Ask HN: Favorite remote work realtime collaboration tool(s)?

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by mojomark • 6 years ago

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I'm about to start a large highly complex and creative project with a strong team. Unfortunatly, with distancing in place, we can't spend all day in a room with a whiteboard. I imagine others have faced this dilemma. What are your favorite tools (or features if within common telecom SW like MS Teams/Zoom) for realtime, day-long remote ideation and collaborative design?

felipebrnd• 6 years ago

I’ve recently used https://miro.com/ and overall was a good experience to collaborate

mojomark3• 6 years ago

Thanks, this looks pretty awesome, definitely will check it out. The MS Teams integration and infinite whiteboard is a major plus to me.

dkoston2• 6 years ago

Also using Miro and enjoy it.

In addition to the software, make sure your team has good hardware. A screen large enough with high enough resolution is critical to see the whiteboard. What’s also important is that video from meetings takes up screen real estate and with multiple participants, having enough size and resolution to see them all helps you stay connected. External webcams that can be adjusted are helpful also.

mojomark3• 6 years ago

Cool, good advice thanks. Could you say roughly. What percentage of the day you'd spend in a collaborative environment vice independant work? I ask because if we were able to physically go into an office, we'd normally easily spend >50% of our time "whiteboarding" our hardware/software system of systems concepts for a few months before we begin the more detailed preliminary design phase that can last many more months.

I want to achieve the same productivity, but I'm very concerned about fatigue. I'm thinking we'll need to break our ideation sessions down into a greater number of shorter sessions.

remotelyyours• 6 years ago

I am actually working on a product called vlokit (https://vlokit.com). It helps you collaborate beyond zoom. It's video chat for remote teams.

The cool thing is you can share your thoughts instantly. Other people reply on the same thread with their ideas, thoughts or feedback.

You keep track of context in a single place. People consume ideas better. It also means you end up doing better brainstorming on zoom.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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