Posted by david Ing on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 @ 09:39 PM
One question that comes up quite often when we describe Taglocity is the reaction of 'I don't want to have to tag things - sounds like more work'. We've thought about this a lot during the development of Taglocity and some of the concepts that aren't obvious is that we actually have quite a few ways in which you don't have to tag things yourself. Here's some ideas and guidelines:
- Taglocity has a great 'Auto Assign' feature, where you can right mouse-button click on an email in your inbox and just say 'Anything from this person, or about this subject, or about these things then please put these tags on automatically'. After a few Auto Assignments have been set up then you'll really find a lot of things happening automatically, i.e. no work.
- If you tag any new messages as you write them, or replies to existing threads, then you'll find a dramatic increase in your productivity. Taglocity has the concept where the tags (with your permission) can travel with the message - this means all your replies and long threads are tagged automatically for you. This also has a 'network effect' of helping others, especially where you choose 'group tags' that you all might share. The majority of email you get will probably be in a team of people, and here the 'traveling tags' can really save you and other people a lot time. You may just want to use the tags in your group of people you work with, and tags like projects, or clients or statuses can really help get across the 'context' of your message (and let the recipients automate their filing/handing too).
- We use the concept of Taglocity Groups as a place where you can send email to and then let the recipients decide how they want to see it - sort of a smart alternative to the dreaded Reply All or growing CC list. Some members of the group will want everything forwarded as you send it to the group, while others might be a happy with the Daily Digest summary or perhaps specific RSS feeds based on narrow queries. The main point here though is that others can choose their 'email flow' and for those emails that arrive they are already tagged.
- Finally, it's worth mentioning that not everything has to be tagged. The delete button is still sometimes the best way to go, and the usefulness of the tags should be considered with your chances of ever wanting to quickly find that information ever again.
We're also currently working on some new 'Tag Suggestion' technologies, so please do stay tuned for that or leave some ideas at http://feedback.taglocity.com.
I hope though that the above list helps get across the concept of that in a typical work day you'll find you have to tag a lot less than you think you will.
Posted by david Ing on Fri, Nov 14, 2008 @ 01:03 PM
Here's a quick sample of some of the press for yesterday's launch, and thanks to all for the positive reviews and comments:
Taglocity Aims To Improve Microsoft Outlook By Making It More Like Gmail
TechCrunch
Hate that folder system? Taglocity 2.0 will turn messages, contacts, calendar entries, etc. into taggable items or virtual folders much like Gmail does with labels.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/13/taglocity-aims-to-improve-microsoft-outlook-by-making-it-more-like-gmail/
TechCrunch Japan
http://jp.techcrunch.com/archives/20081113taglocity-aims-to-improve-microsoft-outlook-by-making-it-more-like-gmail/
TechCrunch France
http://fr.techcrunch.com/2008/11/14/taglocity-tente-de-transformer-microsoft-outlook-en-gmail/
Taglocity bringing Gmail features to Outlook
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
Taglocity, a company that aims to provide streamlined e-mail services to the enterprise, announced Thursday that the latest release of its add-in for ...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10096265-2.html
Taglocity Brings Gmail-like Tagging to Outlook
LifeHacker
Windows only: Microsoft Outlook plug-in Taglocity brings Gmail-style tagging to your Outlook email. Getting started with Taglocity takes a little figuring out, but once you understand what the app is capable of, it's got all kinds of ...
http://lifehacker.com/5086336/taglocity-brings-gmail+like-tagging-to-outlook
Lifehacker Australia
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/11/14/taglocity_brings_gmaillike_tagging_to_outlook.html
Taglocity With New Innovation Edge, brings Gmail features to Outlook
Webtechpoint
Taglocity which provides streamlined e-mail services to the enterprise with its latest release of add-in for Outlook will bring functionality offered in Google's Gmail application to Microsoft's e-mail client. ...
http://www.webtechpoint.com/taglocity-with-new-innovation-edge-brings-gmail-features-to-outlook/
Get More Features in Outlook with Taglocity 2.0
Life Rocks 2.0
Taglocity 2.0 is a email management free add-in for Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007 which helps you to manage your email better. This add-in is designed to reduce email overload for busy professionals. Taglocity 2.0 for Outlook puts the ...
http://www.nirmaltv.com/2008/11/14/get-more-features-in-outlook-with-taglocity-20/
Taglocity Brings Gmail-like Tagging to Outlook
Descontructing the Web
Microsoft Outlook plug-in Taglocity brings Gmail-style tagging to your Outlook email. Link: Taglocity Brings Gmail-like Tagging to Outlook.
http://blog.lroot.com/articles/taglocity-brings-gmail-like-tagging-to-outlook/
Plus many, many more - so thanks again everyone, and I'll add more links when the whirlwind settles down...
Posted by david Ing on Fri, Nov 14, 2008 @ 12:59 PM
Yesterday was pretty exciting, with some great press and a huge number of new Taglocity users.
One thing I did want to point out is that we have some excellent screencast videos that help explain how to get the best out of Taglocity. They can be found here, so please do check them out:
http://www.taglocity.com/videos.html
If you want to offer feedback or a have a suggestion on how we could add or improve a feature then please do take a look here:
http://feedback.taglocity.com
Thanks again to all for making it a great launch day.
Posted by david Ing on Thu, Nov 13, 2008 @ 01:27 AM
We've release Taglocity 2.0 for Outlook after a great beta period. You can download the latest official 2.0 release version from here:
http://www.Taglocity.com/Downloads
Thanks to all the beta users for their feedback - the suggestions and ideas have really helped us make Taglocity better and we do appreciate it.
What Next?
We're already planning version 2.1 and have a lot of things we want to add very soon. One of the biggest updates we plan to make will be on a new set of Taglocity for Groups features, which still stays in ‘beta' (and is free to use). Until we roll those new features out, we plan to use the following public site as a way to collect feature suggestions and ideas from everyone. Please take a look and vote or add a suggestion:
http://feedback.taglocity.com/
Please also continue to send bug/diagnostic reports to our support email address found here.
http://www.taglocity.com/support.html
The beta forum group will stay around for a while longer, but obviously as we are now out of beta we'll be putting out major announcements via this blog.
Thanks again for all the beta users help (over 3000!), and please stay tuned for the next update, plus our plans for some exciting new Taglocity for Groups features.
Regards,
David and all the Taglocity Team
David Ing
Terazen Technology Inc
Vancouver, BC