Of course, I couldn’t stop there. Over time, I added features like screenshot capture, keystroke logging, and client/project dropdowns. By the early 2000s, Loggit had grown into a fully functional, marketable product. There was just one minor problem: I had no idea how to sell it.
Then life happened.
In 2006, we launched DB Gurus, and Loggit was unceremoniously ignored. We got busy, building custom database systems, and growing the business. By the late 2010s, we started using TimeDoctor—a decent enough time-tracking tool that helped us manage our staff and bring time entries into our job control and billing systems.
TimeDoctor has its strengths. We like the activity tracking, screenshots, and auto-idle detection. It’s like a digital supervisor that never sleeps. But it also comes with a few drawbacks:
- The monthly cost is annoying for a 25-person team.
- The integration is flaky, requiring constant maintenance and some caffeine-fuelled troubleshooting.
- Worst of all, TimeDoctor allows tickets to be accidentally duplicated across clients, causing issues with our ticket-based workflow.
So in 2025, we made a decision: it’s time to bring Loggit back from the dead!
This time, we’re doing it properly. Loggit is being rebuilt from the ground up—fully integrated into our job control and billing system, and packed with features we’ve learned are essential after two decades in the trenches.
The New Loggit Time Recording Software Includes:
- Keystroke counts, mouse movement tracking, and screenshots—the holy trinity of visibility.
- Client dropdown pulled directly from our job control system (so no more duplicates, mismatches or invalid selections).
- Ticket dropdown will show only what a staff member can select, based on the selected client and some clever business logic.
- Warnings if someone tries to work on a ticket they shouldn’t—because mistakes happen, but they shouldn’t happen quietly.
- Real-time reporting so managers can see who’s working on what (and what they’re actually doing).
- Instant KPIs so staff get live feedback and performance insights. Think of it as the FitBit of productivity.
Loggit is back. Smarter, faster, better integrated—and without the hefty subscription fee.
Watch this space!
