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skowarsky replied on July 13, 2008 14:00 to the idea "Challenge: Mobile Interface" in DeskAway Project Collaboration:
Howard, please explain the reasons you favor DeskAway over activeCollab. After reading your post, I took a look at activeCollab and it seems to have many good points. So does DeskAway, of course, but I'd appreciate your insights.-
skowarsky shared an idea in DeskAway Project Collaboration on June 30, 2008 17:00:
Fast Track Task EntryFaster task entry would be very helpful. There is a brainstorming mode of project planning where you just want to get those tasks in there very quickly. You can go back and create dates and assignments later. The faster the better. -
skowarsky shared an idea in DeskAway Project Collaboration on June 30, 2008 15:03:
Challenge: Multiple Person Task AssignmentSome tasks require multiple assignments. There are two reasons for this. One is that the task requires two people to complete it. Another is that the same task must be performed by more than one person, and it would be nice to show this as one task with four different checkmarks. For example, the project is recruitement. The team consists of four people, each of whom has to read each application. So an example of a task is "Review John Smith Application." You want to see who has done it, and who has not yet done it, all in one place. -
skowarsky shared an idea in DeskAway Project Collaboration on June 30, 2008 14:22:
Challenge: Mobile InterfaceHere is a challenge for you! Come up with a mobile interface for DeskAway, something that would work on a SmartPhone or Blackberry. Very difficult to do with a product as feature rich as DeskAway, but this is the way of the future, and I already see a demand coming from my users for something like this. Lack of a mobile interface drives some users back to the same old email mess. At least it is available on the portable device. -
skowarsky replied on June 30, 2008 14:17 to the discussion "Would you like automatic email reminders from DeskAway?" in DeskAway Project Collaboration:
For me, events and tasks due by overdue, today, and next 7 days, are the most important. -
skowarsky started following the idea "Personalized notifications via email" in DeskAway Project Collaboration.
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skowarsky replied on June 30, 2008 14:14 to the question "can i see my tasks/todo items in my ical calendar?" in DeskAway Project Collaboration:
ical integration is important for meeting notices, etc. -
skowarsky started following the question "can i see my tasks/todo items in my ical calendar?" in DeskAway Project Collaboration.
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skowarsky replied on June 30, 2008 14:07 to the question "Does DeskAway allow use of templates for task lists?" in DeskAway Project Collaboration:
I am currently trying another system that has a nice "copy" feature. True templating may be the single most important feature we need. I see a lot of value in DeskAway and have also signed up for an account and will soon convert it to the minimum paid category, and would like to share my ideas on this with you -- I have given this feature a lot of thought.
Like others, we do many highly repetitive projects and would benefit greatly from this ability. The two issues are (a) specific task assignments and (b) specific dates. For specific task assignments, I think I have a good solution. The system should allow tasks in a template to be assigned by role rather than by person. Then, when a project is cloned from a template, it should be possible to map roles to specific people. Important - it must be possible to assign the same person to more than one role. This would do very nicely.
On dates, I do not have a perfect solution. I suppose that defining the all due dates in a template as an offset from the project start date would provide a decent first approximation. However, "Work expands to fill the time allotted to it." For us, an otherwise very similar project might have anywhere from one week to two months to complete, and the due date offsets will vary inevitably in such cases. If anyone can think of something better, I'd love to hear it. One possible improvement would be to have a choice when setting up a due date in a template: Either an offset from the start date, or a percentage of the way through the entire project. This all can get very complicated and brings up the whole concept of task dependence, which I believe is not in DeskAway and you probably don't want it, and I understand that.
I hope these ideas are useful and look forward to seeing what you come up with for this feature. You are wise to recognize this is not a quickie feature, and I am glad to see that. -
skowarsky started following the question "Does DeskAway allow use of templates for task lists?" in DeskAway Project Collaboration.
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skowarsky asked a question in Goplan on June 11, 2008 11:25:
Project Template ConceptWe are an organization that puts on events. The project management software I am looking for would have a concept of "project template" that could stamp out an initial version of the project, to be tweaked by the event manager for specifics. We might have several different templates for different types of events. But this would allow us to incorporate learnings and continuous improvement into our project organization and get going quickly, which we often need to do. -
skowarsky asked a question in Twitter on May 16, 2008 20:36:
"Follow" is hard to follow. Do ya follow?When I said I wanted to follow someone, I repeatedly got a vague error message that there was a problem, and I should refresh the page. I kept doing it, same error message, over and over. But I guess the person did get my follow request. Or maybe not. Maybe it was because I had invited them and the invitation was pending - maybe that creates a problem. So people have to accept the follow request, is that it? I don't quite get this. -
skowarsky replied on May 16, 2008 20:33 to the question "I'm having this problem too, but I can't tell you that!" in Twitter:
so now I understand that "get satisfaction" is a completely different site from Twitter. very disorienting the first time, to ask for help on twitter and go to a completely different site where i have to register and log in again. but i guess i am just an old dog. -
skowarsky replied on May 16, 2008 20:30 to the question "Tweets not relaying via IM" in Twitter:
It worked for me when I entered "follow username" via IM. But this is not smart. I typed in "follow all" and it replied: Okay! If ALL accepts your request, you'll start getting ALL's updates. This is not smart either. There should be such a setting. Then all I need is my IM app, no others. That is what I want. That's what anyone would want, I think. -
skowarsky asked a question in Twitter on May 16, 2008 19:37:
I'm having this problem too, but I can't tell you that!I'm having this problem too is a great idea but does not work. I tried to say that, and even though I am signed into twitter, it wanted me to sign in again, and it would not accept my login credentials, which I know were correct. -
skowarsky replied on May 16, 2008 19:34 to the question "Tweets not relaying via IM" in Twitter:
Same thing on GTalk
