01-05-2006, 09:34 AM
Quote:Is 37signals the new Google?...
I don't know whether 37signals will grow from the plucky little startup it is today to become a multi-billion-dollar world-shaking powerhouse. But 37signals does have the zesty, refreshing, flavor of a little company called Google, ca. 1998. 37signals demonstrates its spunkiness in its application suite available on the company home page...
37signals currently offers four Web-based applications for individuals and small workgroups...
The applications are built using Ruby On Rails, which is a software platform invented at 37signals, then open-sourced. Ruby On Rails is gaining popularity for Web applications. The applications are all built in AJAX, meaning that they're almost as lively, in your browser, as desktop applications.
full article: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main...ls_th.html
From 37Signals description of its products:
Quote:Basecamp turns project management and collaboration on its head. Instead of Gantt charts, fancy graphs, and stats-heavy spreadsheets, Basecamp offers message boards, to-do lists, simple scheduling, collaborative writing, and file sharing...
Backpack is the alternative to those confusing, complex, organize your life in 25 simple steps personal information managers. Backpack's simple take on pages, notes, to-dos, and cellphone/email-based reminders is a novel idea in a product category that suffers from status-quo-itis. Backpack is so flexible you'll use it for everything...
Writeboard lets you write, share, revise, and compare text solo or with others. It's the refreshing alternative to bloated word processors that are overkill for 95% of what you write
Ta-da List keeps all your to-do lists together and organized online. Keep the lists to yourself or share them with others for easy collaboration. There's no easier way to get things done. Over 1,000,000 to-do items have been created so far...
The 37Signals web site: http://www.37signals.com/