New site for Kalessin

I got an email from Google inviting me to use Google Apps. I was interested in using it for some voluntary work I'm involved in so finally got around to taking a look yesterday.

I'm not really sure if we need corporate email or collaborative capabilities inside Kalessin Consulting. But it really is fantastic to explore and understand the options. In less than 24 hours I have bought a domain name and set up a website for the company. OK, it takes a bit of fiddling about, and knowledge of SharePoint, Blogger and other publishing tools comes in handy. And I still haven't worked out how to change the heading styles.

Take a look: www.kalessinconsulting.com

I can build an external website and a collaborative intranet for no more than the annual cost of the domain name ($10) and my time. That's vastly cheaper than paying Microsoft to host SharePoint for you. I believe the security is not quite at the same level, but if it saves me a few million dollars a year it's probably not a problem....

I'm really looking forward to developing all of this further, the next time I have a spare day :-)

I'm still not sure if it's the right tool for a volunteer group, but it really is brilliant for a small company.