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.