Ask HN: Idea management

[vnagpal]

Hi there , i am looking for a portal or app which can be used for idea management/ wiki, here is the functionality that i would need. * 5-10 people should be able to collaborate. * anyone should be able to tag and it should be searchable * we should be able to link the research with the particular idea

please feel free to suggest anything that you think might be useful. Thanks :)

[navalsaini]

I dont know any you can linkup research with.

If you are looking to explore.

(1) http://www.convflow.com (i worked on an earlier version)

I am a big fan of idea management / collaboration softwares too. More information. Some others I recently started using are (1) http://www.thoughtback.com (useful alone) (2) https://app.thoughtplan.com (useful alone) (3) http://www.hipchat.com (prefer simpler design) or http://www.slack.com (prefer awesome design)

[postatic]

There are a few options I suppose.

- Google doc - hacker pad - Evernote

If you would like to consider an alternative, I run a site called Postatic (http://postatic.com).

It's a site that let you create online communities (think of it as 'creating your own hackernews'

But you can also make it 'private' so that only invited and approved people can access the site, which makes it ideal for your situation. It might not be 100% perfect for your purpose but would love to have you check it out if you have some time. Happy to answer any questions!

[amarcus]

Suggestion: Get rid of the Hacker News reference in your header.

I think that most people who don't know about HN will run away when they see "Hacker" in the title. You are limiting your audience. If you must, it might be best to use Reddit instead. Or maybe rotate between the names of different websites that are similar.

Honestly, I would recommend focusing more on "Community" rather than the "We are the X for Y"

[postatic]

Suggestion noted, but please understand that we've done (and still are doing) our fair bit of experiments on what works for whom.

For example, when we want to tell HN users of Postatic, the most effective way we found was to tell them that they can create their own HN site.

I guess for Reddit users, it would be better to target it as "create your own Reddit".

"Community" is good, but there are a plenty of sites that use that word and we also need to stand our.

So right now, we're displaying what's been working the best according to the data - surely it'll evolve.

[Jeremy1026]

Maybe check for the referrer, then if it matches a list of known communities, HackerNews, Reddit, Facebook, etc. have it automatically change to "Create Your Own <REFERRER>", otherwise just use community?

[n17r4m]

Might be a bit on the heavyweight side, but TikiWiki ( http://tiki.org ) might be a good fit for this.

[rtcoms]

I would suggest - Google Keep. Now Google Keep notes can be share with other people

[ashleyp]

Is what Evernote is for

[jtfairbank]

Trello

[Immortalin]

Try Drupal