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Rate My Startup - eclocking.com

#1
Please take a look at eclocking.com and give me some feeback.

It's a stopwatch that lets you save, organize and chart your times.

Some questions: 1. Is this useful? 2. How much functionality does a premium plan need before I can charge? 3. Any other feedback is appreciated.

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#2
It's a stopwatch that lets you save, organize and chart your times.

Some questions:

  1. Is this useful?
  2. How much functionality does a premium plan need before I can charge?
  3. Any other feedback is appreciated.

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#3
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It's a stopwatch that lets you save, organize and chart your times. Some questions: 1. Is this useful? 2. How much functionality does a premium plan need before I can charge? 3. Any other feedback is appreciated.

To be quite honest, I don't find it useful at all. For the past several minutes I've been trying to come up with a use case for it, but can't because I don't find myself needing a stopwatch whilst using my computer, unless you're in a research facility. Maybe if you can automate the stop watch and start/stop it according to certain actions, along the lines of RescueTime, then it could be a bit more useful. As far as premium plan, you have quite a ways to go to convince me to pay for your service. My iPhone stopwatch is sufficient for my needs and I don't see a reason to use your service.

Maybe you were going for a specific use case that I'm not aware of, and if that's the case, let me know.

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It's a stopwatch that lets you save, organize and chart your times. Some questions: 1. Is this useful? 2. How much functionality does a premium plan need before I can charge? 3. Any other feedback is appreciated.

You might want give some example uses, I hardly use a timer (if I am it's a countdown for quick reminders). I can see runners using this to track their progress over time.

I doubt this is something people would pay to use.

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It's a stopwatch that lets you save, organize and chart your times. Some questions: 1. Is this useful? 2. How much functionality does a premium plan need before I can charge? 3. Any other feedback is appreciated.

To be quite honest, I don't find it useful at all. For the past several minutes I've been trying to come up with a use case for it, but can't because I don't find myself needing a stopwatch whilst using my computer, unless you're in a research facility. Maybe if you can automate the stop watch and start/stop it according to certain actions, along the lines of RescueTime, then it could be a bit more useful. As far as…

Thanks for the honesty. Most people don't use stopwatch at their computer.

I created a mobile version of the website for use on your phone. It's better than your other stopwatch if you want to keep track of your times.

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Ok I am not sure this would be very useful as it stands. I don't think many people need that kind of timer while having an internet connection. But you may be more succesful if you turn it into an iphone/blackberry/android app that does not need constant connectivity.

I will give you another idea which is tangentially related to what you are doing. There are timers that are used for people that bill for their time (e.g., consultants, lawyers, accountants, etc.) They are some pretty expensive ones that are used by top law firms and work very well. And there are a lot of cheaper ones that are aimed at startups and the like and are pretty terrible.

I am an attorney that just left one of the top firms in the nation to try to start my own practice. One of the biggest annoyances is that I cannot find a timer application that works as well as the one my law firm used. It should not be that difficult. But all the applications aimed at small businesses are pretty bad.

So I think if you aimed your timer for people that bill for their time, you might be succesful. But you have to make it good. You have to make it so it supports client- matter billing. Also make sure it can easily interact with standard accounting software. Also make sure it is easy to switch between tasks and create new tasks (this where most existing applications fail epically).

Basicly, if you can make a billing timer which is as good as Capre Diem but does not cost an arm and a leg, I think you may be very successful.

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To be quite honest, I don't find it useful at all. For the past several minutes I've been trying to come up with a use case for it, but can't because I don't find myself needing a stopwatch whilst using my computer, unless you're in a research facility. Maybe if you can automate the stop watch and start/stop it according to certain actions, along the lines of RescueTime, then it could be a bit more useful. As far as…

Thanks for the honesty. Most people don't use stopwatch at their computer. I created a mobile version of the website for use on your phone. It's better than your other stopwatch if you want to keep track of your times.

Don't many mobile phones include stopwatch applications? I know my Sony Ericsson from 2004 had one.

Having neither an iPhone nor an Android phone, I do not know whether they include stopwatches, but I would be more likely to use a native application version than a mobile website.

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