Empty fridge. Piles of laundry. Unassembled Ikea furniture and a leaky bathroom faucet. When the odd jobs and errands pile up around Casa Knobloch, I dream of a legion of personal assistants who can take care of it all for me. We've talked about apps that help you delegate to friends, and services that deliver your groceries, but it all falls short of delivering a real, live human to do your bidding a an affordable price.
The stuff of dreams and celebrities, right? Or is it?
TaskRabbit offers a more affordable way to delegate all the tasks you'd rather not do. Post a job on their website and eager contenders will try to outbid each other for the job so you can get that swedish furniture assembled for the absolute lowest price. Want your work shirts ironed every week? Set up a recurring task, and a kindly neighbor looking to make a little extra cash might step up to help you out for less than a few lattes. You can breathe easy knowing everyone has been pre-screened and thoroughly background-checked. And if you're looking to make a little extra cash yourself, becoming a rabbit is an easy way to find jobs that you'll enjoy doing.
Hey, if you can swing a full-time personal assistant, all the power to ya, baby. For everyone else, check out TaskRabbit.
8 Comments
nancy vecchione says:
Task rabbit, come to Philly area please!
Brenda Horton says:
Love all your videos! Keep up the great work! I am not an affiliate marketer, but I share all your videos with all my friends because YOU are AWESOME!
CKnobloch says:
Brenda— thank you so much!
mar says:
Can you please fix the audio not matching the video?!
CKnobloch says:
Mar— That does happen sometimes, but it's not a Digitwirl problem, it often has to do with a bad connection from where you are. Give it another try another time, or try quitting and then relaunching your browser.
bonnie gaborik says:
I absolutely LOVE your website! I'm not much of a techie and many of your videos are quite helpful. Only negative is that I don't own an iphone, smart phone, etc., so many of your hints don't apply to my laptop. At least, I don't THINK they do! (Do they?)
CKnobloch says:
Bonnie— We do have lots of videos that don't have a focus on smartphone apps. And sometimes, the app has a website you can use without the app (like Orchestra). There's definitely something for everyone here!
Angie says:
Way cool! I have my own little task rabbit (errr hubby lol) but I know a lot of people that could use this. Fun!