Procore

Do you use RSS to keep up with information? We’re wondering because there’s a debate in the technology industry about using RSS, and we’re not sure which side is correct. The question is about whether the “business world” is ready to move from email to RSS as a standard form of communication.

The most recent statement comes from Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist who writes a well-known tech industry blog. Fred recently wrote:

“When the soccer moms, myspace kids, construction workers, and grandmothers can use RSS, commercial email will give way to RSS. Because RSS is a lot better.” (emphasis added)

Do you agree? Ever heard of RSS? Use it to keep up in your day to day work? Let us know by replying in the comments.

The reason we’re asking is that we’re always looking for ways to make it easier to use our application. For example, most Procore users get information into their project site by using email. With Procore, you can reply to emails without having to login to your project. We also make it easy to use email to add digital photos to projects, file documents in the archive, or add items to the project daily log.

Many Procore clients like to use our “Phone In Your Daily Log” feature, which they find even easier to use than email. The feature does what it says—you call a number, say the name of your project, and then dictate a message of up to 30 seconds. The message is transcribed and entered into the project’s daily log as a text entry. Simple.

Thanks in advance for your input.