Interesting to see that he mentions Hipchat, Google Hangouts and Skype. Isn't that 3 tools for doing the same thing? Even though Hipchat is just text communication.
Hard for team members to know what tool to send a message with.
In my team I use the same tools: Hipchat for text communication - among teams (chat rooms) and 1-1; Skype for 1-1 video calls but I use Hangouts for video conferences. 3 tools but each has own application.
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Interesting to see that he mentions Hipchat, Google Hangouts and Skype. Isn't that 3 tools for doing the same thing? Even though Hipchat is just text communication.
Hard for team members to know what tool to send a message with.
In my team I use the same tools: Hipchat for text communication - among teams (chat rooms) and 1-1; Skype for 1-1 video calls but I use Hangouts for video conferences. 3 tools but each has own application.
But I'm curious how Netguru use it.
We use it in similar way. We also use skype for ad hoc, private group chats/im.
More about how we use hipchat here: http://blog.netguru.co/post/45142686929