Cool Tools: Spicebird
If you often find yourself with ruffled feathers when dealing with collaborative works, then you might want to check out SpiceBird.
SpiceBird is an application that combines Instant Messaging, Email, Calendar and Task Management – applications essential for collaborating – under one application. Setting up is a quick, smooth and simple process. Once you have it up and running, you will be prompted to setup your mail and instant messaging accounts.
The interface is clean and quite easy to grasp. The instant messaging function is quite limiting, allowing only Gmail and Jabber accounts to be used.
The mail function features instant setup for Gmail accounts and, though it doesn’t offer automatic settings for other email services such as Yahoo Mail, you can manually add other email accounts.
The calendar tab offers multiple views: daily, weekly, and monthly and adding tasks and events on it is a simple point-and-click chore. SpiceBird also offers a built-in RSS reader that can manage feeds from your favorite sites.
While the current setup of SpiceBird may seem quite paltry, given its beta stage nature, the software shows a lot of potential to be a great tool for better collaboration.
SpiceBird is compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista (32-bit) and Intel-based Linux.
Screencapture by Celine Roque from Blue Rabbit Media
