Christopher Saunders writes for InstantMessaging Planet on 'Spicing Up Collaboration' with Pepper Computer's flagship collaborative application.
Pepper Computer's founders Len Kawell and Mary Ellen Heinen, have strong backgrounds in collaboration systems. Kawell, with Lotus Notes, and he and Heinen with e-book player Glassbook (later acquired by Adobe.)
Pepper Keeper uses the "page" metaphor. Like sheets of paper in a notebook or journal, once you use the "pages" you need to buy more - pages are "non-renewable" - that is, they're usable once. Christopher Saunders writes: "Pepper Keeper introduces collaboration into the picture by enabling users to share their creations with others. The system relies on AOL Instant Messenger (specifically, the TOC protocol) to link users with friends, via a built-in Buddy List. The applications can be sent to other users as either read-only, or fully editable."
Pepper is available in Windows and Mac versions - and right now it is free.
K-Collector Topics: Adobe PhotoShop Collaboration Instant Messenger Listings Writing AOLThanks for the quick report! We've launched a new Web site and updated our free download since you wrote this. Feel free to check us out. And thanks for passing this on to Stowe Boyd...it was cool to see the first screenshot of our product show up on another site!
Posted by: Sean Sosik-Hamor at December 17, 2003 03:05 PM