Collaboration for the offline worker has always been a challenge. Personally, I was a big fan of the Lotus Notes model of syndicated databases to ensure data synchronization for offline use. Unfortunately, Lotus had a terrible user interface and a poor marketing message. Microsoft's recent acquisition of Groove and the inclusion of Groove's founder Ray Ozzie (the original brain behind Lotus Notes) into the Microsoft leadership team is a great move on their part...I'd expect to see Groove tightly integrated into the next version of Microsoft Office (Office 12).
April 01, 2005
Recent Posts
- Purpose, Purpose, Purpose
- Gartner – Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit (and using Word as a blog authoring tool)
- The Enterprise Use of Web 2.0 Tools
- Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Conference Successful
- How do we communicate our lessons learned?
- A revivial
- Microsoft Releases 2007 Office System Licensing
- What's Hot in Office 12
- Slight shift in blog content
- Follow the Office 12 Release
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I'm a technology consultant that specializes in info design and usability and I have a personal passion for industrial design and architecture. - Ben Skelton
I am the Director, User Experience of Habañero, a Vancouver-based IT consulting services company. The opinions expressed here are my own, and not those of Habañero or any organization that I may be affiliated with.
