New edition of 88 Miles released!
Posted by Myles Eftos on January 25, 2008 at 10:39
This release of 88 Miles has quite a number of improvements and bug fixes which I will outline is detail below — as always if you have any suggestions or comments, drop me a line!
Saasu.com integration
Many people have been asking for invoicing from 88 Miles, but since it is really outside of where I'd like to see 88 Miles go (The strap line is Simple time tracking for a reason) a third party has come to the rescue! Saasu | The web finance engine is an online accounting system that can deal with everything from invoices to payroll to inventory. The integration allows you to create invoices straight from your 88 Miles timesheets!
To enable it, you will need to have a full Saasu account. Once you do, click on “My Membership” > “Manage Files and Users” and take note of the WSAccessKey and the FileUid. Then, back at 88 Miles, click 3rd Party Apps and then Enable your access (If you are currently logged in you can save time by clicking here). Enter the access key and file uid in the fields provided.
You can now sync your companies and contacts (Click on “List companies”) and create invoices by creating a time sheet report.
OpenID support
88 Miles is now OpenID aware, so you can use your third-party OpenID to login to 88 Miles. If you have an existing 88 Miles account, you will need to claim your ID. Go to the Identites page and add you unique OpenID URL. You can even claim more than one identity!
If you aren't aware of what OpenID is, head over to http://www.openid.net
New REST endpoints
There has been quite a bit of work on the REST API — it should now be much more consistent (i.e the data that the server sends and the data that the server expects is the same). To facilitate this, the end points have changed slightly. I would recommend checking out the developer page for all of the details.
If you aren't a developer, but would like to take advantage of the 88 Miles API, MadPilot Productions is available for your integration needs. Whether you just need some scripts to migrate across to 88 Miles, or you want to modify an existing system, MadPilot can do it for you at a reasonable rate.
Pricing changes
After reviewing the different plan, we have decided to reduce the discount of the quarterly and yearly plans. They are still great value with 10% and 20% discounts respectively. For those of you already on the plans, the change will come in to effect from the first billing cycle AFTER July. Don't worry, you will get an email reminding you later on down the track!
New Server
Finally, the biggest change is our new server! We have moved over to a Joyent accelerator, which are specifically tuned to the Ruby on Rails platform. This means everything will be quicker — so now you should be spending even LESS time tracking and more time doing.
Well that's it — I hope you find the changes useful. As always, please send your feedback and suggestions via the website. Happy tracking!
Myles
