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by ironmantra 3755 days ago
I built a product that attempts to re-engineer how we interact with actionable information at work by introducing a "meta" layer of intelligent shortcuts (menu items are objects, not just links). The objects store meta data needed to streamline access to information in databases, LOB web sites, etc. It's awesome because it saves time. It's awesome because you can use it to quickly access a large group of information resources. Want to open 4 Hacker News sections with one click? Can do that. Spanning all monitors? Can do that. Want to open four different files with four different apps needed to work on a project with one click? Can do that.

Single user version video: https://youtu.be/gt67K6Pr7MY

Enterprise user version video: https://youtu.be/dnuJicgGAtg

I saw pieces of this work at Microsoft when I took an early version of my product and customized for specific teams. I've created the ability to do the customization without any programming, except for the SQL Server menu options.

Trying to googlize personal and enterprise knowledge (i.e. making it as easy to find as with google on the web). IOW, trying to eliminate the need to look for actionable information on your PC or company network using a single universal keyword driven information portal. The enterprise version uses a simple SQL Server "meta" database.

More info at my website: http://BrainDance.com

Have no marketing budget. Wife about to kill me. Can also publish MenuSets to cloud and have integrated cloud knowledge base about to go into beta. Yes the current version works with Azure database.

Let me know if you see any value or if you think this is stupid and why.