Citrix Podio Adds New Calendar Features
July 17 2012 06:30:00 AM
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Today Podio enhanced their collaboration platform with the addition of several new calendar related features. I've always been a firm believer that calendars are a vital component in helping both individuals and teams stay organized, and that organization is a critical component in getting work done.
Unlike most collaboration platforms, the Podio calendar does more than just display events (like team meetings) and tasks/todos. Instead, the calendar for each workspace can display a link to any application record that contains a date field. That means applications that contain date sensitive information (ex: sales tracking, project organizing, benefit enrollments, vacation planning, etc.) can now be easily viewed in a calendar format.
In addition to workspace calendars, Podio has also enhanced their personal calendar feature, by introducing an interesting new concept, a slider that enables people to control the granularity of the information they see. The slider allows people to choose from a range of options starting with personal tasks and meetings up to all the date related events in all the workspaces they are a member of. Of course this demos quite well in the video below, but I am concerned about how well this works for people who are active members of many workspaces. Will the display become too cluttered to read? I hope to see some additional filtering options in a future release. (ex: select which applications from which workspaces, which priority of tasks, etc.)
Finally, Podio has always done an excellent job of providing integration with the other platforms people use to get their work done. For example, you can share files that are stored in a variety of different tools like Box and Google Drive. Keeping with that tradition, Podio has made it simple to display your Podio events in either Google Calendar or Microsoft Exchange calendars. That means people don't need to leave the context of those tools to see all the events that will impact their day.
The team at Podio has an excellent understanding of how people work and continue to impress me with each release.
Unlike most collaboration platforms, the Podio calendar does more than just display events (like team meetings) and tasks/todos. Instead, the calendar for each workspace can display a link to any application record that contains a date field. That means applications that contain date sensitive information (ex: sales tracking, project organizing, benefit enrollments, vacation planning, etc.) can now be easily viewed in a calendar format.
In addition to workspace calendars, Podio has also enhanced their personal calendar feature, by introducing an interesting new concept, a slider that enables people to control the granularity of the information they see. The slider allows people to choose from a range of options starting with personal tasks and meetings up to all the date related events in all the workspaces they are a member of. Of course this demos quite well in the video below, but I am concerned about how well this works for people who are active members of many workspaces. Will the display become too cluttered to read? I hope to see some additional filtering options in a future release. (ex: select which applications from which workspaces, which priority of tasks, etc.)
Finally, Podio has always done an excellent job of providing integration with the other platforms people use to get their work done. For example, you can share files that are stored in a variety of different tools like Box and Google Drive. Keeping with that tradition, Podio has made it simple to display your Podio events in either Google Calendar or Microsoft Exchange calendars. That means people don't need to leave the context of those tools to see all the events that will impact their day.
The team at Podio has an excellent understanding of how people work and continue to impress me with each release.
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