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It took long enough, but in my defence, I'm only one guy. But yeah, Taskerrific is up and in private beta, although it feels more like an alpha release to me.

Like I said on the Taskerrific blog, I'm going to be pushing weekly updates to the site for a while, then eventually going down to every other week as things settle in and functionality increases. Right now, the goal is to have a first draft of search pushed to the site before I go to the cottage for the long weekend, and teams functionality by the end of September.

At some point I also need to change from using CSS and tags for the main body layout to tables, to avoid the need for Javascript just to make the design work. (That is a horrible, horrible hack, and I'm still ashamed of it.) I know tables for layout are taboo, but I don't care. Call me when my layout works on CSS alone.

I need to work on monetization, too. Considering the self-employment program I'm currently in has income targets (I need to make minimum $750 by mid-December) it's important that I start getting ads sold, and quick. I'm working out rates, but they feel a bit steep for a brand-new service. So I might put up a donations box as well. I juts hope that I can hit the target to keep Taskerrific alive.

Anyway, go check it out. Let me know what you think. Even if you have to wait to get your invite code, it won't be too long (at this point, certainly under 24 hours, although if there's a lot of demand I'll need to start rationing). Have fun.