Imagine iChat, Messages or IRC merged with your favorite to-do system like Things, Clear, or Taskpaper. You get Kickoff. Now available in a public beta, this OS X Mountain Lion app helps groups coordinate and plan together. It's superficially similar to the 37 Signals web chat tool Campfire, but in convenient app form.
The app offers strong team features including separate message threads for tasks, a main chat "room" and easy file sharing. Just drag a file into the chat and it easily replaces email distribution.
Even better, the conversations and chat threads are preserved when you leave, so you can scro
