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In one of our first posts here at the Interactive Ideas blog, we mentioned seeing best-selling author and collaboration guru Don Tapscott deliver an exciting and insightful presentation on the power of web-based collaboration at Portland's Innotech conference.

His mantra that "mass collaboration changes everything" really resonates with us because ProtoShare was developed with the philosophy of improving and enabling team collaboration. Wikinomics, Tapscott’s latest book, has received accolades from many luminaries of the tech world, including Google CEO Eric Schmidt who said of it, "Wikinomics heralds the biggest change in collaboration to date. Thanks to the Internet, masses of people outside the boundaries of traditional hierarchies can innovate to produce content, goods and services.”

Thus, it’s quite an honor to have our collaborative web development tool featured and discussed on the Wikinomics blog, where there is also an interview with Site9 (developer of ProtoShare) founders Andrew Mottaz and Blake Johnson.

“ProtoShare opens the process up to other stakeholders, such as the marketing team, allowing them to follow the project’s progress over time, and provide timely and effective feedback to developers, “ writes Wikinomics team member Will Dick. “By improving communication and collaboration within the project team, and between them and their clients, ProtoShare has the potential to revolutionize the process of web design.”

Read the interview and explore more on “the cutting edge of mass collaboration” at Wikinomics.com

It's official. We sent out the press release, began the conversation with industry bloggers, and put out the word on ProtoShare. We've been getting a lot of interest in the product, and we'll follow up here in the next several weeks with some of the reviews and posts. You can check out the full press release at Site9.com, but here's a brief preview:

"ProtoShare revolutionizes the way the industry will prototype and develop websites," said Andrew Mottaz, co-founder and CEO. "Our goal is to bring true collaboration to this critical stage of website development. When you get the beginning right, the rest flows faster and with realistic expectation."

"We see the potential of ProtoShare," said Steve Gray, Technology Director at Avenue A | Razorfish, the leading interactive agency worldwide. "Web prototyping can be cumbersome and expensive. ProtoShare is a smart way for the team to collaborate with clients."

"ProtoShare enables us to rapidly 'show and tell' our clients how a Web experience will work, rather than simply explaining it in text-based requirements documents," said Adam Lavelle, Chief Strategy Officer at iCrossing, a leading digital marketing company. "It also allows us to manage critical feedback from clients and the team."

One of the most exciting things about developing the ProtoShare™ software has been hearing from satisfied users. Kind of like when your kid brings home a report card with straight A's. (Not that that's ever happened to me.)

We're especially pleased at the amount of international interest we've been attracting. It was great to see a shout-out on the Interaction Designer's Coffee Break blog, which is based out of Denmark. We also have users in Australia, Thailand, France, Canada, Brazil, the Netherlands, South Africa, Finland, New Zealand, the UK and many other countries. Hmmm, I wonder if there's any time in the schedule to send this blogger on a tour of our overseas clients.