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On Skype: I've found that running our own IRC server and setting up ZNC* with accounts for all employees/developers has made a huge difference. The bonus for us
by mikey_p 16y ago
On Skype: I've found that running our own IRC server and setting up ZNC* with accounts for all employees/developers has made a huge difference. The bonus for us is that since we do alot of open source work, it encourages developers to connect with other open source developers over IRC which is a great way to grow knowledge or get quick feedback for whatever framework/language/library we're working with at the time.
* http://en.znc.in/wiki/ZNC http://en.znc.in/wiki/ZNC is a IRC bouncer that allows each user to keep their choice of clients, but still have catchup if they're offline.
- kemayo 16y agoI'd actually love to use IRC... but we're just not confident that it'd work well for the non-technical people, and we need them to be able to get into the project chats and demo chats. Possibly we're selling them short here.
- Cyranix 16y agoWe're experimenting with IRC at MyEdu; while it hasn't been awful for non-technical users, it's not necessarily great either. The above-mentioned HipChat seems like it could be more viable, so I'm adding it to the candidate list. EDIT: Not primarily for remote working, granted, but for quick collaboration and some dev-related announcements.
- aristidb 16y agoThere's a plethora of IRC clients available, many of them very easy to use. No, you do not need to be a genius to be on IRC. Administrating channels (/mode and such) is a bit harder, but not everybody needs to do that.