What's the reason to subscribe to Boingo Wireless' $9.95/month unlimited plan for up to two wifi devices? For domestic U.S. users, is there a case to be made for Boingo when there's so much free wi-fi available?

I'll report back concerning responses.

I started using Yast about a year ago, when a similar service called "Log My Task" was pulled from the market and the website went dark. There are many timekeepers available in desktop applications and online services. Sometimes, they are packaged with other services. Just as often, they stand alone. 

I am happy with Yast and I have no inclination to change. I also don't yet have an inclination to upgrade to the premium paid service. The free service is just fine for me. I'm not the sort of computer user who sets up their machine to open a list of programs every time they boot up their machine. But if I were, Yast would be on a short list.

Here's the screen I usually see when I interact with Yast.

I like the information on this screen. Across the top is a timeline of my days. The scale can be easily shrunk or enlarged to show me a day or a week at a time. I group my tasks by client and color-code the groups. So at a glance, I can see who I am serving well, and who needs attention.

Timeline as I usually use it, showing tasks parsed by hours (early start on this day!):

Another view, showing an entire day:Finally, condensing the timeline to show two weeks at a glance:

In the view immediately above, note that the blue task at the right end is highlighted by being encased in a dashed line. That's the task I'm working on now -- blogging -- so that task is alive and can be edited in ways that the tasks in the past cannot.

Here is my analysis of Yast:

• Strengths. Yast is easy to use. It's dynamic. My data is safe. It has an iPhone application with basic functionality. (I'm not reviewing the iPhone app here, though.) It has some very good reports.It's attractive. It works well for Mac users in the Fluid browser application that allows a website to mimic the behavior of a desktop app. More strengths lie in the responsiveness of the developers of the app to both emails and comments on their support forum.
• Weaknesses. I don't think the documentation is helpful enough. You have to explore Yast on your own; there aren't enugh guides to take you through the system. Also, the time and date settings in the popup box for the task on which you're focused are a little confusing, primarily because they're programmed (I think) on the European standard (24-hour clock and date-month-year format) while trying to be available on the front end for the 12-hour month-date-year format of the Americans.) Let's just say that it's annoying when time gets lost in the translation.
• Opportunities: I think Yast is well-positioned to be expanded to workgroups and to be expanded as an accountability tool between users and their bosses or users and their clients. I'd like to be able to give read-only capability to someone else (a boss or a client) for just an individual grouping of tasks, so the client or boss can look over my shoulder.
• Threats: Yast is in a crowded market. I'd like it to be profitable and succeed. I think it can also be included as an element in other software-as-a-service ("SaaS") online applications. But it has to stay on its game and be responsive to users. I think Yast doesn't promote its premium services enough and doesn't offer enough selections in premium services, especially in low-priced add-ons for reports or additional client/supervisor access, both of which might boost revenue and ensure the long-term stability of the application. Other users complain, but mildly, that Yast's reports are aequate but not flexible.

Yast is highly recommended. What time-tracking and time-keeping software do you use?

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