Wiggio showed up on my RSS feed of the del.icio.us Hotlist today, so I thought I’d give it a go. Billed as “a totally free, online toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups”, Wiggio’s yet another web 2.0 site that makes you wonder how you managed life before it existed.
Similar to Google Groups, Wiggio facilitates sharing and storing information in a user-friendly way. While Google Groups offers tools for publishing and design, Wiggio focuses more on communication. For example, live chat and live poll results give group members the opportunity to meet without ever physically meeting. I can see this being extremely useful for college students stuck in groups for core classes, where members may be scattered across campus at any point in time.
For those people who still communicate via voice, Wiggio offers conference calls through Rondee. Having not heard of Rondee until now, this aspect really stood out to me. It just seems really handy to have this feature built in.
Other than the weird Halloween color scheme, I really like what Wiggio has to offer. Unfortunately, I can’t think of any use I could have for it in the near future. I’m out of school, not in a band, and I don’t organize dance troops. Looks like I’ll just have to hyper-organize my friends…
