Meetings can be very effective if you run them right. Meetings are frequently required to share ideas, discover disagreement, talk through to agreement, and decide to coordinate action in particular way. Other times, meetings drag on for far too long … are highly ineffective … are boring … […]
Last month Traction Software released Version 5.0 of TeamPage, its collaboration software for organizations. Version 5.0 includes a variety of new things: – A revised user interface, using Google technology. – Profiles for people, which can be extended depending on what you want to have in there. – […]
Gina coaches us to practice defensive scheduling. – Make commitments with yourself first, and put them on your calendar! – Use your calendar to remind you when tasks need to be done. – Make sure you always have your calendar with you. Tuesday 3pm is a good time […]
Litera IDS is a collaborative document co-authoring solution. – Enables multiple people to work on a single document, and combines legal redlines into a single document. – Includes access control capabilities, to limit access to the document. – Integrates with major document management systems. Mainsoft announced a partner […]
Threadbox released Threadbox Messenger, an email replacement tool. – Supports one-to-one and group conversations / discussions. – Offers integrated presence. – Users can share files in Threadbox. – It’s intended to be a replacement for email and IM clients. – There is a PRO account coming, and a […]
Google shut down EtherPad. – Google has added most of the functionality to Google Wave. – There are other options, though, including MeetingWords, iEtherPad, Sync.in, and more. eXpresso is pleased that Forrester sees them as a better collaboration alternative for Office documents than Google. – eXpresso offers a […]
This month starts a new research project for me: Evaluating the applicability of SharePoint 2010 across a variety of business scenarios. The intent of the research is to consider how well the technology of SharePoint 2010 aligns with common business scenarios, where it should be used, and where […]
IBM released a mobile viewer for LotusLive Meetings, for the iPhone and iPod Touch. – It is available on the Apple iTunes App Store. – Looks like it is a “view only” app (and that’s fine). – My analysis: Various other Web conferencing providers already offer these types […]
Central Desktop released Central Desktop for Office, a new co-authoring add-in. – Central Desktop users can open / edit / save Central Desktop files using Office. – Supports simultaneous co-authoring of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. – The new release “eliminaties the need to upgrade to Microsoft SharePoint/Office 2010 […]
Google updated Google Docs with real-time collaboration capabilities. – Offers real-time, character-by-character editing for multiple users – Adds a new commenting system – Applies to Google Docs, Spreadsheets, and a new Drawing Editor – Google has pulled back on using Gears for offline access. It will re-explore this […]
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