zoho notebook...finally real collaboration?

check out the interesting demo of zoho notebook via youtube. while it's hard to get true sense of how easy and useful the application will be for users, it looks pretty slick in the video. to date i haven't seen any of these web-based collaboration tools really get traction, but if there was indeed a place where a group could convene asychronously to collaborate on a project using all different types of media that could open up a whole new dimension on the web.

of course, like most new tech toys, the group that i immediately think of in terms of use case are the younger technofiles. i can already envision my daughter and her friends creating a "notebook" (or better yet a scrapbook) where they chronicle their school days, social lives and maybe even use it to collaborate on a school project once in awhile. (ok, maybe i'm dreaming a bit on this last use case!)

all kidding aside, i can actually see some pretty cool applications for this in the classroom...a way to foster collaboration between students in new learning environments. an approach similar to what Edutopia is focused on.