I understand that there are many project/team collaboration tools out there, but developers seem to thrive better in a whiteboard environment I used to think t

I understand that there are many project/team collaboration tools out there, but developers seem to thrive better in a whiteboard environment I used to think the same way, that the organic nature of the team could not be fostered in a distributed environment. That was until I did several remote projects and started finding ways to replace the whiteboard with electronic equivalents. Once we figured out how to replace that with an electronic alternative we saw the teams grow and bear fruit. I have many coworkers now that I have never meet face to face that I know as well as many of my long time coworkers from physical environments. I was skeptical at first but I have changed my stance. It takes effort by one person on the team to foster the community but once it starts it seems to run on autopilot.