Favorite online group interaction-ware? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

cyrnel · 10-04-2006, 04:52 PM

Here I am again, seeking software nirvana.

I need an online group organizer. Nothing hardcore. Just something to allow a small group to interact online on projects vs. time. To-dos, group edits, comments, discussions, etc. It should allow for ~50 separate projectish documents each with its own set of tasks. We need some kind of calendar view. Email notifications would be a nice touch. Hell, basically a fancy picnic planner. Availability is important and there's no budget for setting up our own server.

Creative use of tools not necessarily meant as "business grade" would be fine.

Googlish/yahooish things would be fine.

I pity the next fool who tries to google "groupware."

Thanks all.

/staggers off to make more coffee

Edit: Forum software could work. I have no objection to setting up a cheap website with yabb/phpbb/etc. It'd need a calendar mod of some kind. Great for discussions but I expect frustration with group document editing. Unless that's a forum feature I haven't seen...

Just looking for idea love.

Moskie · 10-04-2006, 09:22 PM

What about creating your own group at groups.yahoo.com? You mention Yahoo, but I wasn't sure quite sure if you'd actually tried to create your own group yet.

I don't have any experience creating/maintaining a group there, but I know it at least has something like most of the features you mentioned.

cyrnel · 10-04-2006, 10:27 PM

Thanks Moskie. I'd looked in their calendar and thought it looked barren compared to what I remembered.

It's close. It could work if the calendar were more closely integrated.

Gad, I just spent a bunch of time messing with Zimbra. Looks damn impressive. If time weren't a problem...

10-04-2006, 04:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Favorite online group interaction-ware? Here I am again, seeking software nirvana. I need an online group organizer. Nothing hardcore. Just something to allow a small group to interact online on projects vs. time. To-dos, group edits, comments, discussions, etc. It should allow for ~50 separate projectish documents each with its own set of tasks. We need some kind of calendar view. Email notifications would be a nice touch. Hell, basically a fancy picnic planner. Availability is important and there's no budget for setting up our own server. Creative use of tools not necessarily meant as "business grade" would be fine. Googlish/yahooish things would be fine. I pity the next fool who tries to google "groupware." Thanks all. /staggers off to make more coffee Edit: Forum software could work. I have no objection to setting up a cheap website with yabb/phpbb/etc. It'd need a calendar mod of some kind. Great for discussions but I expect frustration with group document editing. Unless that's a forum feature I haven't seen... Just looking for idea love. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195 Last edited by cyrnel; 10-04-2006 at 06:15 PM..

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Moskie Pure Chewing Satisfaction Location: can i use bbcode [i]here[/i]?	What about creating your own group at groups.yahoo.com? You mention Yahoo, but I wasn't sure quite sure if you'd actually tried to create your own group yet. I don't have any experience creating/maintaining a group there, but I know it at least has something like most of the features you mentioned. __________________ Greetings and salutations.

10-04-2006, 10:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Thanks Moskie. I'd looked in their calendar and thought it looked barren compared to what I remembered. It's close. It could work if the calendar were more closely integrated. Gad, I just spent a bunch of time messing with Zimbra. Looks damn impressive. If time weren't a problem... __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195