Asana (no longer private alpha)

Re:Asana (no longer private alpha) by klausa on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @03:54AM (#3153243)

I couldn't figure what what this things was after skimming over landing page - after watching 'How to use Asana, in 2 minutes' it seems like it's kind of task-list/to-do/reminder thing - which makes me think of Trello. Honest question - how is it different and/or better than Trello?

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Re:Asana (no longer private alpha) by ajtaylor on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @08:45AM (#3153847)

Thanks for the pointer to Trello. What an amazing yet simple tool! I immediately have a ton of uses for it. Thanks to the google account integration I had a new board in literally 10 seconds. Wow...

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Re:Asana (no longer private alpha) by endeavor on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @12:01PM (#3154524)

I tried and compared Asana, Trello and a few other tools a couple months ago. I ended up feeling that Asana was geared more towards larger projects with multiple teams and organizations. Closer to MS Project and Merlin. Trello seems more like a lightweight, less structured tool that is good for individual/small/medium teams. Closer to Pivotal Tracker or RememberTheMilk.

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Re:Asana (no longer private alpha) by vlokshin on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @05:09AM (#3153390)

You could spend time going feature to feature comparing the two and waiting for feedback from others -- or you could use both for 2 minutes each and instantly know the difference.

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Re:Asana (no longer private alpha) by Harkins on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @07:16AM (#3153637)

Or he could stick with what he already feels he knows well. Customers are not obliged to work to analyze new competitors.

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Re:Asana (no longer private alpha) by fiaz on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @07:49AM (#3153714)

Honest question: how is this different from Google Wave?

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Re:Asana (no longer private alpha) by klausa on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @08:25AM (#3153799)

If you're asking about Trello - then I see one big difference - Trello has way simpler interface - to the point I could send my boss and colleagues invites and they immediately knew how to use it - whereas even my most geeky friends had problems figuring out how to use Wave (I did too.).

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Re:Asana (no longer private alpha) by endeavor on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @11:48AM (#3154454)

They seem completely different to me. GWave is a collaboration/communication tool. Asana is a project management/planning tool. In theory you could do PM with GWave but it would be a bit of a stretch.

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