Update from today's Shared Spaces briefing… Today's highlights: Near-Time Flow 1.0.1; Macromedia Contribute 3 and the Web Publishing System; META Group on LCS 2005; Parlano and xtendx; Gordano GMS 10; Winfessor SoapBox Framework 1.9; BrokerTalk; Market readiness for collaborative workspaces; Near-Time is working towards the release of Version 1.0.1 of Near-Time Flow, its peer-to-peer collaborative…

I was thinking about this while I was writing my previous post about broadband increasing with telecommuting. Another interesting note is that Anik-F2 is supposed to be the largest satellite ever. I wonder if this service will be offered only to really rural areas, or also places like where I live. Many telcos haven't wired…

From eMarketer: July 20, 2004In-Stat/MDR says that about one-third of the US workforce will telecommute at least part-time in 2004, helping to drive broadband adoption. US companies are increasingly letting their employees work at home part-time and even full-time. Working from home, especially full-time, gives the employee the opportunity to stay closer to their family,…

It's amazing how sometimes a post comes at just the right time. Amy Gahran in replying to the Wired article has suscintly and clearly given the three secrets to not getting burned out blogging: Post only when you have something significant to say. Accept no guilt trips. Set limits, especially on your own response reflex….

I guess I should log into my GMail account more often. GMail has added contact list import, signatures, and Safari support. I imported my contacts already (like 350ish), but haven't tried the signature yet. In truth, I don't use my GMail account often. But when I needed it on the road it sure came in…

John Dvorak has written a very interesting opinion piece making the statement that e-mail is broken. I don't agree, since e-mail seems to work just fine, with people you keep in contact with. What is broken is (or actually never really existed) is that e-mail wasn't designed to keep up or plan for changing e-mail…

Interesting post. I had heard about this earlier. Groove is an interesting choice for this. I think, really, any decent web-based collaboration tool, could've done the job. Earlier this month, Sanjana Yajitha Hattotuwa, a Rotary World Peace Scholar at the University of Queensland, spoke at the Third Annual Forum on Online Dispute Resolution in Melbourne,…

Sometimes you have an epiphany that you'd like to post to your blog, but maybe you're on the bus, or ferry, or some other place where you're not connected to the Internet. Okay, you could use notepad or other text editor, write your thoughts down and then copy and paste into your blog through the…

Here is the eWeek review of Groove Virtual Office. It's not as glowing as some others, but the one point I this is important is the lack of cross-platform compatibility. I also wonder how many organizations will be willing to pay for a system that allow duplicates e-mail and other systems. The strongest feature I…

Robin Good has done a quick review of a new blog directory called BlogCatalog. The directory is in its early days, but I'll be submitting this blog as soon as I move it to its new URL (I'm switching over to Blogware very soon). Robin's review quotes that it is growing in popularity as a…