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Re: Rate My Startup - eclocking.com

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Post by proee » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 9:14 PM UTC

I think it's brilliant. Nice work!

In terms of a business model, it may not be a million dollar idea, but with enough connections (like an iphone app) you could certainly make some good income.

Keep up the good work.

Re: Rate My Startup - eclocking.com

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Post by igurari » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 9:21 PM UTC

Contrary to what most people here have said, I believe there is a use for such a service. However you would have to focus on a niche. Lawyers time their tasks - they bill by increments as short as 6 minutes. To be useful for lawyers you would have to add more features. A few that come to mind would be having multiple connected timers (starting one stops whatever other one is running), labels associated with the timers, notes associated with the timers, and a whole lot of security. Current timer solutions for lawyers are all desktop applications, so a web based solution could be interesting.

Re: Rate My Startup - eclocking.com

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 9:32 PM UTC

igurari wrote: post #22

Contrary to what most people here have said, I believe there is a use for such a service. However you would have to focus on a niche. Lawyers time their tasks - they bill by increments as short as 6 minutes. To be useful for lawyers you would have to add more features. A few that come to mind would be having multiple connected timers (starting one stops whatever other one is running), labels associated with the timer…

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Re: Rate My Startup - eclocking.com

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Post by dazzawazza » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 10:20 PM UTC

martey wrote: post #9

bnoland wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The iPhone does have a stopwatch.

Re: Rate My Startup - eclocking.com

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Post by mcav » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 10:35 PM UTC

chaosmachine wrote: post #13

markbao wrote: post #10

website

Since this is getting upvoted, I'm curious how people make the distinction between a startup and a website.

Startups are substantial projects which primarily seek profit or growth.

"Websites" are typically small projects, without serious focus toward profit or growth.

Re: Rate My Startup - eclocking.com

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Post by bnoland » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 10:57 PM UTC

Mark_B wrote: post #12

There's a bug at exactly one minute, ten seconds. 150 0.6 1:10.5 149 0.5 1:010.0 148 0.6 1:09.4

thanks, fixed.

Re: Rate My Startup - eclocking.com

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Post by az » Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 6:46 AM UTC

Maybe DJs can use this create a smooth flow from song to song. They can preset the time beforehand when the songs should change and when one the stopwatch the 'effects' should be added. If this is possible, they can effictively sit back and relax.

Re: Rate My Startup - eclocking.com

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Post by Zarathu » Tue, Oct 27, 2009, 1:59 AM UTC

hristov wrote: post #8

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…

What about Billings?