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This is a solution but it isn't the solution. Email doesn't need to get better it needs replacing. I'll give everyone a hint: Basecamp almost has it right. If y
by billpatrianakos 15y ago
This is a solution but it isn't the solution. Email doesn't need to get better it needs replacing. I'll give everyone a hint: Basecamp almost has it right. If you focus on groups with the option to drill down to projects, individual schedules, and to-do's all in one then you're on the right path. On top of that the solution needs to be something everyone is using or can begin using quickly. Think Facebook. It's hard to explain but when you see it, you'll know it. I'm working on it myself.
Not that this isn't good. It really is but I can see it being unnatural for some. If only there was a way to do this without changing so much of your usual habits and kind of fitting yourself into a workflow someone else designed then it'd be massively popular. That said, this far from unimpressive. It's awesome and I'm sure a ton of people will find it super useful. But even the people who are getting Nigerian inheritances need some love. If someone built something that addressed the people that would use this but is also useful to the inheritance people I bet you anything those non-power users would actually find ways to use it even if they aren't busy a lot like how people who aren't social butterflies still log into Facebook and post status updates once a day.
- ryanwaggoner 15y agoSorry, but no. I've been on dozens of Basecamp projects and the only way anyone reliably uses it is if they rely on the email notifications.
- billpatrianakos 15y agoI probably wasn't as clear as I could've been. Obviously we already have Basecamp. That would only be one component and not every feature makes the cut. I really truly believe that some form of project management can and will replace email and it can become integrated into our lives like Facebook my biggest qualm with project management is the project part. People aren't always necessarily working on projects but we sure do work with groups and keeping track of what's going on in all those groups is tough. I haven't seen anything that does it the way I feel it should yet. I'm not talking socially either. I'm talking about a tool that'll let you see what your family is up to or what your church group is doing etc. Yeah, I just described Facebook but the difference will be in how it lends itself to being used. Like if Facebook and Bascamp had a baby.
- replax 15y agoWell, the baby of Facebook and Basecamp would definitely be online, which makes it impossible for it to even want to compete with email. If you cannot search, read and write messages OFFLINE it has failed in my eyes. Outside of silicon valley or whereever, there are places where you will not get a connection. Furthermore, it'd have to be more of a protocol rather than a service itself. many companies will not rely on some third party for hosting their most valuable information and communication network. same goes for individuals, probably <1%, but that is the tech-savy crowd...
- joncalhoun 15y agoWe are actually working on a way to allow companies to host all of this internally while still using our services. This would mean that any company with security concerns could host everything internally and we would still be able to provide support and features. Along with that we also plan on providing offline support through standalone clients - though this isn't something we are focusing on at the moment. Right now we just want to get the user experience perfected.