Comments on: Old-school Collaboration Tools That Rock

By: Top 10 Teleconferencing Tips | iPhone, iPad Weblog

Top 10 Teleconferencing Tips | iPhone, iPad Weblog — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:43:41 +0000

[...] teams face are not really shortfalls in technology so much as how we use that technology. One “old school” collaboration tool that remote teams use frequently is the teleconference, and it’s a tool that can fail [...]

By: Top 10 Teleconferencing Tips

Top 10 Teleconferencing Tips — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:01:25 +0000

By: Open Thread: Can Technology Ever Bridge the Gap for Remote Teams?

Open Thread: Can Technology Ever Bridge the Gap for Remote Teams? — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:01:38 +0000

[...] a distributed team is easier now than it ever was before. Technologies such as video conferencing, IRC and IM, and collaboration software, like Yammer and Socialtext, are helping to bring distributed teams [...]

By: Heckner

Heckner — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:39:24 +0000

well my thoughts are that there are tools who support old school collaboration methods … like meetings. Perhaps http://www.agreedo.com would be worth a mention although the tool itself is not old school but it speeds up old school meetings … :-)

By: Blogging Elsewhere « Fast Wonder: Online Community Management

Blogging Elsewhere « Fast Wonder: Online Community Management — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:56:34 +0000

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By: Steven Howe

Steven Howe — Mon, 17 May 2010 08:50:59 +0000

Hmm, problems with mailing lists and IRC..?

Google Wave, anyone?

;)

By: Tawheed Kader

Tawheed Kader — Sat, 15 May 2010 21:40:05 +0000

Its unfortunate how no one has decided to innovate on Mailing Lists and Discussion Forums. They’re incredible tools for helping people communicate (at their individual pace), but aren’t the most user friendly.

This is why I created Braintrust (http://BraintrustHQ.com), a social collaboration tool for groups and teams, that combines timeless essentials of mailing lists and discussion boards with the innovative features of social networks.

Check it out and see how Braintrust (http://BraintrusthHQ.com) can help organize and streamline your team’s conversations.

By: Re-organising my online activity – taking stock | learn4kicks

Re-organising my online activity – taking stock | learn4kicks — Sat, 15 May 2010 07:56:27 +0000

[...] – stuff as a concept – can it cut down stuff. She had an interesting post about old school collaboration . I am not going to make it through the next 10/11 weeks if carry on the way I am. Hoping to [...]

By: Garret Heaton

Garret Heaton — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:53:23 +0000

You’re very right about group chat being incredibly helpful, but IRC has a number of downsides:
- It’s complicated to set up your own server
- Non-techies aren’t really comfortable with commands like “/join #meeting”
- You have to set up a custom logging bot like MeetBot to record your conversations (and they’re not even searchable once recorded)
- You can’t share files/images (let alone get previews of them)

These are a few of the issues that drove us to create HipChat (http://www.hipchat.com). Check it out if you’d like to see how awesome company chat can be.