From now on we are no longer developing our software tool in stealth mode, but we are ready to present it to the world. Our Beta version is finished.
We have created a strategic weapon, designed exactly for the working environment of the 21st century. It’s a software which puts you in control, not somebody else.

To give you a main idea about it, here some key facts:
It’s a Goal, Time and Contact Management software based on P2P functionality.

With DAISHO you can…

• easily track your goals
• plan your capacity goal-oriented and on a long-term basis with time budgeting
• manage your goals and activities effectively with the context concept
• save time
• create and cultivate your social network successfully

DAISHO gives you transparency and more space for value adding activities. Well used, you get the ROI already after a few days.

We want to encourage you to test the Beta-Version of DAISHO for free and without limitation.
You can download it here: http://www.daisho-blacksmith.de/en/download/

We are well aware that this version needs final polishing. Therefore we really appreciate any feedback from you. As we want to provide you with the optimal tool, we need your support and your help. Please write any suggestions to: feedback@daisho-blacksmith.com.

We hope you enjoy testing DAISHO!

Martin Koser from frogpond held a couple of interesting sessions about social networks and their application in an enterprise context. You can also find some summaries of sessions he attended, quite helpful for those of you who could not make it to Munich.

What’s all this fuss about working in the 21st century is dramatically different from the working environment of the last century?

Remember these conferences in a dimmed hotel room (preferably without any daylight), with one guy running the show, trying to convince the audience that he has the best product in the world? And all the others trying not to fall asleep…

The Barcamp series (I just attended my first Barcamp in Munich this weekend) is completely different: no agenda, no dull powerpoint slides, but a very interactive discussion and networking event with people willing to contribute to the success of the event.

For those of you not familiar with the format: In the morning, the agenda is empty. Participants suggest sessions they are willing to hold, and if the feedback from the audience seems encouraging, they just schedule the session for one of the available slots. Topics range from Web 2.0, social networks to business models and venture capital (one of the sessions I offered) to search engine optimization. Even more exotic sessions like photography have been offered in Munich.

From my very personal impression, most of the participants are either freelancers, working in startups or are working on projects to turn into a company later on – very entrepreneurial, with a lot of insights to share. You can tell during the sessions that people just share the experiences of their daily work instead somebody reading slides he received just an hour ago.

For me, the barcamp format is an indication of the way work will be organised in the future: networked, with independent professionals, self organising (to a much higher degree than in the past): new opportunities arise on the go…

So I think it is not too bold to state that barcamp is a conference format for the 21st century.

PS.: Special Thanks to the guys organising the events, Franz Patzig and Jörg Battermann: you did an excellent job! Cisco as main sponsor for location and catering ensured that all participants could stay focussed on content instead on infrastructure issues.

Dear friends, colleagues, and loyal readers,

thanks to everyone who participated recently in our online-poll. The response has been overwhelming. We want to thank all participants who took time to have a look at our new website and provided us with constructive feedback. We really appreciate the effort and contribution. Thanks to your hints and great suggestions, we could improve our website to make it more appealing and comprehensible.

To all of you who can’t wait to try DAISHO – our new management software for goal-, time- and contact management: the beta-version is NOW available for you as a download on our website. The first version of DAISHO will be released soon. Until then, enjoy testing the beta-version.

Out of the numerouse participants, we have drawn the winner of our raffle. The winner of the engraved Japanese knife will be contacted within the next few days.

The DAISHO Blacksmith Team

Dear friends, colleagues, and loyal readers,

we are almost ready to release our new management software application – just a little bit fine tuning and then, we will “capture” the market. In connection with the product launch, we are setting up a new website. The aim here is to create a website that is appealing and comprehensible. Hereby, we are trying to stand out from rather technical-oriented websites for software; nevertheless, we want to communicate the benefits of the software. Now, a first version of the website is finished. We would like to have some feedback to see if we have achieved our goals. In addition, we also want to know where and how we can improve our website.

For this reason, we want to conduct an online poll. To answer the questions takes only 10 to 15 minutes. We would be pleased if you could take some time to participate in the poll.

It would be nice if you could answer the questions until Friday, the 28th of September 2007.

Link to our new website:
http://www.daishoblacksmith.com/index.php?id=72&L=1

Link to the online-questionnaire:

• English version

• German version

Thanks a lot for your support.
The DAISHO Blacksmith Team