The Age of Collaboration

The Age of Collaboration

Aizat Faiz [email protected]

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Creative Commons

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In the spirit of collaborationAll my presentations are licensed under a Creative Commons LicenseThis allows you to use, and modify my presentations

By Attribution

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As long as you refer back to meAll images here are Creative Commons Licensed materials

Aizat Faiz

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[email protected]

Head developer at UrekaLabsCreate Web applications on Ruby on Rails and PHPUsed to do swing dancing, but stopped a year ago, and have massively gained weight

Traditional Way

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Lets have a look at the traditional way collaboration is being done

Send Everything Over Email

http://www.flickr.com/photos/afsilva/1081420477/

Documents Over Email

http://www.flickr.com/photos/turtlemom_nancy/1914397629/

Schedule Meetings Over Email

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewscott/2709205881/

Frustrating

Do you remember which one is the latest attachment?

Bloated Inboxes

Difficult to come to a consensus

Lost Emails

Forgotten CCs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolnichols/4161858408/

Which was the last attachment?Bloated inbxoesConfusing structureLost emailsForgotten to CC people


http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/2738451853/

Welcome to the Age of CollaborationIt doesn't mean its for young peopleEffect of the Knowledge Economy

Problems With Collaboration

Communication

Sharing and Syncing Files

Document Collaboration

Time Management

Project Management

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Just a subset of what you may faceAll the tools I present you, I use in my daily life

Problem:
Communication Problem

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Don't Change How You Use Email

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Be LazyYou are used to email, lets at least organize it better

Google Groups

groups

http://groups.google.com

Group page

See all emails sent to the groupTrack all emails sent to the group

View the threadIf you are familiar with Gmail, this shouldn't be difficult to use

Upload Files100 Meg file sharing limitTrouble of uploading, and downloading file

Problem:
Sharing and Synchronizing Files

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Dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTE4ODQ4MDk

Share and Synchronize files across computers

Choose who you want to share with

Problem:
Document Collaboration

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How do you work on the same document AT the same time?

Google Docs

http://docs.google.com

Collaboratively work on the same document AT the same timeSee changes reflected liveProducts aren't as feature filled as the desktopsGood desktop replacement, has the core feature setFiles can be exported to use on your desktopFiles can also be imported

http://www.ideashare.my

Used to organize ideashareUrekaLabs uses ideashare

FOSS.MY

http://www.flickr.com/photos/17956027@N00/3040994447

Used to organize FOSS.MY300 attendees the 1st year500 attendees the 2nd year

documents


Word replacement

Use it as your standard word processor

It allows you to share your documentAll the google doc tools I am going to present to you have this feature

Invite people

See who it has been shared with

spreadsheet


Excel replacement

Allows you to create simple forms

View as a spreadsheetExport to CSV

Used in relief efforts, Google Spreadsheet for Indian terroist bombing

presentation


Didn't use it for my presentation, but hopefully one day I can

Problem:
Time Management

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mararie/2904598732/

Google Calendar

calendar

http://calendar.google.com

Track your scheduleShare your schedule with your colleagues so it is easier for plan for meetings

Invite peopleSee who is comingEvent reminders (also via SMS)

Problem:
Project Management

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crschmidt/2927996002/

https://www.teambox.com

Mix and Match

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabiovenni/1334412487/

Tools

CommunicationGoogle Groups

FilesDropbox

DocumentsGoogle DocsDocuments

Spreadsheets

Presentations

Time ManagementGoogle Calendar

Project ManagementTeambox

What Problems Do You Face?

Questions?

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Aizat Faiz [email protected]

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Thank You

Technology

The Age of Collaboration