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OfficeZilla is a free project management and collaboration site. It comes with a comprehensive suite of tools and resources that allow you to manage your projects and tasks more efficiently. It is ideal for personal projects or group projects that involve several co-partners. There is no limit to the number of users that you can add, so even if your project involves hundreds or thousands of people, OfficeZilla will still be able to support it.
When you first create an account on the OfficeZilla sign up page, you are automatically assigned the administrator role for your account. Once you are logged in, you can start to invite your colleagues/co-partners into your group (via a custom sign up form) so that they can have access and update to the project resources.
Within OfficeZilla, there is a comprehensive suite of tools and resources that are available for your use. You can find features such as a calendar, chat rooms, contacts, content library, a directory, POP3 email account, files, forums, knowledge base, private messages, project manager, resources, to do List and many more.
Some of the features that I find it useful include the content library, knowledge base, project manager and resources. The content library is where you upload your content such as articles, presentation slides, multimedia files etc and share them with your co-partner.
The knowledge base allows you to create a database of the commonly asked questions and answers, or the history and progress of the current project so that any new co-partners that have just joined the group can learn about the progress and then start work immediately.
The project manager is where you can create and assign tasks for the project. This will give you a good overview of the progress of the project and see who is doing the job and who is not.
When you come across a useful site/article on the Web, you can also make it available by updating the Resources page.
Under the 'My Account' page, there is a section that allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds for the various components in OfficeZilla. You subscribe to the feed that you want to keep a tab on so you won't be left out of any update by your co-partner.
Conclusion
OfficeZilla comes with a comprehensive suite of office tools and resources that allows you to manage your work/project efficiently. With a price of free and the ability to add unlimited number of users, there is really nothing to complain about.
One thing that I feel is lacking is the availability of an office suite (word processing, spreadsheet, etc). If they ever include an office suite inside OfficeZilla, it will surely give them an edge over Google Docs or Zoho Office.
What do you think? Do you use OfficeZilla yourself? What has been your experience with it?
(By) Damien Oh is an all-out technology geek who loves to tweak and hack various operating systems to make life easier. Check out his blog at MakeTechEasier.com where he shares all the tips, tricks and tutorials.
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