fmyi news
June 2008
- Another first in the industry - fmyi is the only collaboration system that purchases renewable energy credits for its users. As people use fmyi each day, fmyi's partner CO2Stats measures the approximate energy it takes to power our servers and your computer. At the end of each month, renewable energy certificates (solar and wind) are purchased to offset the non-renewable portion of energy used by fmyi's servers and users' computers. To see real time results, go to the bottom left of any page in fmyi and click on the "Green Powered Website" graphic.
May 2008
- fmyi President Justin Yuen presented to the City of Eugene's Sustainability Commission on the topic of sustainability in Portland and about the Multnomah County/Portland Sustainable Development Commission.
April 2008
fmyi launches its revolutionary new version, fmyi. 5.0. It represents a major leap forward in usability for online collaboration, and includes many new feature enhancements. For existing customers of fmyi, download a one page PDF guide to get more information about transitioning to the new version. Here's some of the enhancements you'll enjoy:Structural changes empower your team
- The top navigation bar is for "building human energy" (your profile, all profiles, and teams)
- The left navigation bar is for "taking action and getting work done" (workspaces)
- Friendlier look and feel
- Search by user to easily separate out their work
- Saved searches to keep the most important information at your fingertips
- View an image or Quicktime movie while it downloads in your site (streaming video)
- Easier access to buttons which add content
- Additional team pages to increase level of communication
- Get people on the same page with site-wide announcements
- Site mission shown on every page to clearly communicate the purpose of your site
- Introducing workspaces - this is the new term to describe resources, contacts, and projects
- Can rename resources, contacts, and projects - plus add more workspace types
- Set up members from the "Add new workspace" screen
- Create a new workspace from any page
- See which people will receive email alerts when adding a message, file, link, or task
- "All" tab view for workspaces and profiles shows you everything in the order it was posted
- Contact fmyi support using a message box in the "Support" section or on the "Admin" tab
- Big file type icons make it easy to scan files and download them
- Private information looks different (the word "Private" appears in the header)
- See a list of all of your tasks
- See the tasks of other team members (if you have access)
- Include a task description to store all the related to do items with a task
- Receive an email alert when a task is completed by someone else
- See the true last modified date of workspaces in search results
- Grey columns to break up the text and make it easier to digest information
- In one place, control where your email alerts go for each of your sites
- Prominent "Add new" buttons that make it clear where to do things on the site
- One easy navigation area for messages, files, links, and tasks in a workspace
- Images of workspace members shown to increase sense of community
- Easier to view all the users on your site since they're not mixed in with "Contacts"
- "External" users renamed "Restricted"
- "Public" renamed "read + write" and "protected" renamed "read only"
- Site administrators can see a preview of a color theme before saving the selection
- Rollover tabs and buttons
February 2008
- fmyi President Justin Yuen gave a lecture at the Oregon State University School of Business on the topic of "Management Innovation: Collaboration and Sustainability." Justin also presented at the Invention to Venture conference at the University of Portland on the topic of "Starting a Natural Step Company."
- fmyi received a mention in a profile of Justin and his family in the March 2008 issue of Sunset magazine.