Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-03 Thread simran
hey sujit, you closed your tags wrong... i must be from the generation that knows xml ;) oh wait, and json (lack of caps to pretend to be a tweenager) :) and did someone say facebook/twitter/highlight/instagram/vine/quora/linkedin/trello/feedly/rapportive/netcraft/lastpass/ghostery amongst about

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-03 Thread Sujit Shah
Don't worry - I am an old school dinosaur. I cannot think like Gen Y(Wonder how they number these? Gen Z should be next and what after?) Still trying to keep up with the Kardashians. On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:22 PM, simran sim...@dn.gs wrote: hey sujit, you closed your tags wrong... i

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-03 Thread simran
The next generation - which started in 2010 is Generation Alpha. ( http://www.readersdigest.co.nz/the-next-generation ) As for dinosaur's - i find it hilarious that the T-Rex evolved into the Chicken! :) (

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-02 Thread Mariel Castro
Hey Sujit. It's interesting to hear what you use. If you do find something that does all those things i've love to know about it! incorporating all those things into 1 app would prove costly, and when you build a management app, you have to toe the line between too much, and not enough. With

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-02 Thread Sujit Shah
Most of the time it is fine but when things turn sour you need that trail vs I said u said Also u need the comms in one place so each person has a single point of reference work to better as a team On Tuesday, 2 July 2013, Mariel Castro wrote: Hey Sujit. It's interesting to hear what you

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-02 Thread Sujit Shah
I am a big fan of desktop applications and virtual app deployments so looking in that space I will check it out though On Tuesday, 2 July 2013, Mariel Castro wrote: Hey Sujit. It's interesting to hear what you use. If you do find something that does all those things i've love to know about

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-02 Thread simran
Hi Sujit, In general greater the competition = greater the cost of acquisition Drives up the cost of sales and drives down the profitability. This is a discussion for another day. Not always. If it's a fast growing market / segment, the others could be educating the market and it might be

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-02 Thread Sujit Shah
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 6:10 PM, simran sim...@dn.gs wrote: Hi Sujit, In general greater the competition = greater the cost of acquisition Drives up the cost of sales and drives down the profitability. This is a discussion for another day. Not always. If it's a fast growing market /

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-02 Thread simran
Not always. If it's a fast growing market / segment, the others could be educating the market and it might be just the wave you want to ride. Yes I saw what happened to the coupon, groupon, wave... ;-) If you are in the business of buying and selling companies and know when to buy and sell

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-02 Thread Sujit Shah
Unlike Besides having met you once - I can easily guess which generation you belong to - certainly not the instagram one. How dare you criticize Tweeter! Facebook? Come on you need to grow up! Besides FB had a revenue of approx $1.5 b in Q1 2013 and a slim profit as well. They have over 600 m

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-02 Thread drllau
600 m active users - a haven for advertisers SNS business model 101 - if you can't see the product being sold, you are the product. Lawrence ... mutter mutter ... company towns On Wednesday, 3 July 2013 00:11:36 UTC+12, eagle wrote: Unlike Besides having met you once - I can easily guess

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-01 Thread Nikhil Singh
- jeremychampion Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools From: d...@pretaweb.com Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 16:22:54 +1000 To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com We use Trello a lot (combined with OTRS for client facing interaction). Trello a good place

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-01 Thread Mariel Castro
Hey there, Have you tried trigger http://www.triggerapp.com? It was built by Brisbane Software development studio - NetEngine (www.netengine.com.au). Feel free to message me about it, I work in customer development. Trigger is good for project management and time tracking. The guys here use

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-01 Thread Amit Dave
Hi Nikhil, You can try out Asana http://asana.com/ , its pretty neat and they are improving very rapidly. Regards, Amit On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Mariel Castro mar...@triggerapp.com wrote: Hey there, Have you tried trigger http://www.triggerapp.com? It was built by Brisbane Software

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-01 Thread Sujit Shah
so many of them - how do they make money? On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Amit Dave amitdav...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Nikhil, You can try out Asana http://asana.com/ , its pretty neat and they are improving very rapidly. Regards, Amit On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Mariel Castro

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-01 Thread Ivan Galic
The market is large and most of these are inter-company collaboration tools, so the network effects are low (my company doesn't care what yours is using for project management and vice versa). I think the majority of these tools need only a few thousand users to be profitable. Not that that's easy

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-01 Thread Nikhil Singh
www.atlassian.com should be up there ! On 02/07/2013, at 1:14 PM, Sujit Shah sujit...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ivan Not trying to question the market opportunity. In general greater the competition = greater the cost of acquisition Drives up the cost of sales and drives down the

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-01 Thread Mariel Castro
The reason there are so many is that alot of them contain different tools, or perks. Basecamp is a leader, yes, but it works in conjunction with Harvest if you want time tracking. They have a few of their own programs integrated with each other, and i believe a subscription is required for each

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-01 Thread Michael Ridland
They're also pretty cheap and easy to make, well compared with an OS or accounting package. On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Mariel Castro mar...@triggerapp.com wrote: The reason there are so many is that alot of them contain different tools, or perks. Basecamp is a leader, yes, but it

Re: [SiliconBeach] recommendations for collaborative tools

2013-07-01 Thread Sujit Shah
I spend a fair bit of time on odesk. Love to see a tool that integrates with it. At the moment I use a mix of email , odesk messages, Skype, mikogo, ms project, self rolled version control, google docs, calendar, in addition to our development tools it is a mess It is not easy to force