Comments on: Why Should You Care About Social Media? http://pmstudent.com/managing-virtual-teams-collaboration-demonstration/ Helping new and aspiring project managers reach their career goals! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:35:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ hourly 1 By: Josh Nankivel http://pmstudent.com/managing-virtual-teams-collaboration-demonstration/#comment-15768 Josh Nankivel Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:04:16 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4182#comment-15768 I added a link above the video window in red, give that a shot. Please let me know if that still doesn't work for you! I added a link above the video window in red, give that a shot. Please let me know if that still doesn’t work for you!

]]> By: Laszlo http://pmstudent.com/managing-virtual-teams-collaboration-demonstration/#comment-15754 Laszlo Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:49:29 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4182#comment-15754 Hello Josh, Can you please check to embedded video since I see a white space only. I've tried IE, FireFox, Chrome on several machines but the movie not loaded :-( Thanks, Laszlo Hello Josh, Can you please check to embedded video since I see a white space only. I’ve tried IE, FireFox, Chrome on several machines but the movie not loaded :-( Thanks, Laszlo

]]> By: Ron Holohan http://pmstudent.com/managing-virtual-teams-collaboration-demonstration/#comment-15750 Ron Holohan Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:23:56 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4182#comment-15750 Great stuff guys! Thanks for sharing the video, Josh. Although I use the audio portion of Skype to record virtual interviews, I have not used Skype's video conferencing... I was truly impressed how low the latency was on the connection between you/Bas and Cornelius although you were across the world from each other. Technology has certainly improved since the 1990's when expensive videoconferencing systems would often have a 1-2 second delay and every meeting seemed to have the awkward period of trying to allow the other side to speak. I was aware that Google Docs allowed for sharing, but I did not realize that multiple people could type/control the document at the same time. Pretty cool stuff and I have been searching for some collaborative means of sharing documents in real time. This appears to be a good solutions. Thanks again! Ron Great stuff guys! Thanks for sharing the video, Josh. Although I use the audio portion of Skype to record virtual interviews, I have not used Skype’s video conferencing… I was truly impressed how low the latency was on the connection between you/Bas and Cornelius although you were across the world from each other. Technology has certainly improved since the 1990’s when expensive videoconferencing systems would often have a 1-2 second delay and every meeting seemed to have the awkward period of trying to allow the other side to speak.

I was aware that Google Docs allowed for sharing, but I did not realize that multiple people could type/control the document at the same time. Pretty cool stuff and I have been searching for some collaborative means of sharing documents in real time. This appears to be a good solutions.

Thanks again!

Ron

]]> By: Josh Nankivel http://pmstudent.com/managing-virtual-teams-collaboration-demonstration/#comment-15505 Josh Nankivel Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:33:09 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4182#comment-15505 Thanks Travis. I agree that many of these new tools can be very useful for remote collaboration like we are doing. One thing I didn't mention is that Google Docs also supports version history automatically. You just go to [ File >> See revision history ] and you can browse through versions with edits highlighted and indicating who made the edit. This has been very handy for me in the past, especially when it's open to a large number of people who can edit the document. If someone added something or removed something and I'm not sure why, I just look through the revision history and I can see who made the change and when. Recovering errors is easy too if necessary. Thanks Travis. I agree that many of these new tools can be very useful for remote collaboration like we are doing.

One thing I didn’t mention is that Google Docs also supports version history automatically. You just go to [ File >> See revision history ] and you can browse through versions with edits highlighted and indicating who made the edit.

This has been very handy for me in the past, especially when it’s open to a large number of people who can edit the document. If someone added something or removed something and I’m not sure why, I just look through the revision history and I can see who made the change and when. Recovering errors is easy too if necessary.

]]> By: Travis Anderson http://pmstudent.com/managing-virtual-teams-collaboration-demonstration/#comment-15494 Travis Anderson Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:49:37 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4182#comment-15494 I started a research project with Josh recently and we used Google Docs. You know, I am truly impressed. Most of us are very busy and work various schedules, but this tool proved to be very useful in our initiative. Josh set something up, I progressively elaborated the requirements and we concluded our brainstorm session in record time that ended with a preliminary design. Had we used the conventional, let's meet at the local coffee shop, this project would have taken much longer. Thanks Josh for exposing me to these neat tools. Plus they are at my favorite price "Free". I started a research project with Josh recently and we used Google Docs. You know, I am truly impressed. Most of us are very busy and work various schedules, but this tool proved to be very useful in our initiative. Josh set something up, I progressively elaborated the requirements and we concluded our brainstorm session in record time that ended with a preliminary design. Had we used the conventional, let’s meet at the local coffee shop, this project would have taken much longer.

Thanks Josh for exposing me to these neat tools. Plus they are at my favorite price “Free”.

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