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Re:Ask HN: What are the good old ideas that still make money... by spIrr on Sunday February 12, 2012 @03:20PM (#3582867)
I don't think the employees are really interested in tracking their own time 'for real' and just fill in their timesheets as they do it every day.
Re:Ask HN: What are the good old ideas that still make money... by Czarnian on Sunday February 12, 2012 @05:05PM (#3583186)
You'd be surprised. I've had many coworkers who carried around dayplanners just to note the time and date they were asked to do something.

If you basically do the same job every day, showing up at 9 and leaving at 5, it wouldn't be for you. If you are working on multiple projects, it's a lot more useful. Especially if your employer has an SAP type time tracking system where the charge numbers are so ridiculously complicated. As a contractor for those kinds of companies, I've always struggled with keeping track of how much time I've spent on any given day among the projects I was responsible for.

Then there are other types of professionals, like lawyers, who have to keep track of multiple tasks on any given day for billing purposes.

Point being, there are still plenty of potential customers for time keeping apps. Maybe not enough to get rich, but enough to help make a living.

Re:Ask HN: What are the good old ideas that still make money... by ahoyhere on Monday February 13, 2012 @05:57AM (#3585098)
Do you have proof? Because I have proof that you're wrong, and the proof itself lines my pockets every month :)