Team Collaboration

• Update on Microsoft Office Live … Update from Microsoft on its Office Live initiative: (1) it has about 100 partners now, compared to 4 when it launched 15 months ago; (2) there are about 300,000 subscribers across the world; (3) Office Live needs a hosted bill payment system ASAP; and (4) Microsoft doesn’t see this as a cannibization of its existing software and operating systems. CRN
• Confluence Hosted … Atlassian launched Confluence Hosted, a hosted edition of its enterprise wiki platform. “We’ve worked hard to ensure that many of the enterprise features available in our traditional install version are also included in the hosted version. Unlimited pages and spaces, file uploads and versioning, enterprise-level permissioning, it’s all there. We don’t charge more for additional features; the 15-user version shares the same feature set as the 500-user version. And if at any time you decide you want to move your Confluence spaces behind the corporate firewall, we make migrating your data easy.” Pricing starts at $49/month for 15 users. Atlassian, and the Press Release
• ReviewBasics Beta … SharpStyle Labs released the beta of ReviewBasics, its online solution for collaborative reviewing of documents, images and other files. It’s available for free. ReviewBasics
• WebEvent DST Update … PeopleCube updated WebEvent, its online scheduling and calendaring solution, for compliance with the new DST stuff. PeopleCube
• Day with SharePoint … Day Software announced standardized integration with Microsoft SharePoint via JSR 170, an open API for such things. BusinessWire
• Xcerion … Xcerion is working on an operating-system-in-the-cloud offering, providing people with a virtual hard drive, an orderly collection of their applications and data streams, and accessibility from any device. It includes a visual design tool so people can build their own applications without writing code. Target release is 3Q2007. eWeek

Productivity

• Top 10 Productivity Hacks … Crash course reminder … (10) take care of your most important things first, (9) wake up early, (8) simplify information streams, (7) declutter your workspace, (6) get to work early and work fewer hours, (5) avoid meetings unless they are effective, (4) avoid unnecessary work, (3) do the tough tasks first, (2) work offline as much as possible, and (1) do something you’re passionate about. ZEN Habits

Other Stuff

• The World Isn’t Flat … Valeria at Conversation Agent argues that the world isn’t flat, and that much of business and relationships are actually local in nature. Conversation Agent