Collaboration tools
Web-based collaboration tools make it possible for groups to work together even when members work in different towns, or even countries.
Gina Trapani's article at LifeHacker: Geek to Live: Essential tools for the placeless office (Nov 10 2006) tells us about several web-based tools for collaborating with others, even if you're located worlds apart.
Suggestions include:
- Group chat meetings — Campfire
- Internal knowledgebase — MediaWiki
- Email — Gmail
- Vacation and other scheduling — Google Calendar
- Social bookmarks — Wists / del.icio.us
- Document collaboration — Writely, I mean, Google Docs
Read her full article.