Yesterday, I saw Dan Bricklin demo his new project, wikiCalc. It’s a wiki spreadsheet. Like a spreadsheet, it does calculations on figures in a grid, and lets you enter formatted, cell-straddling text. Like a wiki, it lets anyone with permission make changes. It’s such a good idea that I thought we must already all be using it.

It’s in alpha, so it’s not yet a full-featured spreadsheet, but it’s getting there quickly. Because it’s AJAX-y, the cell editing is interactive. And it’s open source.

Great idea and looks like a cool implementation.

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