Get Out of Your Inbox

E-mail is known as "the killer app," because it is such a useful way to communicate. It's the place where you first hear about many of your projects (which will soon become your commitments). But that doesn't mean it's the place where you should manage them. E-mail was never designed for that.

Your inbox can be an overwhelming source of frustration -- full of requests that you have made of others and that others have made of you. Commitments pile up as more e-mail arrives, and you're sure things are falling through the cracks.

Perhaps you've tried to solve the problem with a personal to-do list, only to find that keeping it up to date felt like just another chore. With no common place to hash out the details, we spend half our time trying to make sure we're on the same page. There must be a better way.

The power of shared context

In today's connected world, nearly all of our activities involve other people. And it's often people we've just met or have never met.

Whether a task involves two people or ten, the best results come from working together toward a common goal. That means being clear about who has agreed to do what, and being able to work out the details where everyone involved can see. It means cheering each other on and lending a hand when someone needs it.

ActionItem provides that shared context -- that place where you can experience the magic of intense cooperation. An instant, custom collaboration environment that you can create in seconds. That's right; you don't need to be a webmaster.

Most important, ActionItem is so easy to use that you can get others involved without having to explain anything. Just invite them to the ActionItem page. They'll know what to do.

Once you see what people can do when they can easily work together, you'll want everyone to be using ActionItem.