37signals has posted a new teaser on their upcoming Backpack application. It appears that it’s going to make great use of e-mails as an interface to posting things on websites.

Which is great! E-mail has always been under-utilised and 37signals have grasped the concept of it being ‘the command line’.

I’m also thinking of new Dashboard Widgets for Tiger. One of the widgets I want to develop is a suitable interface to Cricinfo’s website for updated cricket scores. But this Backpack post has got me considering a nice simple interface into Backpack. When you can’t be bothered composing an e-mail, or you just need to tick something off quickly, or I need to do a quick post to Ninth space.

The organiser interfaces in the Apple Newton were fantastic at being able to quickly construct items using frequently used (or past used) components. My Backpack Dashboard would do similar.

Now all we need is Backpack functionality in Basecamp.