SUBERNOVA – Project Management for Rockstar Freelancers

We’ve just launched the online project management service, SUBERNOVA!

One year+ ago when I first started out as a freelancer, I tried looking for an online project management service that we can use anywhere, on any browser. An app that looks good is also one of my criteria.

Yes there are indeed a bunch of them and they are very rich in feature, but in fact there are too many features I’ll never use like communicating with groups of people, an online calendar, file storage etc. Why wouldn’t I use the calendar or file storage feature? Having used my own native calendaring system for some time (iCal) there’s no reason to scatter both my personal and work appointments all over the place. Also, as I am a web designer hosting my own website, I have abundant storage space waiting to be used.

Let alone, if you’re a solo worker, you don’t need to communicate with co-workers.

Eventually I couldn’t find one suitable online project management service that can justify the price I am paying for, so we decided to build one ourselves.

SUBERNOVA

SUBERNOVA is a web based project management tool to help solo designers, writers, bloggers, etc manage their projects, milestones, clients, track time, get reminders for important deadlines and manage project related links and inspirations all in one intuitive and elegant user interface.

Project Overview

In project view, you can view all your projects and it’s vital data at a glance. How much time do I have left, have the project been quoted, invoiced or paid etc. There’s also an integrated timer attached to every project. SUBERNOVA will remind you via email when a project is due.

Time Tracking

With the time tracking feature, you can track your time easily with a click of a button. The timer button is attached to every project item, so it is always available when you need it. The program will also calculate the cost based on your hourly rate that you have previously set in your settings.

Milestones

Some point of time in your freelancing career you’ll get one of those huge projects, the best way to complete them is by breaking them down into smaller chunks with a due date for each so that it can see you through completion. Similar to “Projects”, SUBERNOVA will remind you via email when any of your milestones are due.

Clients

We already have our client’s number on our phones, their emails in the address book, what we need are more meaningful information we can’t find in other places, stuff like the total projects we have with them, the total revenue made from them. You can even rate your clients so you can sort them from your favorite to least favorite clients.

Links

For every project that I have worked on, there’re bound to be link references sent from clients, or links that I’ve came across during my research, but there is always no place to store them. What better place to save your project related links than in your project management program itself?

Reminders

SUBERNOVA will send you email reminders on the eve and on the day of every project or milestones deadline. Optionally, you can turn email reminders off in your settings if you don’t like getting bugged.

You can also set your hourly rate and renew your account easily in the settings window.

Subscription Cost

Update:
*For a limited time only, if you upgrade your account by 1st Jun 2009, you’ll get a 40% discount off the original price of $120. If you upgrade during your trial period, the one year credit will be added to your account on top of your remaining trial period.

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SUBERNOVA gives you 30 days free to try out the app, subsequently the price of the annual fee is $120, that’s only $10 a month. Way lower than most competing services because you’re not paying for features you’ll never use.