Archive for October, 2006
What I learned at the Office 2.0 Conference
With over 450 participants (375 iPods only, sorry…), 105 speakers, and 56 sponsors, the inaugural Office 2.0 Conference was a success. Eating our own dog food, we used as many Office 2.0 tools as we could to organize the event, and most of them worked. In and by itself, this served as a good validation for the concept. And now that the iPods have been loaded with music, the iMacs unplugged and sold, and the dust settled, here is what I learned about Office 2.0 from participating in this one-of-a-kind event. [Continue…]
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Enabling Complex Workflows with Office 2.0
A good workflow process is one that end-users will want to follow, thanks to a user interface that makes them more productive, while inducing minimal cognitive friction. Translation: Keep It Simple, Stupid! No online service demonstrates this KISS principle better than EchoSign today. I have written about this online document signing service in the past. At the time, I explained what I liked about the service’s architecture, but I had yet to use it for any real application. I am a strong believer in the eat-your-own-dog-food philosophy, and I have used EchoSign as part of our setup for organizing the Office 2.0 Conference. Here is what I learned along the way, followed by some ideas for enabling complex workflows with Office 2.0. [Continue…]
