Wiggio is Wicked Cool

I'm on the NYU Dance Team , and although you might not think so at first, we blow up each others inboxs with rehearsal and meeting times and locations, music files, among many other things. Recently the captain of the Dance Team made a group for us on a site called Wiggio. Wiggio? God bless you! Actually, its an online toolkit that makes working and collaborating in groups much easier.

Personally I love anything fun and easy to use that will compartmentalize my life and keep things in lists and on calendars. Wiggio does just that! In an article on CNET News from Sept, 15, I learned that Wiggio was created by Dana Lampert and Lance Poliby. The two were working on a group project and were going crazy with the complicating features of systems similar to Wiggio such as 37signlas. The point of Wiggio is to make collaborating and working in groups easier for all involved. Wiggio has several key features such as messaging, calendar, poll, folder, meetings, and links. All of these features come with step by step (for the most part steps 1-3 or 4) and easy to follow instructions. Wiggio founders have taken their site a step further to also allow users to send out blast text messages and emails through the site. Signing up for Wiggio is super simple, too! All you have to do is provide your name, email, and phone number (for those mass text messages), create a password and your done! Users can also subscribe to multiple groups should they need or choose to.

I think Wiggio is something that we will see a lot more of in the near future. As of right now the system is geared towards college students, with minimal use coming from high schools. However, it seems like it would be a great way to keep office co-workers all on the same page and updated about what meetings or events are going on in their office or place of employment. I don't see it as a way to help meeting planners keep their conferences and various events organized and well run, but rather a way to keep an office of event and meeting professionals organized and well run. Most companies have shared drives on each employees computer that allow everyone to have access to particular documents. Often times an IT person has to come into an office to give new employees access to such drives. This can be kind of a pain. Wiggio, however, eliminates the need for that by allowing members of groups to have access to documents and messages, polls and posts right form their own computers, either at work, at home, or on their crackberry! I know that I have only been on the site a few days as of right now, and already I love it!