While we’re literally mere hours from the Mac App Store launch in MacStories time, I wanted to show you all a nifty little utility that you can get your hands on tomorrow. While I don’t like the idea of developers simply porting iOS apps to the desktop (I’m afraid of “gunking up” OS X), I do like the idea that small developers such as myself can get encourage to just start making things and have almost instant visibility. Chronos is one of those apps, a tool made to fill a missing spot on the OS X desktop that keeps track of how long you spend on a project, and its various tasks. What’s really neat is that it’s super simple to use: add a project, a few tasks, and start the timer. If you need to, you can add time to an existing task just in case you forgot to set the clock when you began coding away. Little indie apps like this are what I’ll be looking forward to: I like seeing good ideas that fill a gap and can be improved on over time.
Preview: Chronos Is A Simple Time Tracking Utility Heading To The Mac App Store
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