Twiddla Graffiti
Posted by Petrice Gaskin at Mar. 24, 2008
My friend Bosco recently turned me on to Twiddla. It’s a whiteboard that allows you to take basically anything (documents, websites and images) and comment collaboratively on their content, either by dragging a pencil around the screen and circling and erasing items, or by creating virtual post-it notes. You can either type commentary back and forth in a dialogue box, or you can use a microphone and speakers to talk directly to whoever you’re working with. You can sign up and create an account, or access the services as a guest. It’s web-based, and you don’t have to suffer through a complicated set-up process.
Bosco used the program to work on a project with someone who lives across the country, and found that using Twiddla was actually more productive than meeting in person.
I played around with the program a bit and found that it was quite intuitive, plus it’s always fun to commit acts of virtual graffiti and draw moustaches and monocles with a virtual pencil. I’m not the only one who’s impressed either; Twiddla just won the SXSW Web Sward for Technical Achievement.
Bosco used the program to work on a project with someone who lives across the country, and found that using Twiddla was actually more productive than meeting in person.
I played around with the program a bit and found that it was quite intuitive, plus it’s always fun to commit acts of virtual graffiti and draw moustaches and monocles with a virtual pencil. I’m not the only one who’s impressed either; Twiddla just won the SXSW Web Sward for Technical Achievement.