links for 2007-11-08

Tangler Tangler is a host of discussion forums with a difference – it acts more like an instant messaging platform than a traditional forum. Looks a cool way of getting discussion groups together quickly. (tags: web2.0 community collaboration chat forum communication tools im)

Zoho’s CRM

I have been looking for a cheap, quick to implement and eay to use CRM (customer relationship management) system to use while a long term solution is identified. This led me to have a play with Zoho’s offering, which is a real gem. Not only is it pretty fully featured, but there is also the … Keep reading

links for 2007-11-07

HiveLive’s Social Networking Platform Puts Users in Control HiveLive is another service to use to create your own social network. Very useful for creating niche or sector specific online communities. There are a growing number of these available, keeping a track of them, and which is best for which situation, is g (tags: socialnetworking SaaS … Keep reading

Gordon Brown loves Countdown

It’s a fact: [youtube:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mHOAtgMqr5I] Thanks to Simon Dickson for pointing out this oddity. I suppose it’s a difficult line to tread, but this definitely falls on the “has he nothing better to do?” side of things.

BarcampUKGovweb

Am very excited about the forthcoming BarCamp for UK government web types. In fact, I think the remit is probably going to expand beyond government into all areas of not for profit web work. Jeremy Gould, of the Whitehall Webby blog, seems to have kicked things off with his post: My proposal was to run … Keep reading