Just a few minutes ago I discovered a rather interesting looking piece of collaboration software software known as Dimdim. From the website:
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Dimdim is a free web conferencing service where you can share your desktop, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast via webcam with absolutely no download required for attendees.
Basically, the software lets you create a virtual meeting place online. In a meeting you can communicate via text, voice and chat. The software also gives the presenter the ability to present power point presentations and share PDF files with the viewers. All attendees have access to a “white board” where they can draw (diagrams and slimy faces, I suppose), and presumably take notes.
The software comes in three versions, the first being the full blown proprietary version (which must be paid for, of course), the free hosted version, and the “Community Edition“, which is licensed under the GPL V3.
I haven’t had the chance to test it out yet, but Dimdim certainly seems worth looking into. What do you think? For those YWAMers who are reading this post, do you think that this program might be useful for digital communication within our mission (aka, comment section below)?
Tags: Collaboration, Technology
Also check out cyn.in (pronounced as ‘sign-in’) Open source collaboration software. http://www.cynapse.com/products/cynin
Our company actually looked into DimDim not that long ago. Pretty decent services, but we wanted something not just for internal collaboration, but also with clients. It seems a little unprofessional to send them an link that says dimdim.com. There are a lot of options as far as collaboration software, this website is a good resource: http://www.itstrategists.com/Document-Management.aspx.