I tend to spend a lot of time looking for new and better online collaboration tools. Many are pretty cool, but for the most part, they all suffer from the same limitation: They require everyone to log into some new Web site in order to take advantage. Tgether is a little different: It functions like an e-mail distribution group.
That means you don’t have to force some new tool on your people; just give them a Tgether e-mail address, and all your communication gets automatically distributed to everyone on the team.
So far, so good, right? But I hear what you’re saying: How is it any better than just using a distribution group? Well, Tgether archives everything that gets sent — including attachments — which you can search or browse at any time. It’s a complete record of all your projects and team communication.
Tgether is a decidedly low-tech tech approach to a problem that has been approached in all sorts of high concept ways by sites like Wizehive, Kindling, and Collaber, so it’s certainly not for everyone. But if you just need a simple way to share information — and capture your conversations — then Tgether might just do the trick.
I just have to ask, though — does anyone else think that the practice of removing vowels from the name of your start-up has moved from cliched to totally over? Please, entrapreneurs: Think of some other way to name your new Web service. What do you think about annoying Web app names? Sound off in the comments.
