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Today we issued this press release:

(CSRwire) SANTA BARBARA, CA- July 30, 2007- As of today, businesses across 37 countries have tracked a total of $10,574,054 worth of work performed in Intervals (www.myintervals.com), the popular web-based task and time management system built by Pelago (www.pelagodesign.com). This is the estimated value of the 97,490 hours that have been tracked to date by worldwide users, and is based on the actual hourly rates used by Intervals customers.

For companies that rely on hourly billing, the importance of properly keeping track of the time that a business spends on client work cannot be understated-simply put, tracked time translates into revenue, while time not tracked translates into potential financial loss. Intervals enables users not only to track time spent on client jobs, but also to measure the time spent on non-billable activities. Small businesses in particular tend to be overburdened and quickly max out their capacity; Intervals helps them make sure time and resources are being spent the right way, in real-time.

But time tracking is only the most visible and immediately measurable aspect of Intervals, which features web-based tools to help small businesses and creative services firms manage projects, track time, keep version histories of files and documents, run detailed reports, and prioritize ever growing task lists.

And for those wondering about the value of keeping track of their own time, the Intervals web site (www.myintervals.com) has a Lost Time Calculator that serves as an irrefutable reminder that time does equal money. You can punch in your own hourly rate and estimated hours lost per day per worker to see how much your lost time may be costing your business.

For more information about Intervals, please visit www.myintervals.com.

About Intervals
Created by Pelago, Intervals was originally designed to solve Pelago’s own struggles with tracking time, billing clients, and knowing where projects stood in real time. Targeted primarily to creative and communications services companies and small businesses, Intervals is a powerful tool for anyone who wishes to ease the daily stress of organizing and managing people, workflows, projects and time. Learn more about Intervals at www.myintervals.com.

About Pelago
Pelago is a Santa Barbara, California-based web design and web development firm founded in 2000. Pelago specializes in developing highly intuitive web sites and reliable web-based applications, and injecting them with solid business sense and functionality. Pelago clients include JD Power and Associates, Nexxus, Xplane, Network Hardware Resale, and TenetCare. Learn more about Pelago at www.pelagodesign.com.

The launch of Intervals (web based task and time management) was picked up by postgreSQL.org.

Santa Barbara Newspress – Filing Cabinet
June 13, 2006 8:03 AM

Local Web development company Pelago has launched a new Web-based service it dubbed Intervals, which continues the trend of “software as a service” moving applications off your computer and onto the Web (where other people worry about the technical stuff and update the programs more often than most of us would).

Designed to help freelancers and small businesses track tasks and time, “we originally developed it to make our own business more efficient,” writes project manager Michael Payne, “and got a lot of requests to turn it into a product, so we re-developed it.” Take a look at www.intervals101.com.

Pelago, by the way, has offices on East Montecito Street near Milpas and has been around since 2000.

Today we completed a successful three month beta program and launched Intervals. There is a definite need for easier Task and Time Tracking, especially for small businesses. Feedback from our beta testers has been great.

“I’ve needed this for so long. Intervals is quickly showing me where my time is going for good or bad.
Super easy to get up and running! I was tracking clients, projects, time and money in a matter of minutes.”
Garth Humbert, Principal, Carom Visual Communication

“Intervals is a very well thought out tool. We’ve used a number of task management and team organization packages and none have come close to providing the necessary functions for managing pro projects for high-end clients…and at such a reasonable price. Definitely a great value!”

Eric Barone, Sonik Newmedia

Download the Intervals Launch Press Release (PDF | 75kb)

The first 30 days are free so you can cancel if it’s not right. Prices starts at $20 per month.

Try Intervals today, set up takes a few minutes.

SAAS is gaining momentum in the marketplace, as is evidenced by the multitudes of products popping up on the web each day. This list of debunked myths reinforces the need for web-based software. This is the ideal time for launching our time and task management software, Intervals.

Now that we’ve launched Intervals into beta — and are only weeks away from going live — there is only one thing left to do; order fleece vests with our logo on them.

Tonight we open up the beta program for Intervals. If you are a dollar for hour service company or just need to know where your time is going, Intervals may be perfect for you. Intervals is web based task and time management. Although most would consider it a “Project Management” application we consider it an “unproject management” application. Most tools in the space are nightmares to use …so we shy away from calling it a “Project Management” tool.

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We are actively recruiting folks interested in participating in our beta program. Intervals beta program participants get to use intervals free for 3 months, then 50% off for the next 9 months.

If you are a freelancer, small business, or department of a large business and are having a difficult time managing tasks and tracking time, intervals may be perfect for you.

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» Sign-up for the beta program today

1. Be Narrow
2. Be Different
3. Be Casual
4. Be Picky
5. Be User-Centric
6. Be Self-Centered
7. Be Greedy
8. Be Tiny
9. Be Agile
10. Be Balanced

Read the details here: http://evhead.com/2005/11/ten-rules-for-web-startups.asp

Our guiding principals for Intervals development are very agreeable with Evan Williams’ thoughts. We have been around for over 6 years, so we’re not a start-up, but our decision to develop a web-based product definitely makes part of our company a start-up. We see many companies, and especially small companies, trying to niche products in the market for the new type of consumer. We are optimistic that Intervals will fill a need for folks who need a no-nonsense time and task management system.

We’ll see how it goes in 2006 – Michael

We are actively developing Intervals; web based task & time management. We originally developed Intervals for our own company and we have had so much interest that we are redeveloping it and will offer it as a subscription based service.

If you are interested in following the project, please visit intervals101.com.

>> Michael