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Interesting, why do you use hipchat AND Skype AND Hangouts? Those all seem to overlap quite a bit. Our team meets and chats in Skype, I didn't see the need for
by blakesterz 13y ago
Interesting, why do you use hipchat AND Skype AND Hangouts? Those all seem to overlap quite a bit. Our team meets and chats in Skype, I didn't see the need for hipchat while we're all using Skype.
Totally agree with the morning meetings though, plus we have one longer scheduled weekly.
- aeden 13y agoHipChat provides a couple things that I don't think you can get from Skype: 1. Searchable backlog for all discussions. 2. API for connecting bots (which can be used for C&C). 3. Web-based and native clients. 4. Public and private rooms chat rooms. HipChat is more like IRC than like IM, which, for distributed teams, is often very useful.
- Chive 13y agoWe too use Hipchat, Skype and Hangouts. All for different things and since some tools offer features which others don't: - Hipchat: Internal discussions and exchange, syntax highlighting, easy room and pwemission management, updates from other services (github, new relic etc). Furthermore to push notifications to email, mobile device and/or via text. - Skype: easy 1on1 communication with externals (sometimes replaces the regular phone), internal LAN file transfer - Google Hangouts: group video conferences (our company uses Google Apps so everyone has it and can access it from anywhere through a browser) I probably missed some features and usecases, but I think I got the most important ones :)