Team Collaboration

• O3Spaces Workplace 2.1 … O3Spaces released Version 2.1 of O3Spaces Workplace, an open-source team collaboration offering that integrates with OpenOffice, StarOffice and Microsoft Office. New features: document commenting, document comparisons, and new support for Microsoft Office, among others. Available immediately. O3Spaces
• eTouch SamePage 3.2 … eTouch released Version 3.2 of SamePage, its enterprise wiki. New features: favorite projects, watchlists, improved search, new plug ins for YouTube and Google Maps, and single sign on, among others. Available immediately. CollaborationLoop
• “Hundreds of Customers” … Xythos claims that its Xythos on Demand hosted document management service has attracted hundreds of organizations. It discusses what some of its customers are using its service for. Xythos

Mobility

• BlackBerry Service Outage … North American users of the RIM BlackBerry wireless email service were unable to send or receive messages following a major outage. It was done for over 13 hours ComputerWorld, ZDNet (“poor outage communication”), SearchMobileComputing (“this is good marketing information for competitors”), ComputerWorld (“it’s back”)

Productivity

• Experiment with Chaos … Scott argues that drive and desire are more important to productivity than organization and order. He recommends a dose of chaos … “Living life entirely unscripted definitely isn’t for everyone. But even in my brief shift to a more spontaneous way of life, I have seen benefits. When you make your decisions about what to do moment to moment, the myths about order start to go away. More order may mean a bit more gets done but it also means less flexibility to take on new opportunities.” Scott Young
• 10 Things to Replace TV With … If you spend a lot of time watching TV, take a look at what you could be doing instead! The Simple Dollar