WORK[etc] Web App Blog

• WORKetc Goes Social CRM, Social Project Management, Social Support

  13
  May
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Mon, 13 May '13 @ 11:26 PM

  We've been working on a social-everything proof of concept recently, in collaboration with a firm that invented a powerful profile-matching algorithm. This platform can take incomplete details for a contact, run off to... | 12 comments | more >>

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• 2013 Roadmap & Co-Fund a new Feature?

  14
  Jan
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Mon, 14 Jan '13 @ 4:29 PM

  A weekly, if not daily, head-banging moment for me is always having to hold back on new development because we just don't have enough free cashflow to hire 10 more engineers right now. Everyday plays out the same battle... | 20 comments | more >>

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• Beta: Outlook CRM Add-in for WORK[etc]

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  Sep
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Thu, 20 Sep '12 @ 11:49 PM

  Daniel Barnett [2012-11-09] We are now taking beta registrations for the Outlook CRM Add-in! UPDATED: This is now out of Beta and full available with every account. And yes, it is a bit late, but I made a last minute... | 37 comments | more >>

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• New Interface Officially Live Everywhere, Gmail CRM Video

  27
  Aug
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Mon, 27 Aug '12 @ 7:49 PM

  After a frantic 10 week development cycle, it is pretty awesome to today announce that the new WORK[etc] interface is now fully live, across all accounts, and in all countries. The release has been what I'm going to call... | 12 comments | more >>

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• Updated Roadmap. New User Interface Live Date

  08
  Aug
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Wed, 8 Aug '12 @ 7:52 PM

  This will be the fourth product road map we've made public. If you are new to WORK[etc], then please take a quick scan through the previous roadmaps (January 2011, September 2011 and January 2012). IMPORTANT NOTE: We... | 20 comments | more >>

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• The Simon Cowell-Inspired Interface Makeover - Preview Invites Available.

  11
  Jul
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Wed, 11 Jul '12 @ 5:37 PM

  Everything we know about interface makeovers we've picked up from Simon Cowell. Take the before and after picture just to your left. Whereas once we too were scruffy hair, all smiles and a bit on the plodgey side, WORK[etc]... | 29 comments | more >>

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• WORK[in progress] - our new interface revealed.

  30
  Jun
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sat, 30 Jun '12 @ 11:40 PM

  So I've just trawled through 12 months of feedback from customers offering opinions around our web-app's user interface design. We have 69 people who've written in to say they love it, 88 people who say they hate it and... | 8 comments | more >>

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• LAUNCHED: Permissions, Saved Views, Custom Fields and about 100 other things

  04
  Mar
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 4 Mar '12 @ 10:03 PM

  Over the weekend we pushed out what is perhaps the biggest update to WORKetc since launching the original beta version. There is too much to cover here, so what I've done below is called out the highlights and included... | 22 comments | more >>

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• Get your beta invite. Hardware upgrades.

  11
  Feb
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sat, 11 Feb '12 @ 8:10 PM

  Long time readers of this blog already know that we're teetering on the edge of a major release. The first part of this release includes both new modules and improved tools: - Improved Custom Fields - Saved Views... | 4 comments | more >>

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• New: Custom Field Groups Explained. Plus we're hiring.

  16
  Jan
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Mon, 16 Jan '12 @ 3:46 PM

  An incredibly powerful inclusion in this mammoth release we're working up to is the new custom fields tool. WORKetc has had custom fields for a long time, but their heritage was hack-like; they just always felt like they've... | 9 comments | more >>

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• 2012 Roadmap - huge leaps forward

  07
  Jan
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sat, 7 Jan '12 @ 4:59 PM

  This will the third product road map we've made public. The first two roadmaps (January 2011 and September 2011) give some interesting insight into just how far we've actually come these last 12 months. Our roadmap is... | 13 comments | more >>

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• Fluid Roadmap (Rest of 2011)

  12
  Sep
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Mon, 12 Sep '11 @ 2:30 AM

  January's Roadmap Back in January we released our first public and fluid roadmap. For the majority it was really well received however we did have some (now ex) customers who tried to turn the post into ammunition to push... | 11 comments | more >>

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• Mobile WORKetc - Beta 1 - Now Available

  09
  Jul
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sat, 9 Jul '11 @ 8:16 PM

  Big news, mobile WORKetc beta 1 is now ready. From today a fully optimized mobile version of WORKetc is available for access on all web-enabled mobile phones. Firstly, just to recap on our mobile strategy: - Today:... | 22 comments | more >>

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• Evernote + WORKetc = Less Errggghhh ... plus looking for a technical writer

  26
  Jun
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 26 Jun '11 @ 6:33 PM

  Debugging our iPhone App with Evernote At WORKetc we have an informal policy of always using images to describe bugs and user interface issues. Obviously a picture is worth a thousand words but more importantly with a... | 3 comments | more >>

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• How We Know When WORKetc Sucks

  17
  Apr
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 17 Apr '11 @ 10:33 PM

  It is pretty simple really. I know when WORKetc sucks when I suddenly find myself no longer using it and instead reverting to the old ways of doing things - which for me means a lot of email. Not many people realize the... | 6 comments | more >>

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• Picking up Momentum: Major release, We're Hiring, New Offers, New Training

  17
  Feb
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Thu, 17 Feb '11 @ 6:15 PM

  As we pick up momentum with our development schedule, the public release of the new calendar, timesheet, project management and help desk components is almost upon us. So if you haven’t done so already, I definitely recommend... | 5 comments | more >>

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• The WORKetc Liquid Road Map

  11
  Jan
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Tue, 11 Jan '11 @ 11:48 PM

  Late last year I tentatively started announcing roadmaps for WORKetc. I say tentatively for a few reasons: - We keep a mostly fluid development plan as WORKetc is wide and deep; a full range of business management tools... | 5 comments | more >>

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• New Feature Suggestion Tool

  26
  Sep
  Posted by Daniel Barnett Sun, 26 Sep '10 @ 6:19 PM

  WORKetc gets better because of user suggestions and feature request. We know that first hand - a lot of recent improvements to the product have come about specifically from suggestions and requests. We read every email,... | 4 comments | more >>

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