks again to everyone who's provided feedback thus far. We still have a few more updates planned before the Beta ends.

We have just launched the LiveTimer News, which is devoted to the latest news, features and updates for LiveTimer.com.

One of our first announcements is that the Beta period for LiveTimer.com will be ending June 30, 2007 [Update: We've extended the Beta period - please stay posted for a new end date]. We're going to be quite busy between now and then implementing a number of features. So keep your eyes on the News site, or better yet, subscribe to the new RSS feed.

It's been great to hear from people who have started using LiveTimer.com since it was launched a few weeks ago. Thankfully, the feedback we've received has been quite positive and the suggestions for improving the service have been really valuable.

We're also finding value in the feedback we're not getting.

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Today we're announcing pricing for LiveTimer.com: $5 per active user per month.

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We are excited to announce the public beta launch of LiveTimer.com, our new online time tracking service.

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