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	Conspire Collaborative Virtual Whiteboard for Mac OS X Normally: $29.00 ZOT Price: $14.50
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Conspire is a collaborative internet whiteboard app for Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. It creates a whiteboard session that you can share across your local network or the internet, allowing you to easily sketch out ideas with remote coworkers, freelance clients or just about anyone, just as you would if you were all standing around a real whiteboard. Features: Look and feel of a real office whiteboard 6 pen colors: black, red, blue, green, yellow and purple 3 pen widths: small, medium and large Eraser tool in three widths: small, medium and large Text tool Connects easily to other Conspire sessions across your local network or the internet (see below) About Remote Connections: Each copy of Conspire acts as a client and a server, allowing you to host a whiteboard session or join one already in progress. Conspire uses the uPnP and NAT-PNP technology built into many current routers to allow users to host a session across the internet easily, without configuring their router by hand. Conspire is also configured to work over a local network with no configuration needed. Requirements: A Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or 10.6 Snow Leopard About Pocket Sevens: Pocket Sevens is a small company in Jacksonville, Florida, dedicated to making amazing Mac and iPhone apps. The owner and developer is Mike Glass, who has been working on Macs since the Mac Plus in 1986. If you’d like to learn more, his blog is located here. View the developer’s site here.

4 Responses to “Conspire”

1. Jim Says:
   October 8th, 2009 at 12:03 am

   I love the idea but it is rather optimistic to think I will make my clients purchase this software. I would get it if the server sported an AJAX interface so clients could simply login with a web browser.

   Also, though it is possibly beyond the scope of this application’s goals, can I import PDF files for live, long-distance markups? That would be really useful.

   I realize this is version 1.0 and congratulations on that achievement. It looks like a promising start.

2. Mike Glass Says:
   October 8th, 2009 at 12:47 am

   Hi Jim. Thanks for the kind words and the suggestions. I’ve had a few people ask me for some form of “viewer” app. I’m a Mac developer only though, and I don’t have any plans as of right now for a Windows or web version, even just a viewer app. Would a free, Mac-only viewer app work for you?

   Thanks again!

   -Mike Glass

3. Mark Says:
   October 8th, 2009 at 6:43 am

   Mike,
   I like your concept, but by making it Mac only and/or not having a viewer or web based app to use makes it a non-starter. I could really use an app like this, especially in conjunction with Skype, but this doesn’t seem to be it right now.

4. Mathew Says:
   October 8th, 2009 at 6:47 am

   Mike: The app does seem promising, but as Jim noted having a free “viewer” app would be very important to this. I realize you’re Mac-only, but even a Mac-only viewer app would be a great addition.

   In addition, Conspire working as a “transparency” app where you could put a PDF in the background and write over it would be incredibly valuable. Sometimes a pure whiteboard would be the best approach, but in other scenarios being able to “revise” or “mark up” an already created document would be more important.