Comments on: Widgetbox wants to make widgets more productive http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/23/widgetbox-wants-to-make-widgets-more-productive/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:10:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dietmar http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/23/widgetbox-wants-to-make-widgets-more-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-861432 Dietmar Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:45:56 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104288#comment-861432 "all funktionalaties...like media wiki"?<br>What about the semantic extension of media wiki? I can not find this at confluence. Unfortunaltely. “all funktionalaties…like media wiki”?
What about the semantic extension of media wiki? I can not find this at confluence. Unfortunaltely.

]]> By: John Goodbody http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/23/widgetbox-wants-to-make-widgets-more-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-861434 John Goodbody Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:15:28 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104288#comment-861434 I like the sound of a project widget whereby you can access the latest plans, cost estimates, forecasts etc. – but you need to be careful that the widget doesn't just add another level of bureaucracy to the work process. Don't confuse this for a proper form of communication (a bit like email there). That said, it would be great to see the end of constant emails pinging the latest documents round the team and client with the resulting lack of version control, saving updates and countless iterations that are not archived.<br> <br>For certain audiences on a project it would be a perfect way to provide a feed of information or archiving without endless emails or getting lost in internal files and servers. Want to know how a project is doing? It’s all in a widget, ideal.<br><br>I can think of clients who are stakeholders in projects but aren't especially active in them - a widget could be a more productive way of keeping them posted on the work flow, progress, budget etc. A project widget that delivers all the latest files and information in real time … sounds like one for me. I like the sound of a project widget whereby you can access the latest plans, cost estimates, forecasts etc. – but you need to be careful that the widget doesn't just add another level of bureaucracy to the work process. Don't confuse this for a proper form of communication (a bit like email there). That said, it would be great to see the end of constant emails pinging the latest documents round the team and client with the resulting lack of version control, saving updates and countless iterations that are not archived.

For certain audiences on a project it would be a perfect way to provide a feed of information or archiving without endless emails or getting lost in internal files and servers. Want to know how a project is doing? It’s all in a widget, ideal.

I can think of clients who are stakeholders in projects but aren't especially active in them – a widget could be a more productive way of keeping them posted on the work flow, progress, budget etc. A project widget that delivers all the latest files and information in real time … sounds like one for me.

]]> By: Nicola Mattina http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/23/widgetbox-wants-to-make-widgets-more-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-861430 Nicola Mattina Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:25:18 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104288#comment-861430 Confluence is an enterprise wiki (we use it for our intranet). That means that it has all the functionalities of a wiki like media wiki, but integrates with corporate directory to manage identities and allows user to edit pages usig Office, and allows administrator to manage permissions to single pages and so on. A great environment to store information about projects and convert them to knowledge. Confluence is an enterprise wiki (we use it for our intranet). That means that it has all the functionalities of a wiki like media wiki, but integrates with corporate directory to manage identities and allows user to edit pages usig Office, and allows administrator to manage permissions to single pages and so on. A great environment to store information about projects and convert them to knowledge.

]]> By: Jordan Dea-Mattson http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/23/widgetbox-wants-to-make-widgets-more-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-861428 Jordan Dea-Mattson Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:34:52 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104288#comment-861428 If you haven't seen Confluence, then you really should check it out. Atlassian is an Australian software develop which has boot-strapped a $100M company with tools like JIRA, Confluence, Fisheye, and Crucible. <br><br>There tools are used by a large number of Open Source projects (they make them freely available for that purpose) as well as a wide range of commercial users. If you haven't seen Confluence, then you really should check it out. Atlassian is an Australian software develop which has boot-strapped a $100M company with tools like JIRA, Confluence, Fisheye, and Crucible.

There tools are used by a large number of Open Source projects (they make them freely available for that purpose) as well as a wide range of commercial users.

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