I moved to Boca Raton, Florida, right by the beach. Still looking for a good community to settle down in but I’m loving the warm weather and of course frequent beach visits.
I just finished building StoryCapsule, a video time capsule app that captures loved ones’ stories. I wrote a lot more about the inspiration for it in the About page. The bottom line is, if you ever wished you knew a loved one better, and don’t want to wish that about the ones you have left, StoryCapsule can help.
I’m also searching for engineering manager positions that will allow me to have a positive impact on people’s lives, whether it’s improving their work life, leisure time, or finances.
We are constantly bombarded by emails, both spam we’re better off without and emails we’re actually interested in. But going through a lot of email is a pain and maintaining inbox zero can feel like a pipedream.
The Solution
Nextbox helps you focus on the next unread email. When you’re in the Nextbox you only view one email at a time. No folder list, no email list, no distractions.
You can use easy-to-discover keyboard shortcuts to mark read, reply, and forward emails so you don’t even have to point and click your way to the next email or action.
In addition to make it easier for you to go through your email the app is optimized to be as quick as possible so you don’t waste time waiting for it.
Going through your inbox, which may have once consumed your morning, will only take a few seconds or minutes. As you unsubscribe from spam (there’s a shortcut for that) it will get even faster.
The Launch
Nextbox isn’t done yet so I minimally “launched” it by creating a mailing list and tweeting about it. The UpwardLine Twitter account has 11 followers so that had about the expected impact.
My brother is helping me test it in the interim but in August, when more functionality is completed, I plan to announce the beta more broadly and make it available to people who want to test it. If you’d like to try it out you can get on the list at GetNextbox.com
This month was a bit of a roller coaster – I started with a property management app but it got too complex. So I worked on a game booster – but the platform I was using wasn’t great for Mac and I didn’t have a PC to troubleshoot windows issues. So I ended up creating a homepage to launch an app I had built for myself. Taskerr.
The Problem
Focusing on your next action is hard. Todo list apps overwhelm you with notifications and lists of everything you have to do. As someone who’s a little ADD and a little anxious todo list apps only seemed to make things worse.
The Solution
Taskerr makes it easy to create your to do list. It’s a bit like a music playlist. You add your tasks one by one. Then you press play and work through it one item at a time.
When I say one item at a time I mean it. The task takes up the full screen of the app.
There are handy keyboard shortcuts for desktop and everything is easy to tap on mobile so you can just get in, get your next task, and knock it out.
The Launch
It’s the last day of June so I’m cutting it close.
I’m launching with this blog post (of course) and on Reddit in productivity and business subreddits.
I’ll also ping a few authors who have expressed an interest in productivity based on what I’ve read to see if any would be interested in trying it.
Chaahk is shown here clutching his axe, ready to strike rain and thunder from the clouds. This sculpture was likely created in the Puuc hills of Yucatan and Campeche.
Palace of the Circus at Chichen-Itza, bas-relief of tigers
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