Friday, November 24, 2006

Web-based Productivity: Scrybe


Anyone who has been keeping track of the evolution of websites over the last ten years can tell we are on to something. Up and coming Web 2.0 companies offer everything from services never thought possible outside a desktop applications to a custom mashup of your favorite web resources.

I recently ran into Scrybe, which I believe serves as the perfect example of what we can expect to be doing through our browsers in the near future. Scrybe's solutions are not earth-shattering. After all, the company's motto is "Simple solutions for age old problems," but boy, are they cool. Currently under an invite-only beta, the website demos some of its solutions, which are expected to become publicly available by year-end.

Visit their website and I am sure you too will be blown away by the classy simplicity of productivity tools ranging from calendar to lists and collaboration tools. The only downside to this type of startup is the lack of cohesiveness across the different websites or platforms. This is where I believe the big players such as Google and Yahoo! should pay attention if they want to keep their market leadership and give their customers the best of the best.

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