We have subscription plans for every business and budget. To make your life even easier we are introducing annual billing option. No longer you have to report your expense every month, you can do it only once a year.

If you are the account owner then just head to your account page and choose the plan thats right for you.

We are glad to announce our first mobile version of Breeze.
The goal of the mobile version is to get you a quick overview what's happening in your projects.
You can:

• Access all your projects
• Read and leave comments
• Review and complete todos
• Assign tasks to people
• Log time and estimate work
• Tag tasks
• Set due dates

Breeze mobile has all the things you need when you're on the go.
Breeze works directly on your web browse - no apps required. Whether you are using a phone or tablet, 3 inch or 10 inch device, it doesn't matter. Just sign in to your Breeze account with the web browser on a popular mobile phone or tablet running iOS, Android or Windows Phone 8 and you will be taken to Breeze mobile.

You can also see the mobile site in action from your computer by going directly to the mobile site.

This week updates include a new view to the calendar - basic resource management.
This resource view shows you your team's workload, how are tasks distributed and if someone has too much or too little work.

You can just click on the calendar to add a new task to someone, it will get automatically assigned to that person.

All the other functionality is the same as the current calendar view. You can move tasks around, assign people, change name and move to different project.

Breeze gets better and better with every update, this time we have something special for everybody. The most request features - tagging and filtering.

Tagging

The tagging system is really easy to use - you don't have to create tags or delete them, no specially managing interface. Just open the task you wan't to tag and it type the tag names, if the tag exists then you can select it from the drop down. Otherwise, just type the tag name and it will be automatically created for you. The same is for deleting, if a tag is not attached to any card it will be automatically deleted.

You can create and tag tasks with multiple tags at once, separate the tag names with commas. Ex. tag1, tag2, tag2
Tags are unique to each project because projects can have different users.

Filtering

Filtering tasks helps you get a better overview whats going on and who's doing what. You can filter tasks on your project boards, just click the small gear on left of the screen and then the link "Filter tasks". Tasks can be filtered by color, tag and users.

Breeze remembers all your filters and when you come back to your board it will be automatically filtered.

Until now you could only archive projects but that is about to change. We just released an updated that allows you to also archive cards.

By default all cards are now archived instead of deleted, we also changed the link in the card modal window. If you archive a card it will keep all the stuff that is related to it (comments, dates, people etc ). Archived cards are visible at the bottom of each board, just click the "Archived cards" link. You can always bring archive cards back to the board by opening them and clicking the "bring it back" link.

If you want to permanently delete a card then click the trash icon in front of it in the archived cards list.

Reports and activiy stream
Archived cards can now be directly opened from reports and activity stream, before you could only see the card name. Active cards are bluish color and archived cards blackish color so you can easily distinguish them.

Calendar
Now you can see your archived tasks in the calendar. This is useful if you want to complete tasks and remove them from the board but still see the due dates in the calendar. Archived tasks are striped in color. If you want to remove tasks from the calendar also, then you have to permanently delete it, just click the trash icon again.

Let us know what you think and if something is unclear.

We just released a new feature for Breeze - activity stream.

The activity stream shows you everything that happens in your projects. It is loosely based on Facebook activity stream but we believe it is better. All the updates are in one column which makes getting an overview simple, you can just glance at the page and see what is happening. The activity types are the same that you are used to from the email notifications.

You can click on the user, project and task name and you will be taken right to it.

As you can see not all activity is logged in the stream. This is by design to keep the noise down and only show the important updates. Currently the following activity types are logged in the stream:

• Adding/deleting task
• Changing task name
• Adding/changing task description
• Moving tasks between lists
• Logging and estimating time
• Assigning task to users
• Adding and completing todos
• Adding attachments to tasks

By default the time format is 12 hour clock but you can change it to 24 hour clock by ticking the box in your profile page.

That's about it, let us know if you need more action type in the activity stream.

We’re finally ready to unveil the API for Breeze. The documentation is available from API page and also from the API server at http://api.letsbreeze.com

The API is a REST style API and uses JSON for serialization, it includes most of what’s available in the UI. You can create projects, tasks, comments, todos, add people and track time etc.
We plan to extend and adapt the API to allow access to more resources in the future. If you have special needs for an API, let us know. Write to rene@letsbreeze.com.

There are many tools for project management, all of them have different goals and functionality. Basically there are two types of software: horizontal and vertical. To quote Joel Spolsky:

Horizontal means that it can be used by people from all walks of life. Word processors and web browsers are horizontal. The software your dentist uses to torture you with drills is vertical.

In that sense the well known Basecamp and Trello tools are horizontal products that can be used for simple task management and organization. On the other hand, Breeze is more vertical product, that is meant for serious project management that allows you to manage scope, cost and time - the main constraints of project management. But still maintaing the simplicity and ease of use.

Breeze was created after I tried to use Trello and Basecamp and they failed solve my problems. They were good, but not good enough. Something was always missing. Breeze is Trello and Basecamp mashup that adds a lot of the missing functionality that is needed for everyday project management activities.

Here is a comparison of the main features of Breeze, Trello and Basecamp.

	Breeze	Trello	Basecamp
Agile principles
Kanban board
Unlimited users
Unlimited projects
Unlimited file storage
Email notifications
Calendar
iCalendar support
Time tracking
Reporting
Budgeting
Google Drive integration
Dropbox integration
CSV data export
Completed tasks analysis

As you can see Breeze is not a feature factory but it adds the subtle things that are really needed.

I'm happy to announce new integrations to Breeze. This time the focus is on attachments - from now on you can use Google Drive and Dropbox to directly attach files to any task.

To attach files to your tasks just click the "Edit" link on the task popup and then the "Attach file ..." link. A new menu will slide to the right showing the new options, Google Drive, Dropbox and Computer.

Just select one of the options and choose your files.

There are some differences and limitations for the new options:

Google Drive

• You can select multiple files and attach them all at once
• You can upload new files directly to Google Drive and then attach them to tasks

Dropbox

• You can only attach one file at a time
• There is no upload functionality

If you don't wan't to use Google Drive or Dropbox then there is always an option to directly upload files to Breeze as before.

Some of the benefits of using cloud based storage and how can they improve the way you work :

• You can manage your files from a single location
• Your attached files are always up to date
• Every file can live in one place, no more copying

I hope you like the new functionality and that it increases your productivity.

Just before we end the year we have new feature to release. Now you can receive email notification when someone updated a task.

The general rules for notifications are:

• If you update a task then only those team members who have notifications enabled will receive an email.
• You will not receive emails about the updates you did yourself.
• Notifications are sent out about every 10 minutes, all the changes that happen between that time are aggregated and complied as much as possible. This helps to keep down the volume of emails and only send important updates.

By default the notifications are enabled but you can always opt out from your profile. Go to http://app.letsbreeze.com/profile and untick the notification box.

Thats it for this year and happy new year !

We just released a new feature that allows you to move tasks from one project to another. Just open the tasks you wan't to move and click on the "Move ..." link.

Now you can type the project name and an autocomplete box will popup that will suggest projects. You can also select the list from the drop down.

It's as easy as that.

To make Breeze even more usable and easy to use we added a new feature that allows you to add estimates directly from task input. Now you don't have to open the task just to add the estimate.

To use the new feature just add the estimate at the end of your task name:

You can use different formats for time:
"Do something creative 1h30m"
"Do something creative 1h"
"Do something creative 30m"
"Do something creative 1:30"

The estimate must be the last word of the task name. It will be automatically parse and added to your task.

Until now you could set start and due dates for tasks and see them in your own calendar. Meaning you had to leave Breeze just to check your calendar. We didn't like it very much and found it to be inconvenient. So we just released a new feature - calendar view.

From the calendar view you can:

• see all your projects calendars
• add and edit tasks directly
• easily change the start and end of tasks
• subscribe to your calendar in iCalendar format

We still support external calendar integration, just click on your calendar on the Calendar view and you get the link.

Calendar view gives you an overview of your tasks over a period of time. This helps you plan your resources and activities more efficiently.

We are announcing our first integration with 3rd party app. From now you can send your reports directly to Freshbooks so you can invoice your clients. Set up is easy and takes 10 seconds.

Grab your API credentials

• log in to Freshbook
• click on the "My Account" tab
• click on the FreshBooks tab

Enter the API credentials to Breeze

Enter the API credentials you got from Freshbooks.

Create reports

We plan to integrate more invoicing solution to Breeze. We'll keep you posted.

Reporting page just got an update. Now you can see overall project progress and also individual task progress under reports.

By default the tasks are sorted by start date and then by last updated date.

This new feature is super useful when you need to report on your projects progress to clients or management. If you need even more detailed report then there is also available CSV file download, just see at the end of the page.

Breeze is meant to be an agile project management tool but we understand that clients sometimes still need some type of traditional reporting features. This new options brings a little bit of Gantt features to Kanban board.

We are introducing new budgeting feature to Breeze. Now you can easily set a budget to your entire project !

Just start a new project and enter your budget:

You can enter estimated hours, hourly rate and also the total amount. Why is there a separate value for the entire budget, you ask ? This is for the cases when you need to add a little extra on top of your budget and when your total hours are fixed. This feature also helps you to show to your clients the work you are doing and that the budget must be increased when they keep adding tasks.

On the projects page you can now see progress bar with worked and budgeted hours. If your budgeted hours times hourly rate matches your total budget we won't show you seperate bar for the amount. If you still want to see the money bar then just change your total budget not to match total hours.

Hope you find this new feature useful, it helps you track your work and keeps your projects on time and on budget.

This is the first of many new features related to budgeting and reporting . We are working on adding task and projects analysis to reporting page.

Do you need to add checklist or small reminders to your tasks ? Now it's easy to add to-do's to all your tasks. Just click on the "Add a to-do" link on the task window and your off.

Just press the Enter key to automatically save the item.

Let us know your thoughts  -we’re constantly working on more improvements and tweaks!

Do you need to assign specific end and start dates to tasks ? See all your tasks in calendar ? See who is working on something and how long ? Now you can !

We just launched a new feature that allows you to set a start date and a due date for a task.

You can assign due dates to tasks from the task detail view:

And after that you can subscribe to the calendar:

Subscribing to the calendar

If you use Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Apple iCal or any other another program that supports the iCalendar format the you can use the webcal address (see the "Subscribe to calendar" dialog) to subscribe to this projects calendar. You can see your tasks as events in the calendar but you need to use Breeze to add or edit tasks.

Simple and easy to use. All your tasks in your own calendar and it works like magic. 

Note: Google Calendar usually updates webcal calendars only once a day.

We just released a new version with major updates to time tracking. Breeze now supports automatic timer and also allows you to plan and budget time.

I will walk you through the new features.

You can enter time and budget time on every task under the "Track time" link.

The input boxes are actually clever and can guess the format. For example

• Enter "10", and it logs 10 minutes
• Enter "1", and it logs 1 hour
• Enter "1 day", and it logs 8 hours
• Enter "1:15", and it logs 1 hour and 15 minutes

You can always override quick assumptions by using "h" or "m" to indicate hours or minutes.

After you have entered the time you can see it immediately on the task and also on the board.

Automatic timer

Totaly new feature is an timer that you can start which will the track your time.

Starting time is saved on the server so you can close the browser window or do other work on the same time.

Reports

Total tracked and planned time is visible on the project page.

All the data is visible from reports and also in the CSV export.

That's about covers the new functionality - start tracking so you can start billing your clients.

Besides developing Breeze I'm also a freelancer and consultant which means I need to somehow manages my clients projects. Breeze was actually developed because none of the existing project management tools worked for me. So, I'm going to give an overview how I manage my projects.

I mainly do web based software development projects (Ruby on Rails based, full stack) and most of my clients are non technical people. This means that they are usually not very eager to use complex project management tools.

Getting the client to use Breeze

When I approach my clients with a wish or suggestion to use a project management tool then usually the first feedback is not very positive. Main problems and reasons they give me for not using one:

• they seen all the system and they are too complex.
• i'm not technical enough to use one.
• it costs the client some money to use.

Breeze solves all those problems: simple to use, made for people and pricing is not based on users.

Usually it takes me 10 minutes to give a tour and overview about how Breeze works and how it will help them. Most of the clients like the idea that all tasks are on one board and always visible. This is my main selling point also - it is based on agile and lean principles and the client can see the results immediately.

Hopefully by now I have convinced my client and we can start doing the actual work.

Doing the actual work

I will create a new project for my client and give them access to it. Initially I insert all the known tasks and prioritize them according to the initial discussion. After that, the client logs in and gets an overview and they can move tasks around. Usually I use four columns to organize tasks:

1. Ideas - all crazy ideas that come to mind, might not get implemented.
2. Todo - tasks that are going to be implemented, usually contains sketches and mockups of functionality.
3. Doing - these are the tasks that are being currently worked on. I try to minimize this so that there is only one active task at a time.
4. Done - all task that are done and are waiting feedback from the client.

Sometimes I also use a column called "Live" - these are tasks that are done and also deployed to live system.

All discussion about the tasks takes places in Breeze. We do have separate Skype discussion also for longer and direct contact.

We share our documents in Google Drive (sometimes Dropbox), but most important stuff like screenshots about bugs are also added to Breeze.

I track my time under every task so that the client can see at anytime how much effort is spent on something.

 

Reporting and invoicing 

At the end of the month I  generate a report that contains only the tasks that have time entries. I export the report to CSV and send it to my clients for approval. After they have approved it I usually generate an invoice that contains only one line - the amount of work done on that month. I always send the exported CSV file to the client with the invoice also. This helps them later if they need to get an overview about the invoice.

I have some ideas and plans about how to integrate and automate invoicing in Breeze - more to come soon !

That's about covers my process of using Breeze with my clients.

We added a new feature to Breeze that allows you to label your tasks with color. This helps you visually distinguish important tasks. 

To add a color label:

1. click on task
2. click on "Edit" on task window
3. click on desired color and finally click "Update this task"

 

Breeze is a revolutionary product that organizes your tasks and projects.

Breeze shows you what's being worked on, who's working on what,  where things are in a workflow and how much time did it all take.  Breeze is a simple and effective Kanban style board.

Breeze can be used for:

• Project management
• Task management
• Time tracking

 Hope you enjoy Breeze and welcome aboard !