Twitter for your Team
7/06/2009I run a team of developers, bloggers and designers for Task.fm. They are based all over the world, from Switzerland right across to Australia. We all work different hours and are doing 10 things at once.
So communicating on email is starting to get hetic. One of the tools im trying to get the team to use is Present.ly. This could effectivly replace a big chunk of our email.
Present.ly is like a private twitter for just your company, team or group. Users can post updates, reply and dm other users.
So why would a startup like Task.fm need this app – from my perspective, knowing what the team is currently working on is vital. Previously, getting this info involved me sending daily emails asking for a progress update. Now I can just login to Present.ly and get a good overview of whats going on.
You can also attach files (great for design work), create groups of users and it even integrates with Twitter.
btw – if you havent already done so, make sure you check out the smartest reminders on the planet – Task.fm