Web 2.0 Discussion

37signals
http://www.37signals.com/

Basecamp turns project management and collaboration on its head. Instead of Gantt charts, fancy graphs, and stats-heavy spreadsheets, Basecamp offers message boards, to-do lists, simple scheduling, collaborative writing, and file sharing. Tens of thousands agree it's a better way. Farhad Manjoo of Salon.com said “Basecamp represents the future of software on the Web.” Here's what other people think about Basecamp.

Campfire brings simple group chat to the business setting. Conventional instant messaging is great for quick 1-on-1 chats, but it's miserable for 3 or 4 or 7 or 15+ people at once. Campfire solves that problem and plenty more. Discover why Campfire is better for group chat than conventional instant messaging and how you can use Campfire in your business. Dick Costolo of Feedburner said, “Once you start using Campfire you won't remember how you got by without it. There's no better tool for business instant messaging.”

Backpack is the alternative to those confusing, complex, “organize your life in 25 simple steps” personal information managers. Backpack's simple take on pages, notes, to-dos, and cellphone/email-based reminders is a novel idea in a product category that suffers from status-quo-itis. Backpack is so flexible you'll use it for everything. David Pogue of the New York Times said, “Backpack is a cool organization tool. How very cool," and Thomas Weber of the Wall Street Journal said it's the best product in its class.

Writeboard lets you write, share, revise, and compare text solo or with others. It's the refreshing alternative to bloated word processors that are overkill for 95% of what you write. John Gruber of Daring Fireball said, “Writeboard might be the clearest, simplest web application I've ever seen.” Web-guru Jeffrey Zeldman said, “The brilliant minds at 37signals have done it again.”

Ta-da List keeps all your to-do lists together and organized online. Keep the lists to yourself or share them with others for easy collaboration. There's no easier way to get things done. Over 1,000,000 to-do items have been created so far. USA Today awarded Ta-da List with a “Hot Site of the Day” award and people are using it right now to keep track of their favorite movies, grocery lists, people they need to call back, and plenty more.

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