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I work at Cheezburger and our group is spread around the country with one person even working in Poland. Here are the tools we use: Campfire (casual group conv
by darkxanthos 15y ago
I work at Cheezburger and our group is spread around the country with one person even working in Poland. Here are the tools we use:
Campfire (casual group conversations.. basically our "watercooler")
Skype (Main IM program for important questions, voice chat, video chat)
Ventrilo (Great for casual chat throughout the day.)
Google Chat (Some people use this in addition to Skype... dunno why!)
Webex (Whole company dev meetings/screen sharing)
Google Sites (Company blogs/information sharing)
Google Groups (For email lists)
Gmail
Fogbugz Wiki (dev work processes)
PivotalTracker (organizing team work)
For me personally having never been a remote worker before, it works so well that I don't feel like a remote worker. As you can see that's an awful lot of technology though. We're constantly trying new things to consolidate but the tools that do everything seem to just do it poorly.
- ryanwaggoner 15y agoCan you expound a little on Ventrilo? It looks interesting, and I'd like to hear more about how you use it.
- darkxanthos 15y agoYeah. Ventrilo is used by online gamers to coordinate game play that requires tight and intricate cooperation... not unlike software development. Rather than being always on it works "walkie-talkie" style requiring you to push a button to speak OR it can self activate once your mic volume exceeds a threshhold you set. We've found it doesn't have the friction of a Skype call because you are immediately connected to everyone in your room, and you get complete visibility into what all the rooms are and who is where... much like a real team room.