30 Boxes is a minimalist calendaring

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created by 83 Degrees. Originating as a web application in March 2006, 30 Boxes was founded by

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cofounder

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. The website shut down some time in 2020, but relaunched for the IOS on February 2021. The original website was tailored towards "social media junkies".

Reception

Barry Collins of ''

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'' appreciated the website's plain-language event adding feature, but did not appreciate that he was unable to see more than one month of events at a time. Collins was also unhappy that the website was not capable of warning him when he had two events scheduled at the same time. In a list of the best web-based calendar software for small businesses, ''

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'' ranked 30 Boxes second, after

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. They described 30 Boxes like “buying a new car with manual transmission and lots of extras—you don't just want to drive it, you want to fool around with it to see what it can do”.

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* {{Calendaring software Calendaring software Internet properties established in 2005 Web applications