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At long last, I'm announcing my social media project, Taskerrific. I decided that things have progressed to the point where I'm better served letting everyone know about it (and have you ensure I get it complete) rather than keep it secret and allow it to be easily cancelled.

In a nutshell, Taskerrific plans to be the easy way to manage your tasks, and help others to do the same. While there are similar services out there, none of the ones I've encountered do a good enough job on the collaborative/social aspects of task management, or help you focus on what you actually need to get done. In the words of David Allen, those other services just help you list "stuff".

In "Getting Things Done" (which I've read detailed summaries for many times, but only recently began reading in earnest, I must admit), right in the very first chapter, Allen talks about how most people (including me) handle task management, and why it's not really any better than not handling it at all. While the Taskerrific take on management probably isn't as detailed as the entire GTD system, we do ask more than just "what do you need to do?"

We ask what do you need to do it.

Currently, I'm working on building the Taskerrific backend, API and website. I hope to get more people involved, however, who will be able to assist in building out the Taskerrific ecosystem, bringing its benefits to people who work from their phones, MS Outlook, etc. I'm also hunting for someone who can handle business, and another person who can come up with a nice, clean design for the site. Right now, however, the top two priorities are getting hosting on the cheap (or free) and making the website work.

I hope to go into a public (or even private) beta by late March to mid-April. When the site does go up, it'll be at taskerrific.com.