> Whites boards are treated as RAM, not Storage. Your phones have cameras now, use them!
This sounds like whiteboard space/time is a scarcity you haven't shown to be artificial. (I'm not saying your approach is wrong, just that it doesn't fit with the theme.)
It is a partial solution. There is no amount of conveniently accessible whiteboard space which will not fill up with "save" boxes if such a rule is not in place. Public whiteboards should have a simple "no saving state" rule.
Do you know anyone who has experimented with using SyncPad [1] on iPads to entirely eliminate whiteboards? I have been looking at iPads because the low-end models that would be used as dedicated whiteboards are about par in price with the Wacom tablet models that have a built-in screen. As I don't need all the fancy pressure sensors and such that artists need, iPads seem a more flexible device to use.
The only concern I have is working with wall-size diagrams on an iPad. There are many architectures and diagrams that have so many parts it simply just takes up a large amount of drawing space to hold it all.
These days, I make do with LiveScribe for my own notes and copy of what is going on at the whiteboard, and an accompanying snapshot of the whiteboard at the end of the meeting to attach to my LiveScribe notes.
No, don't know anything about it. Altho we're talking about getting webcams and pointing them at the public whiteboards, and arduinoing up a "push button to save" device that will have the cam snapshot the board and email it appropriately. Slightly over-complicated, but more fun than just phonecams and therefore more likely to actually be done :)
This sounds like whiteboard space/time is a scarcity you haven't shown to be artificial. (I'm not saying your approach is wrong, just that it doesn't fit with the theme.)