For those fed up with using spread­sheets to track bill­able project time, Mad­pi­lot Pro­duc­tions has launched 88 Miles.

First up, I will admit that Myles had to point out the Back to the Future ref­er­ence in the name. Cryp­tic 80’s movie ref­er­ences aside, the just-launched beta ser­vice does exactly what it adver­tises — sim­ple, uncom­pli­cated time track­ing. After set­ting up your projects, you punch in, punch out, then grab your data as XML when you need it. You can also man­u­ally add shifts. While we have an estab­lished sys­tem at work, I’m think­ing of using it to track just how much of my “free” time I’m sink­ing into some of my side projects. There could be some scary infor­ma­tion that comes out of there!

88 Miles is built in Rails and includes some sporty Ajax effects. It’s also a deli­cious green colour which of course, makes it extra appeal­ing — but really, its beauty is in its sim­plic­ity. If you’re think­ing of ditch­ing the spread­sheets but don’t want to make your life more com­pli­cated, 88 Miles could be just what you need.