1. A method for publishing activity tasks in a collaborative environment, the method comprising the steps of: selecting one or more activity tasks in an activity displayed in an activity list view of a unified activity manager for display in an activity view, the unified activity manager rendered in a user interface of a computer system, the activity view comprising a concurrent visual rendering of properties including a listing of collaborators and a listing of collaborator roles for an activity task selected in the unified activity manager; and, publishing on request of a publishing collaborator the selected activity tasks for status viewing by other collaborators on a bulletin board executing in memory of the computer system in the collaborative environment.