GMail welcomes Periscope Gadget
November 12th, 2008 • Everything else, Releases, Screencasts • 2 comments
Wonderful news this morning: Periscope Gadget is now available in your GMail!
Thanks to Gmail Labs & the ability to add a gadget to GMail, you can now add a special GMail Edition Periscope Gadget to your sidebar in GMail. Periscope for GMail is now just one of the other ways to interact with Basecamp, in addition to Periscope for iGoogle, for the iPhone and for Google Desktop for Windows. Awesome!
You’ll need to enable GMail Labs within your GMail account (see the screencast) and also add the Gadgets for GMail extension. Once you’ve done that, you’ll need the Periscope for GMail gadget URL, which is different that the iGoogle URL:
http://ui.periscopegadget.com/gm/periscope.xml
It’s all detailed in the Periscope for GMail screencast — so have a look at it, and add Periscope goodiness to your GMail. No iGoogle needed.
Periscope listed in the Google Solutions Marketplace
November 6th, 2008 • Mentions • No comments
I’m very proud to announce that Google just approved the listing of Periscope Gadget in the Google Solutions Marketplace! From the site:
Google Solutions Marketplace links customers to vendors whose solutions integrate and extend Google’s communication, collaboration, and enterprise search products.
This is like an iGoogle directory on steroids because it not only lists Google gadgets and applications that businesses can leverage but also services and apps that other companies provide that build on top of the entire Google platform. Woo hoo! See the listing here
And when you do visit… please leave a customer review at the bottom: that would really help spread the good word of Periscope.
Periscope on Minnov8 :)
November 3rd, 2008 • Mentions • No comments
Periscope was mentioned on the Minnov8 blog, so I thought I’d point you guys over there for more information about the upcoming demo at MinneDemo. Don’t forget to RSVP if you are intent on coming…
Screencast: Add Basecamp accounts to Periscope
November 1st, 2008 • Everything else, How To, Progress, Screencasts • No comments
If you’ve logged in to your account on the Periscope Gadget home page recently, you will have noticed that the look has changed and a new feature has been added. I moved the information around a bit on the My Account page so that it made more sense to me and so that it was a little cleaner. Hopefully, you’ll agree.
I also added the ability for any beta user to now add a second and a third Basecamp account to Periscope on their own. When you log in it tells you exactly how many accounts you have left to add, and clicking opens up the New account block. Punch in your Basecamp details, hit Add account and the new account will show up on your list of accounts on the right. It will also be immediately available to your gadget, so a gadget refresh will result in the new account showing up there as well. Be sure to enter your credentials carefully, or you will run into issues displaying the data!
Checkout the screencast for a full demo of the new layout and account functionality.
Rich Apps Consulting describes Periscope as “a quick and convenient way to manage Basecamp accounts”
November 1st, 2008 • Mentions • No comments
Thanks to Tayyaba Khalil over at Rich Apps Consulting for describing Periscope as “a quick and convenient way to manage Basecamp accounts” — read the whole post on their blog. It’s always nice to hear the thoughts of users and reviewers since it encourages us to keep updating and to keep going at this, while also providing a reality check.
They were also careful to point out that Periscope does not let you add or edit comments, nor add or mark-off to-do items as complete. He writes:
However, one downside is that Periscope Gadget does not allow users to leave comments on an entry nor add/complete “to-do” items.
Hey man! The funtionality is not there, sure… but I’ve received numerous comments and requests for to-do lists to be in the gadget but this is the first for comments. I must admit, that hasn’t crossed my mind in the past, but now that you mention it, it sounds like something that might make sense. I’ll add it to the feature request list and see where it goes. Thanks!
CMS Wire posts about Periscope, writes honest, detailed entry
October 28th, 2008 • Mentions, Progress • No comments
The folks over at CMS Wire posted an entry about Periscope last week. Somehow, we missed it. Note: please let us know if you’re writing something about us, we’d love to know and also let our users know about what’s being said, good, bad or otherwise. If nothing else, we’ll link to you :)
They make some excellent points, especially with regard to usernames and passwords — the more people who use Periscope that know about what is and isn’t stored, the better — and also offer up some kind words for us. Thanks, guys! And the post certainly goes a long way in educating readers about the facts.
Full Gadget Tour Screencast with Functionality Showcase
October 24th, 2008 • How To, Progress, Screencasts • 2 comments
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now: a screencast of someone (me) using the gadget, attempting to show all the functionality the gadget has at this point. This means a few things… firstly, that the screencast is loooooooong: around 11min. It also means that it runs the risk of being boring and of having you lose interest. Nevertheless, I thought it would be a good idea to do it anyway, so enjoy.
In the screencast I go through filtering by project, by Basecamp account, what each of the tabs does, submitting time with descriptions, starting and stopping the Periscope clock, as well as the preferences tab. I haven’t really pushed this tab very much but I hope to be putting even more things in there that will make Periscope even more useful. Right now you can control the number of items displayed as well as “compact edition” visibility — checkout the screencast, you’ll know what I’m talking about. (Compact edition was inspired by Rob Colburn’s note to me about a quick CSS hack that Gmail uses to do the same thing. Thanks Rob!)
Full screencast.
Periscope Gadget at MinneDemo
October 21st, 2008 • Everything else • No comments
Luke Francl announced the Twin Cities’ premier tech demo and networking event today on the MinneBar Google group, MinneDemo. I’ll be giving a seven minute demo, no powerpoint, of Periscope Gadget at the event: it should be really fun! If you’re in the Twin Cities or will be on Wednesday November 12 at 7pm, stop by the event being held at Intermedia Arts in Uptown and say hi! I’d love to meet any local Periscope users and get some feedback. Here’s the full run down.
ReadWriteWeb: “design for the Periscope Gadget is simple and effective”
October 19th, 2008 • Mentions • No comments
Periscope was referred to by Corvida over at ReadWriteWeb as having a design that “is simple and effective, with hover-over link effects to keep the interface as simple as possible without leaving out important details” — what a succinct way to describe it! Many thanks for the post and nice words about Periscope Gadget. Read the whole post here.
Multiple Basecamp Accounts in Periscope
October 8th, 2008 • Everything else • No comments
You may have seen the screencasts where we tout how Periscope can let you access more than one Basecamp account in one place… well, Periscope Gadget can do that for you right now! There is just currently no way for you to add those accounts yourself. So… if you’re a Periscope user, and you’d like to add a second or third (or even fourth) account to the gadget, just send us an email with the Basecamp URLs and we’ll get those added for you.
You’ll then be able to add your new usernames and passwords using the My Account feature on Periscope. Sweet!
