Author Archives: Chris Yeh

A business perspective on the evolution of PBwiki

Gil Yehuda, the Enterprise 2.0 industry analyst (formerly of Forrester Research), has a great post up about his perspective on how PBwiki has evolved over time. Here within PBHQ, it’s easy for us to forget what the changes to PBwiki look like to the outside world.  New features like the Mobile Edition seem like oldContinue reading “A business perspective on the evolution of PBwiki”

PBwiki Mobile Edition for iPhone and Blackberry

Ever needed to access your PBwiki using an iPhone or Blackberry? Now you can, with PBwiki Mobile Edition. PBwiki Mobile Edition automatically recognizes when you’re using a smartphone to access your PBwiki, and serves up a blazingly fast mobile-optimized interface. We’ve stripped out everything that’s extraneous to minimize load times and maximize the content youContinue reading “PBwiki Mobile Edition for iPhone and Blackberry”

PBwiki in the news: Week of 3/9/2009

(Image courtesy of Leslie Duss) Another busy week of PBwiki in the news, including the New York Times, local TV news, and of all things, how PBwiki helped reduce crime in one city by 25%! The Static Document Model Is Dying–RIP .doc, .xls, and .ppt (TechCrunchIT, 3/9/2009) In which I opine on the role ofContinue reading “PBwiki in the news: Week of 3/9/2009”

Do you need to hate your enemies?

(Image courtesy of aaardvaark) Do you need to hate your enemies? Business is all about competition. If someone buys your solution, they’re not going to buy from your competitor, and vice versa. So do you need to hate your enemies? Recently, Kristine, PBwiki’s customer evangelist, struck up a Twitter conversation with the product manager atContinue reading “Do you need to hate your enemies?”

Example Wiki: SEOmoz Site Intelligence Services API

While we have an entire directory of public PBwikis you can peruse, we do sometimes like to single out a particular PBwiki for praise. This week, I’d like to place the spotlight on SEOmoz and their Site Intelligence Services API wiki. The team over at SEOmoz has done a terrific job of customizing and structuringContinue reading “Example Wiki: SEOmoz Site Intelligence Services API”

We demand a recount! (Open Web Awards)

Photo courtesy of Jonathunder. It has come to our attention that in Mashable’s Open Web Awards, PBwiki came in as the runner-up to Wikipedia in the “Wiki” category. Clearly, this is a travishamockery of justice. Sure, Wikipedia is the largest repository of human knowledge, but you won’t find caricatures of all the Wikipedians on theirContinue reading “We demand a recount! (Open Web Awards)”

Productivity is the new black

With everyone worried about the economy, now is the perfect time to focus on increasing your productivity. If you’re a business owner, being more productive with everyday work will give you the time to think about how you can shift your strategy to account for the new environment. If you’re working for someone else, beingContinue reading “Productivity is the new black”

See David Weekly at the SDForum Cloud Computing Conference

Are you a cloud computing user?  If you use PBwiki, you are. Not only is PBwiki a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, but we also run significant portions of our infrastructure “in the cloud.” If you’re interested in cloud computing, or in how PBwiki uses cloud computing to lower its costs and deliver better service, check outContinue reading “See David Weekly at the SDForum Cloud Computing Conference”

Back To School Blitz: Free Upgrades and Gifts

We’ve just announced two new back to school programs for educators that will let them get free Gold upgrades and other gifts like LEGO sets and up to $1,000 for buying school supplies. Here are the details: Program for Teachers and Librarians PBwiki’s Back To School Challenge (http://www.backtoschoolchallenge.com) allows up to 100,000 individual teachers andContinue reading “Back To School Blitz: Free Upgrades and Gifts”