Thinkature is a new app that combines collaborative productivity tools with instant messaging. It’s really pretty cool, I’m just trying to figure out who will use it.
Thinkature gives you an open workspace on which you can use the mouse to draw on screen, upload photos, and attach notes in a style very similar to how MyStickies works. Since you can share the workspace and simultaneously work there’s also a very useful built in instant messaging feature (something more sites should have). The focus on images and drawing would seem to imply that this will make its inroads with designers - but the potential is way beyond that.
I like the combination of elements, but to really be successful I’d like to see it do even more. I can add photos and little notes, but I’d also like to be able to add a table. Drawing on screen is cool, but I’d like to be able to erase parts of what I’ve drawn (you can delete an entire section, but not parts) and I’d like to draw in different colors.
It’s actually really an amazing product and things seem to be working very smoothly, I just want to see a few more things added so that Thinkature doesn’t get swept away as a feature rather than a company. Right now it seems to have a few things that other online collaboration tools are missing, but it’s missing some that the others have.
Grade: This will change how I use the web, though it might not be with this particular site.