Diggin DeskAway

by Jon 5/24/2008 12:40:00 AM

A while back, I posted a blog entry mentioning a couple project management web sites I had found that were inspired by Base Camp but seemed to have things done up right. I got a comment from the folks at DeskAway.com, suggesting that I check that service out. I found some really annoying issues up front, and I was very vocal about how turned off I was by the otherwise fantastic site because of those issues.

Those issues have been dealt with, though, and although the site is not bug-free nor flawless, it is now proving to be by far the best project management web site I have ever touched. I initiated a big project at work on the site and after I added a few co-workers and my boss to the project and dropped $10 for a month of "Personal" service (mainly so I could replace the plain and boring DeskAway.com logo), my boss came back and told me he was buying a $100 (year) subscription for our company instance because he liked the site so much.

The company is surprisingly responsive to flaws mentioned on the site. I often get e-mails from the CEO himself, the same fella who posted a comment here on my blog recommending that I check it out. I tend to wonder if he is really just a signature a whole staff is reusing, because the responsiveness to my issues -- even performance issues and my own complaints about down time -- have been responded to and addressed within days.

http://www.deskaway.com/ 

Give it a look, you'll be glad you did. 

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5/23/2008 4:40:22 PM

Sahil Parikh

Hey Jon,
Ah now I can put a picture to those emails. Anyways, thanks for the candid review and glad DeskAway is helping you guys. Responsiveness is something we take very seriously cause thats one great way we can differentiate ourselves from the other software vendors.
We never use someone else's signature - its was me who is in touch with you and everyone else.

Best,
Sahil

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5/24/2008 5:19:50 AM

Aditya Gholap

I've been using Deskaway as well for a while and i think both of us have exactly the same experiences. Over time i've got to know Sahil (the CEO) well - those guys have a great work ethic. Atleast to me, Sahil has always responded personally!

PS - you're on their Blog!

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5/24/2008 6:42:16 PM

Jon

Heh now I've seen your face, Sahil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6uoqKZSckM

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Jon Davis Jon Davis (aka "stimpy77") is a software and web developer by day and a software and web enthusiast (geek) by night. He was recently a senior web engineer for the enthusiast division of a major magazine publishing company for nearly two years. He has been a programmer, developer, and consultant for web and Windows software solutions professionally since 1997, with experience ranging from OS and hardware support to DHTML programming to IIS/ASP web apps to Java network programming to Visual Basic applications to C# desktop apps.
 
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