Comments on: Your Backpack just got a lot bigger

By: Jeff Pelletier

Jeff Pelletier — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:54:49 +0000

I realize this is an old post - But here is a Case Study from the 37signals Backpack Product blog on how my company Basetwo Media uses Backpack. We rely very heavily on Backpack, Basecamp and Highrise for almost everything we do.

By: Radoslav Kostadinov

Radoslav Kostadinov — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:49:29 +0000

It seems there are many other online personal organizers, that I didn’t knew before. But thanks to the hint of Cameron Moll, a web designer I admire, I found Netvibes and it does it all perfectly for me. There are thousands of widgets you can add to your account for free (including calendars, to-do-lists, memos, RSS feeds etc). The widgets you add, you can drag and drop anywhere on the screen, where you want them to appear. If you create many tabs, you can have one tab showing a screen of your personal tasks for today, another tabs for news, weather, automatic email checking etc. It’s also a great service, once you take a little time to customize it according your needs. Sharing information between different accounts/people is not a problem. And they are constantly developing it further.

By: Avin

Avin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:02:44 +0000

Thanks for the info John.

I started using Basecamp a couple of weeks ago for project management between me, my outsourced team of developers and our clients.

I can’t get over how great their services are!

By: Ellen McAlpine

Ellen McAlpine — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:14:29 +0000

I think that using two apps is a bit confusing, not to say mare. My team is perfectly happy with a tool that lets us both store our documents and plan your tasks. It's very convenient to have everything in one place. No need to jump between the tools.

By: John Jantsch

John Jantsch — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:56:56 +0000

Chuck,

I’ll be in Seattle at the MS Small Business Summit http://www.sbsummit.com on March 24th

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:31:35 +0000

Hey, thank you so much. I was looking for this information.Good work.

By: Jason Fried

Jason Fried — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:07:00 +0000

Basecamp and Backpack are entirely different products for different purposes.

Basecamp is a web-based project management tool. You can use it to collaborate with clients on projects. Set deadlines, assign tasks, share project files, discuss project details, and manage multiple projects at the same time. You can think of Basecamp as a huge filing cabinet with different folders for each project you’re working on. Each folder contains messages, tasks, files, and milestones for that specific project.

Backpack is an intranet and group calendar tool. It takes just 30 seconds to get started. Use Backpack to share information, knowledge, files, schedules, to-do lists and more inside your organization. Post company-wide announcements too. You can think of Backpack as a cork bulletin board where you’d share stuff with your team. Tack up notes, a calendar, internal forms, announcements, etc.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:53:15 +0000

Hmm, from checking out both sites I’m really not getting how the two (backpack and basecamp) are fundamentally different. Time to sign up for free trials and play. Thanks for the info.