Bauma 2007

The Power of Visual Communication
Jørgen Kirsebom at Bauma 2007 in Munich, Germany

The masters of visual impressionism were certainly present and working hard at our earth’s largest and possibly most visually impressive exhibition, namely Bauma 2007. The exhibition took place on the 23rd to 29th of April 2007 in Munich, Germany,

The Biggest Ever!

I could not help getting the feeling that it must be true that it is the bigger which must be the better! The enormous fair for the construction and mining industries set new records for 2007. There were over 3041 exhibitors from 49 countries. The fair itself covers 540,000 sqm of exhibition space. It was the largest of its kind in the world, according to the Bauma website!

Powerful Exhibitionism!

There is no doubt that astronomical amounts of money were spent on making the biggest and most attractive impression to grab the attention of the visitors and make expressions towards competitors and other actors in the industry! The largest equipment, vehicles, cranes in the world was on display while some of the most beautiful women in the world gave you attention (and then a brochure).

I have to admit I enjoyed myself immensely; this must be a man’s dream world!

There cannot be a doubt that making a visual impression is of incredible importance.

Visual Communication and the Telephone

One thing is to spend millions on impressive visual exhibitionism once every three years, but what about our day-to-day communication? The telephone which has to be one of the most important historical inventions for the development of our audio communication is still one of our primary communication channels! To enable visual communication the 3G, video telephones and others have emerged. We can now see each other while we are talking. However, seeing each other may not help all that much in a business sense, as people are still unable to show others what they mean!

Read the whole article and see how Invitt can effect this industry!

Increase in traffic and downloads from PCWorld's Pick of the Day

On January 8th we had 440 downloads in just 24 hours due to PCWorld's newsletter where Invitt LE was chosen as Pick of the Day. Still, after 4 days, we have a lot of traffic and downloads on a higher level than before.

PC World makes Invitt LE "Today's Pick" in download newsletter

Invitt LE

Invitt LE lets you invite others to see your screen with a minimum of fuss, installation, and registration. The LE version lets you share your screen with one other computer over the Internet, and your invitee must register to see your screen. But all this takes about 2 minutes, and I haven't seen a competing program that makes it easier. Basically, using Invitt LE entails entering your invitee's e-mail address in the dialog box and clicking 'Show Screen'. Your invitee receives an e-mail including a link; clicking the link opens a browser window (Internet Explorer or Firefox) showing your screen. To see it, your invitee must have the latest version of Java. Currently Invitt requires both parties to use Windows, not Mac or Linux. Note: Invitt LE asks that you unblock TightVNC via the Windows Firewall. This is likely not a major security risk, but you should exercise discretion as to whom you invite to your Invitt LE sessions, and use your security software judiciously.

--Jennifer Berger

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PC-World recommends the ultimate suite for the home office, Invitt LE is one of five:

Whip your office into shape with these freebies and trial programs. Among our picks: Office 2007, a time-tracker useful for billing, a screen sharing program, and a PDF maker.

Read the recommandation here:

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Invitt LE reviewed by PCWorld

Jennifer Berger makes a review on Invitt LE and says:

"Show a colleague your screen in a matter of moments.

Invitt LE lets you invite others to see your screen with a minimum of fuss, installation, and registration. The LE version doesn't have as many features as the Pro version: You can only share your screen with one other computer over the Internet, and your invitee will have to register to see your screen (among other shortcomings). But all this takes about two minutes, and I haven't seen a competing program that makes it easier."

Read the complete review her:

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Basic considerations in choosing collaborations tools.

The global economy demand new ways to collaborate within and across companies and across national, cultural and linguistic boundaries.

The outlet of collaboration tools for the Internet is huge and the vendors’ approach to collaboration is often more technical and focused on the richness of features rather than the organizational role of cross site collaboration. To choose the best tool one should consider the nature of the collaboration and find the tool that works best in a certain setting. There is no tool that is suitable for every possible collaborating situation. The setting for collaboration within a group should be crucial when choosing the tool.

A traditional way to collaborate is the asynchronous way where the participants don’t meet to carry out the task. Colleagues do part of the task in a sequence, one after another. The group is responsible for the result, and it is possible for one person to compensate for another person doing slight work. This approach is most suitable for routine work where both task and results are very predictable. When communication within the group is needed, email, instant messaging, fax or telephone is used to clear up issues.

Often people used to routine work continue to do work in this way though a more simultaneous collaborative mode could give a better result. Hierarchical organizations in traditional industries often continue to work this way and thereby loose competitive power. It is a paradox that groups like those described above often are near each other without taking advantage of more effective collaborations methods.

In other areas simultaneous work with predefined patterns is a better approach. Each participant has a predefined role with known tasks to perform. Immediate and accurate coordination and a certain degree of specialization are necessary. Each task performed is predictable, and each participant knows when to act. An example is a cross department meeting to make decisions upon an investigated issue where all participants have specialized knowledge important to the decision making.

Simultaneous work with no predefined patterns often occur in creative processes where two or more persons work together to create a result. Immediate and accurate coordination is necessary, and all participants can act on each other’s moves and bring new aspects into the scene. The overall result is based on each participant’s knowledge, experience and imagination and everybody can take part regardless of his or her role.

Cross department teams in flat organizations can carry out very complex and innovative projects where continuous collaboration is necessary. Tasks are often carried out simultaneously among the group members, and frequent ad hoc meetings are necessary to coordinate and correct each other’s performance. The quality of the work is often dependent on how quickly the whole group or part of the group can make decisions to meet deadlines.

All these situations demand a special approach when choosing the best online collaboration tool.

Invitt LE launched

The Invitt LE was launched to day. From today Invitt is offered in two edition, Invitt PRO and Invitt LE.

Invitt PRO is offered as a professional tool for visual communication over the Internet in phone calls at a prove of USD 99,00.

Invitt LE is a solution for home users (none commercal) and is offered for free. Some features in the LE version is removed comparing to PRO version.