Category Archives: First Impressions

Sidewiki Demonstration

This is a demonstration of some of the key features of Sidewiki, Google’s system for leaving public comments on any web page. I’m paying particular attention to how your Sidewiki comments can be brought into other systems. Your comments automatically … Continue reading

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Data Gathering with Google Spreadsheets

Google has added a new feature to its online spreadheet. Simple polls and surveys to be conducted by email or through web forms with the results saved in a spreadsheet. Holiday Reading via kwout The forms are easy to create … Continue reading

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Clearspace – First Impressions

The design has brought the aesthetics of social networking into the business community, with a relaxing use of space, profile pages, commenting, tag clouds and blogs. But beneath the surface is a pragmatic core. Continue reading

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Wikia Search

Wikia Search is innovative, with potential for business and personal networking. Its success will depend on the strengths of the communities it engages. Continue reading

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24IM Instant Messaging

This is a good instant messaging solution for small businesses and dispersed project groups, and is able to scale to meet enterprise requirements. Continue reading

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