Online Collaborative Resources
Chat
Userplane
Tinychat
CampFire
Meebo
Zoho Chat
Chatterous
Google Wave
Donutchat
ISL Pronto
99Chats
Nurph
Hipchat
NeatChat
Stinto
Chatzi
Wireclub
BabelwithMe
DonutChat
GixawChat
TodaysMeet
Dropio Chat
Backnoise
Talker
Video Conferencing
Video-Chat – Gchat – Rounds
VuRoom
TokBox
Oovoo
Sightspeed
VSee
Mebeam
Flashmeeting
EyeJot
DoVisio
APideo – API to embed video chat and interactive features inside any web site
XyKast
Palbee
Scopia Desktop
Meeting24
Persony
InstantPresenter – Up to 15 participants – $39/month
Tinychat
HP SkyRoom
Wetoku
VisionKontakt
ViVu
Zorap
Mirial ClearSea
TokBox Broadcast Video Chat
eMeetPlus
Glide
Thinsy
Ekiga
VuRoom
Chatride
Meeting24
Goober
Skype – Up to 10 participants (Windows only feature for now)
AttendAnywhere
iWowWe
ViVicom-ViFree
LiveCage
Nefsis
VideoPort
Auralink
Faceflow
Q-Next
Sifonr
SocialEyes
NetConference
Instant Messaging
Skype
AOL IM
Meebo
eBuddy
Yahoo Messenger
Google chat and video
ICQ
Windows Live Messenger
Jabber
BigAnt
Q-Next – Software PC, Mac, Linux
VoIP – Audio Conferencing
Skype
ooVoo
Voxox
JahJah
REBTEL
GTalk
Vyke – Focus is on PC-to-mobile, mobile-to-PC and mobile-to-mobile VoIP communications
Gizmo5
Voxli
Voxopop
Powwownow
Screen-Sharing
GoToMeeting
eBLVD
ConnectNow
Microsoft Shared View
Yuuguu
WebExNow
LiveLook
Vyew
Crossloop
Glance
Yugma
Teamviewer
BeamYourScreen
Acrobat.com
Netviewer
Mikogo
Gogrok
PocketMeeting
Oneeko (Skype plugin)
Present.io
ShowDocument
Dynno
GoGrok
SaviiDesk
Join.me
Screen Sharing – Remote Control
GoToAssist
RealVNC
GoToMyPC
logmein
Teamviewer
TightVNC
LiveLook CoBrowsing
Proxy Pro6
Skyfex
Techinline
ScreenConnect
IminTouch
ISL Light
SupportSmith
ScreenConnect – PC software
Banckle
Web Conferencing
Web conferencing is used to conduct live meetings or presentations over the Internet. In a web conference, each participant sits at his or her own computer and is connected to other participants via the…
WebEx
Elluminate
Wimba Classroom
DigitalSamba (free for 3)
Centra
Elluminate VRoom (free for 3)
Adobe Connect Now (free for 3)
WebTrain (free for 2)
iVocalize
DimDim (free for up to 20 people)
Spreed
WebHuddle
Convenos
Zoho Meeting
Acrobat.com
OpenHuddle
Microsoft Live Meeting
iLinc
Netspoke
Genesys
Omnovia
ReadyTalk
e-Lecta
Hypermeeting
Live Conference PRO.com
Expressway Flexchat
WebConference.com
DoConference
Nefsis
OpenMeetings
vMukti MeetingPlace
OpenConference
Wiggio
VeriShow
ISL Groop
Kablink Conferencing
BigBlueButton – open-source – Mac, PC, Unix
IBM Lotus LiveEngage
Sococo
OpenMeetings
TeamApart
FlashMeeting
Visionkontact
InnerPass – works with Skype
ImInTouch-Meeting
Formeeting
Sococo
GVOConference – spammy MLM
Wiggio
Clickmeeting
Banckle
GoMeetNow
Digitell
BigMarker
AffordableWebMeetings
NetConference
Apptix
GlobalMeet – screen sharing, presentations, video pro interface – $39/mo flat for up to 125 attendees
Virtual 3d Immersive Coolaboration
Tixeo
I-maginer
Teleplace
Venuegen
SecondLife
Digitell
Large Audience Webinars – 100+ participants
Gatherplace
Adobe Connect Pro
GoToWebinar
iVocalize.com
HotConference.com
Wiziq
TokBox Broadcast Video Chat
DimDim Enterprise
WebEx Event Center
Freebinar
Clickwebinar
FuzeMeeting Pro
GoMeetNow
Vokle
AudioVideoConference
Slideshare Zipcast
GlobalMeet – screen sharing, presentations, video pro interface – $39/mo flat for up to 125 attendees
Co-browsing
Clavardon
Holoday
PageShare
Showdocument
Wizlite – Page highlighting – asynchronous
Twiddla
Whiteboarding
Dabbleboard
Skrbl
Vyew
Ge Inspiration Cubed
Depicto
Twiddla
Scriblink
Groupboard
Scribblar
ShowDocument
Flowchart
Virtual whiteboard
Google Drawings
Skrbl
Co-Sketch
Web Presenting
Slideshare
SlideShare Zipcast
SlideRocket
woices.com
PresenterNet.com
InstantPresenter
Vcasmo
280 Slides
Livemeetups
Freepath – is an application that lets you create presentations that are mashups of web content and content from your PC. For example, a Freepath presentation could combine a PowerPoint file along with images, videos, music, websites, PDFs, Word and Excel documents. All of these files are saved into a playlist and are launched from within Freepath; no need to launch other applications. It gives the user the option to present in a dynamic non-linear way. Once you have added your content to a playlist, you can upload your playlists to myFreepath to share and collaborate with others. Currently, we give new users 100mb of storage.
Mightymeeting
ZohoShow
Kineticast
MyPlick
Live Present
SlidePresenter
Slide-Casts
My-Slide-Presenter
KnowledgeVision
Multimedia Presentations
Vuvox – Create funky slideshows for embedding from photos in Flickr or Photobucket
Animoto
OneTrueMedia
Scrapblog
bubbleshare
Voice Thread
Zentation
Present.io
ProjectQ
WorkGrouping / Team Collaboration Workspaces
Zenbe
WizeHive
BantamLive
WebOffice
BarCamps
Edmodo.com – Microblogging for Education
Affinitiz.com – Rooms for teams + external blog
Colaab
Sosius
Deskaway
Collaber
Campfire
CentralDesktop
GroupmindExpress
Ovosuite
Clearspace
Sosius
MyNetResearch
OneDrum
Onehub
Huddle.net
Ubidesk
HyperOffice
WizeHive
TeamApart
Ubidesk
Wiggio
FMYI
Collaboroo
GlassCubes
Kablink Teaming
Incipi
Threadbox
Engage
Zcope
Sambajam
CompanyConcert
CubeTree
Obayoo
Qontext
ContactOffice
Teambox
Humanedj
EnterTheGroup
TeamLab
Kerio
File Sharing
Microsoft Live Mesh
Filedropper.com
Filemail.com
youSendIt
drop.io
transferbigfiles.com
box.net
Dropbox
senduit
4shared.com
Virtual desktops –
Jooce
Clip2Net
Spider Oak
Gigashift
Filephile – P2P cross-platform downloadable software
Esnips.com
Rapid Share
Wuala
iFolder
CloudApp
Document Sharing – Wikis
Comindwork
pbwiki
WetPaint – Offers more customization options than either pbwiki or wikispaces (without upgrading to the pay version).
wikidot
mediawiki
wikispaces.com – for teachers – All the features and benefits that normally cost $50/year – for free. No fine print, no usage limits, no advertising, no catches.
GoogleDocs
GoogleSites
Socialtext
Zoho – Excellent, underrated suite of documents and collaboration tools. Try the Notebook for much more than a notebook.
mindtouch Deki
etherpad
Couchit
SocialText
Database Publishing
Socrata
Tablefy
Listphile
Dabble DB
Document Publishing
Scribd – Hundreds of thousands of documents (Microsoft Office 2003 files, Open Office, etc).Documents can be viewed in Flash ‘iPaper’ format, and embedded on your website/blog. Can be private or shared. Strict rules about copyright, but often flouted.
Issuu
Scribd
Docstoc
Acrobat.com
TXTBear
KnowledgePlaza.be
Mixedink
Microsoft SharePoint
PBWiki
Microsoft Docs
Wepapers
Private Social Networking Platforms
Googlegroups
YahooGroups
Ning
Groupsite
grouply
SocialGo
Memberhub
Qlubb
Spruz
Grou.ps
Bigtent
meetup
Friendfeed
Group communication
Yammer
Socialcast
Friendfeed
Campfire
Tgethr
Hashwork
Jaiku
Present.ly
Sharetronix
Socialwork
Status.net
Tibbr
Chatter
Convofy
Podio
Tadagraph
Qontext
MindMapping & Diagramming
Creately
MindMeister
Bubbl.us
Mind42
Mywebspiration
Spinscape
Gliffy
LucidCharts
Xmind
SpicyNodes
MindJet Catalyst
Comapping
Cacoo
ThinkFold
Mindomo
Ideatree
Edistorm
Slatebox
CoSketch
My.Origramy
Pearltrees
Collaborative Visual Reviewing
Backboard
Creately
A.nnotate
Diigo – is a bookmark sharing service. I don’t think it is a Collaborative Reviewing application
uptogo
ReviewBasics
ConceptShare
Octopz
Textflow
inMotionNow.com – is a workflow & review tool for collaboration on creative content such as video, Flash, web design, graphics and documents. Watch the overview at: http://www.inmotionnow.com/demos/overview/index.html
Cozimo
Friendpaste – Paste texts or code, add reviews on each lines, see answer in quasi real time.
ProofHQ
Colaab
Revizr
FuzeMeeting
Huddle.net
Oryx Editor – BPMN Community
Notable
The Commentor
Mocksup
ConceptFeedback
Pidoco
Bounce
Draftboardapp
Cageapp
Flauntkit
Collaborative Writing
Buzzword
Zoho Writer
Writeboard
Google Docs
Quicktopic
SynchroEdit
Gobby
Etherpad
TextFlow
WriteWith
ThinkFold
Springloops – for coders
Mixedink
PrimaryPad
Wridea
TitanPad
Sync.in
Solodox
J2e
entri.co
TypeWithMe
AgileWords
Project Management
Basecamp
GroupMindExpress
5pm
ActiveCollab
Staction
Daptiv
Task2Gather
Planyp.us
CoMindWork
Colabolo
eLoops
ClockingIT
Klok
PieMatrix
Teambox
Smartsheet
TaskPoint
ProjectManager
ProjectPlace
ProofHub
TeamWork-Live
Wedoist
Teamwork-PM
Snipia
ProjectManager
Planio
BetterMeans
Teamlab
activeCollab
Planio
ProjectCurf
Freedcamp
Reverb
Unfuddle
Collabtive
VKolab
Scadaplan
Tadagraph
Flow
Binfire
Event Scheduling
eventbrite
Schedgit
GCalendar
Timebridge
any iCal app
Chandler
Amiando
Doodle.com
Genbook
AgreeAdate
MeetWithApproval
Cvent
Tungle
Shiftboard
ScheduleOnce
Zeeyoo
Appointment-Plus
Skedgememe
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This list is compiled by Robin Good found in a MindMeister format here
Anthony Morreale
October 24, 2011 at 12:22 am
You’d think with Robin’s vast awareness of free online tools he’d choose a more legible format to present his list with! Thank you for extracting the content from that nightmare of a user experience at Mindmeister!
Robin udpates his list weekly. Do you also keep this list up to date?
ict-design.org | Tom Johnson
October 24, 2011 at 8:14 am
Glad you like my formatting.
I need to update to the most recent list.
Tom
Cathern
January 28, 2013 at 12:30 pm
Very good blog! Do you have any helpful hints for aspiring writers?
I’m planning to start my own website soon but I’m a little lost on everything.
Would you recommend starting with a free platform
like WordPress or go for a paid option? There are so many
options out there that I’m completely confused .. Any tips? Cheers!
ict-design.org | Tom Johnson
March 10, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Have a look at my post about Weebly vs Joomla vs WordPress. It should get you started.
Lucio Wison
March 11, 2013 at 5:29 am
There can be no doubt that the way businesses meet has undergone a major metamorphosis in the last few years. For generations the only that businesses could get together was in person. When you stop and consider this often mean airfare, hotels, meals and other expenses, it is easy to see how much audio conferencing has done to change the business meeting world for the better. This does not even take into consideration all of the lost time commuting to and from the meetings.;
ict-design.org | Tom Johnson
March 11, 2013 at 6:14 am
This is why it is so important to have so many different options for online collaboration.