Ask HN: What do you need to communicate with a remote team?

6 pointstimzon_dot_com17y ago3 comments

For a virtual team in multiple time zones, what new collaboration solution would you use?

We've developed a solution (timzon.com) to help virtual teams better communicate through video threaded discussion and would like to know what functions hackers would really benefit from. We've added synchronized drawing and comments but are sure there is more that can be done to bridge the cultural and time zone gap.

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thesethings17y ago· 1 in thread

Right now Google Docs is an invaluable tool for me to collaborate with remote people and teams. It often reduces the need for screensharing software (We all have the same Doc up on our screens, getting editing and updates in realtime).

If your tool could have integration with Google Docs, it'd be awesome. From something as small as "associated Google Docs," or something more complex like XML feeds or Google Doc widgets that spit data from your tool into Google Spreadsheets (Google Spreadsheets can be constantly updated from outside data sources.)

timzon_dot_comOP17y ago

Thanks for the feedback. This is something we have in the roadmap. Especially since we support Google Apps sign in and Contacts integration. Right now a link to a Google Docs or Spreadsheet can be added in a comment, but you are right, deeper integration would be awesome. Thanks again for the tip.

HalcyonMuse17y ago

Etherpad is pretty cool, too.

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