Crowd Around the Project Campfire
Situation: You Need to a Robust Group Chat Environment.  I picked this one up from comment in the posting before last. Campfire is a sophisticated group chat application, from the same people who brought you basecamp. There's not a lot to it: - upload files and graphics - discuss ...and that's pretty much it. |
Posted on: July 17, 2007 03:53 PM
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Manage to the Beat of Your Own Drum
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Time Killers
Categories: Time Killers
Situation: You Need to Snap People Out of Their Daze...  ... or maybe create a Pavlovian response. Hearing a drum beat might make them want to hit you hard on the chin. The Finger Drum Mousepad is a cute little office toy that will either make people laugh or irritate the hell out of them. It also makes a great gift for your favorite developer. |
Posted on: July 17, 2007 12:16 PM
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Short-term, Virtual, Collaborative Projects...
Situation: You Need a Lightly Structured Way to Collaborate Virtually --- and Temporarily. Sometimes you need to work with a group of contractors for a short time period. Let's say its an important project, but its happening with people outside of your organization with whom you might never work again. Huddle gives you a quick way to make that happen.It's great for: - brainstorming, using a whiteboard application. - broadcast communications (using blogging tools) - assigning and tracking tasks (via a group calendar and individual task lists) |
Posted on: July 15, 2007 12:58 PM
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Effective Group Task Lists
Situation: You Need a Simple Way to Organize Small Group Activities.  Sometimes you don't need a full-blown PM software package to track things. Especially with smaller operational projects and for people who are more in a team lead position. For those situations, tools exist that are more like a hopped up version of outlook.For example, Project360 is a very simple online collaboration tool that includes: Task Management— task assignments to team members, set start and end dates, priority level, and a clear view of task level status. Milestones—identify and review key accomplishments related to individual tasks. Calendar— a schedule at a glance, highlighting overdue tasks, etc. File Sharing—a shared team repository. Time Tracking—Simple time tracking. (probably redundant to your ordinary timekeeping system) Gantt Chart—The Gantt Chart gives you a visual representation of your project timeline. (just at the task level) Project Templates—This time-saving feature allows you to create projects based on already existing projects. (for projects you engage in repeatedly) General Project Calendar—This feature allows you to see all of your projects in a single calendar. |
Posted on: July 15, 2007 12:35 PM
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More Ways to Find WiFi HotSpots
| Situation: You Need to Get Connected Away from the Office (or Home) In earlier posts, I've written about WeFi and keychain-based WiFi detectors. Here are a couple more options I've run across. WiFiFreeSpot, Like WeFi is another directory that's useful if your good at planning ahead. If planning ahead isnt really your thing, Jwire offers a database or WiFi HotSpots that you can download. That way you can find a "connection" before being "connected". Kensington also produces a really inexpensive (again key chain) WiFi Finder that looks pretty interesting. |
Posted on: July 07, 2007 11:29 PM
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