Austin produces a heck of a lot of practical apps. This one is no exception. Taskbox lets you be upfront and honest with yourself by turning your email into a mobile task manager.
I am squarely in Taskbox’s audience of people who use their email inboxes as a default task manager. I know better. Heck, I’m exactly the kind of user Merlin Mann mocks when advocating Inbox Zero. Alas, management tools come and go, hardware comes and goes, physical addresses come and go - but I’ve owned my own URL for over a decade and so I always fall back on my primary email account to keep track of things.
Most of the task manager solutions I’ve seen require you to move all your data into their software or cloud app. I’ve been burned by this too many times before. Cloud services go poof, software is bought and retired, and I’m stuck going through the process again. Or, as is often the case, “just coasting a few more days” with email until I realize six months have passed. That makes Taskbox’s approach pretty appealing. I don’t have to give up the long standing reliability of my email safety blanket. Instead, this is like a warm, cozy duvet lying on top of the familiar email.
You can get the basic app for $5. Bump that up to $50 and you get a set of cloud-based services and a vanity Taskbox URL for sharing tasks. At $75, you can buy the system for yourself and four friends. Jump all the way up to $500 and you can lock in a one year cloud-based account for a team of 50. For $2,000, your team of 50 gets a lifetime subscription.
If you’re never more than six feet from your phone, but have a hard time nailing down a solid hour every day to deal with your email, this locally produced app might be just what you need. At $5, it’s cheap to find out.
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Curious how our previous Austin Kickstarters did?
The Live Action Jem and the Holograms Movie was over 250% funded! Mind you, they were only asking for $200. Go ahead and throw them a couple more bucks just to be part of something awesome.
Jumpshot made an amazing 500% of their goal! They raised more than $147,000, putting them in the top tier of all Kickstarters.
My Education was fully funded! Our instrumental band is set for their European tour.
Rockrgrrl Magazine’s GRL Talk Book was fully funded! They made over 120% of their original goal.
Strange Kid Comix was over 114% funded! They raised more than $2850 for their taste of pure pop culture nostalgia.
Texas or Die: An Anthology of Horror is about 14% Funded. They have a few weeks to make $6000.
The Anachronist is 22% funded. They have a couple weeks to make around $14,000.
Wholly Kabob is 42% funded. They have a few weeks to make around $8500.
Stabil-i-Case sadly didn’t reach its goal and therefore didn’t receive funding.
The Doctor Who Review Project sadly didn’t reach its goal and therefore didn’t receive funding.
The original Spinferno Kickstarter was cancelled and replaced by a new Spinferno for Android kickstarter.
