On September 19, Saurabh of WebWareHug gave a shout out to Gliffy, mentioning “The best thing about using Gliffy is that you don’t have to worry about issues like support and compatibility as Gliffy is completely online and independent from platform based restrictions. All you require is a modern browser, updated flash player plug-in and a live Internet.”

The Final Verdict:

On looking at all aspects of Gliffy, we can say that it is a really cost-effective solution to make charts online. This online application suits best for students and Gliffy offers huge discount for educational organizations. It’s time you give it a try and evaluate by yourself.

This was posted by BrettWSU of CrowdCircles.com.

“Gliffy.com enables you to build a “wireframe” and site maps for your website. This easy-to-use service can be used to sketch and create your wireframe on the web — and then share your creation with other stakeholders. ”

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On September 10, Ms. Blair (AKA MrsInabinet), a teacher, described the pros and cons of using Gliffy in a classroom.

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Check it out… Gliffy got Scoop.IT’d. Not sure that’s an official verb yet. But one of the places Gliffy has been spotted is Scoop.it, which is a semi-automated curation platform that crawls the web according to a pre-determined criteria and then allows the curator to review and reposition the filtered material prior to publishing. In the case of this Gliffy sighting, it the curator was Nik Peachy.

He is described on Scoop.IT as being an ELT Consultant, Writer, Teacher Trainer. Lecturer Media & Tech Westminster Uni. Associate Trainer Bell Educational Trust. Combining pedagogy with technology.

Techrepublic.com’s Jack Wallen did a post (“Five free tools for network diagramming“) that mentioned Gliffy as “the only Web-based tool on this list.”

Wallen, a writer that primarily focuses on the Linux operating system and its effects on the open source and non-open source communities, said Gliffy is “easy to use and it works on any platform. With the ability to drag and drop shapes from numerous object libraries, you can have your network diagram ready in no time.”

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Over on Flickr.com, dianaflorez has posted a Motherboard Troubleshooting diagram that was created using Gliffy.

Looks like educators heart Gliffy.  Just came across a link to training tutorials on the Atomic Learning website.

Atomic Learning is a subscription-based service, providing professional development solutions and technology training resources for thousands of schools, colleges, and universities.

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On the website for Quality Business Communications (Thinking outside the Qubicle), there was a post titled, “Top ten tips for professionals who get stuck writing: #1
Organize your thoughts in large projects.”

It mentioned things like:

• Try to keep a logical flow to the information.
• Tell a story.
• For larger projects (manuals, newsletters, product brochures)
• Make a list or a web (a “brainstorm” web or “spider” web for all of you young at heart) of everything you need to discuss.

Jim Millican of Ashton Solutions, did a post about Gliffy (Gliffy Makes Building Flowcharts Easy) stating:

“Ever need to put together a quick flowchart or diagram but the tools in Microsoft Word aren’t quite giving you the results you need? Gliffy is a quick and easy online solution that’s free and simple to use.”

“Gliffy lets you piece together various types of diagrams, ranging from flowcharts, floor plans, and process charts. Simply drag shapes from the left panel into the document, add text, and link the shapes together with the line tool. There are plenty of different images and elements so you can organize your data.”