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I'm currently contracting with a parasol umbrella and thinking about going ltd, an engineering buddy recommended <link removed> - anyone here used them? or should I stick with clearsky?
<admin note>Link was for inni accounts. Google them if you want to see the site</admin note>
Skype, a sudoko app (or two), itunes remote (combined with airtunes it rocks), OmniFocus, Paper Toss. Good thread here for apps - http://www.inniaccounts.co.uk/blog/iphone-apps-contractors-freelancer
It's great. I came to blows in a previous company as it goes against the more formal reporting features of something like business objects. It allows you to pull in multiple data sources quickly and easily and start reporting. Drill down features are A1+!
It's a common problem with mobile broadband - thousands of connections are NAT'ed to a handful of IPs. If you have one abusive user and the IP gets blocked the service can be interrupted for all the other users. Sometimes when using google search on VF mobile broadband you'll get the "p*ss...
Looked into it for a recent project but the overhead of learning objective-c was too great. In the end we used http://www.jqtouch.com/ to deliver the web-app to the client, with a native-app feel
Researched the same the other day, here's my links:
Try:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_project_management_software for starters
There's a good thread here:
http://forum.freelanceswitch.com/topic.php?id=8133#post-81039
Co Mind:
http://www.comindwork.com/
Redmine - free...