Dan Ariely has made an app that does something like this, although instead of looking at the number of hours it takes to pay for something he compares it to what alternatives you could buy, so if you like coffee and you want to book a book you see how many coffees you would have to give up to get the book, similar but equally interesting concept. You can see his app here, its the first one Oranges2Apples
http://danariely.com/apps-tools/
When I wrote my first novel I spent a lot of time at my neighbours house using their old 486 and notepad. They didn't have internet access and the places was quiet other the cat that I was cat sitting. Needless to say, the situation turned out to be very productive and without distraction.
Its good to finishes projects, but its also important to realize that some projects can't ever be finished, or may not be worth the effort of completing them. That's not to say one should drop a project when it gets hard or to think your self out of completing it, but more to the idea of being reasonable about expectations while still trying your hardest.
How is anyone surprised that an old company that has run out of steam is trying alternative revenue models that are designed for the benefit of old out of steam companies?
My sentiments exactly, especially when I see people like Joshua Schachter, a brilliant entrepreneur creating stack overflow clones (jig) and companies like Instagram being valued at 1/2 billion dollars.
Surly I'm jealous of their success, but I still question the 'real' value they are creating.
There was an article recently about how all the low end development/design will be done without developers/designers and only high end will need people. Tools like this seem to be propagating that idea.
I like how I get down voted for pointing out an obvious problem with HTML5. Regardless of what world you want to live in, the world we live in is ruled by content owners.
Having money is helpful for start-ups as it allows them to focus on a problem and solve it. The opposite side of the coin could be that when looking for solutions with lots of money their maybe less efficiency.
Like others have said, I don't understand what value this adds. Second, I don't have Facebook and won't give my twitter login to an random site..... at the same time, those 'social' networks seem to be what gives this product value.
Similar thing happened to me, I was out of the country and was having serious tooth pains, before I returned I made an appointment and went the first day I was back. The dentist said 'Your lucky you came, this infection is pretty bad and almost spread to your brain'... scary shit, especially seeing as I was in another country for the previous 4 month and wouldn't have been able to get dental work done there.