http://www.psfk.com/2007/02/huddle_goes_liv.html Ideas & Trends Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:15:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.psfk.com/2007/02/huddle_goes_liv.html/comment-page-1#comment-559 Todd Raine Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-559 <p>I have been using this for months, but is called basecamp by 37signals - how is this not a blatant rip off?</p> I have been using this for months, but is called basecamp by 37signals – how is this not a blatant rip off?

]]> http://www.psfk.com/2007/02/huddle_goes_liv.html/comment-page-1#comment-560 Ian McCallam Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-560 <p>Not completely convinced. It feels like nothing we haven't already seen before. There's several alternatives already out there and Huddle doesn't seem to be offering any competitive advantage over them.</p> Not completely convinced. It feels like nothing we haven’t already seen before. There’s several alternatives already out there and Huddle doesn’t seem to be offering any competitive advantage over them.

]]> http://www.psfk.com/2007/02/huddle_goes_liv.html/comment-page-1#comment-561 AliMitchell Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-561 <p>Good to see you guys having a look at it already - thanks for the feedback. You're right that huddle does some of the things that other tools (eg basecamp) do already, but the devil is in the detail. We actually used a wide variety of these tools when we were building huddle but soon got frustrated by their limitations; either they were too 'techy', or they did not handle confidentiality well enough, or they were too expensive, or they had limited document functionality or they did not enable us to hook multiple teams from different organisations into the same interface. So whilst these sorts of systems are great for small/informal projects we found a massive demand amongst SMB's and the larger corporates for a different way of working; hosted, something that reduced email load by automating document approvals etc, was 'fun' to use, low cost, flexible, replicated real life in the way it connected teams BUT had all the features and security of a piece of enterprise software. Hopefully that's what huddle does - whilst also enabling you to manage big work projects and fun/home projects side by side. Certainly feedback so far from users suggests we might be getting there, but there's a long way to go so please do sign up and use it in earnest - it would be great to hear some more of your thoughts! Thanks<br /> </p> Good to see you guys having a look at it already – thanks for the feedback. You’re right that huddle does some of the things that other tools (eg basecamp) do already, but the devil is in the detail. We actually used a wide variety of these tools when we were building huddle but soon got frustrated by their limitations; either they were too ‘techy’, or they did not handle confidentiality well enough, or they were too expensive, or they had limited document functionality or they did not enable us to hook multiple teams from different organisations into the same interface. So whilst these sorts of systems are great for small/informal projects we found a massive demand amongst SMB’s and the larger corporates for a different way of working; hosted, something that reduced email load by automating document approvals etc, was ‘fun’ to use, low cost, flexible, replicated real life in the way it connected teams BUT had all the features and security of a piece of enterprise software. Hopefully that’s what huddle does – whilst also enabling you to manage big work projects and fun/home projects side by side. Certainly feedback so far from users suggests we might be getting there, but there’s a long way to go so please do sign up and use it in earnest – it would be great to hear some more of your thoughts! Thanks

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