Charlie ([info]vruba) wrote,
@ 2008-08-22 13:23:00
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Draftastic

We’re getting pretty good, with the computers and whatnot, at moving information around. It’s easy to publish, to read widely, and to do certain kinds of work with strangers and distant friends. But we still put up with a lot of trouble, especially in multi-way conversations. It’s hard to collaborate live – to get a group of people all working on one thing at once.

Well, it was hard until [info]pseudomammal and I fixed it with a little thing we like to call Draftastic.

I think you might like it. I’ve been using it for a while and slowly normal text editing has started seeming restrictive.

It’s early days. There’s a lot in our heads that isn’t running yet, and you’ll notice things changing as we muck around. But the core of it is all there, and I’d like to know what you think. Sign up for a free account, get some friends involved, and start submitting bugs and requests.




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[info]inthewall
2008-08-22 09:55 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations on getting it up, running, and promoted.

I have a couple people that will be hearing about it in the next few days (not so much internet user types, but people who really like good editing/writing programs).

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[info]gorillapotter
2008-08-23 09:20 pm UTC (link)
Like I said to pseudomammal, I knew my friends did cool stuff, but really, wow!

I kind of want to come up with a reason for a collaboration just to participate in the awesome.

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Fan-friggin'-tastic
[info]canopy_maestro
2008-08-24 08:27 pm UTC (link)
Looks very cool. At first glance, it looks exactly like the sort of solution my advisor has been looking for when collaborating with other researchers on scientific papers or projects (I'm sure I'll be interested in something similar as more collaborative projects land on my plate in the future). Would you mind if I mentioned it to him? Depending on people's needs, I think this could really grow in popularity within the academic community.

Cheers.
Mike

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Re: Fan-friggin'-tastic
[info]vruba
2008-08-24 09:00 pm UTC (link)

That’d be dandy. Mention it to anyone you think could use it; if you think of people who could almost use it but not quite, tell us what we can do to make it work for them.

We’ve set it up as a general-purpose system, and there’s lots of room to make it better in specific ways – features designed just for scientists, fiction writers, proofreaders, etc.

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[info]bem_ly
2008-09-26 12:44 am UTC (link)
Darling cousin,

I love it. I'm collaborating with a friend to make an Old Norse glossary. I never thought I'd say it, but I am now a text editing addict, thanks to your awesomeness.

- The shorter one with dark hair.

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