Tag Archive: basecamp
Taking time to secure our code bases
Often we’re asked “can’t you change it quickly whilst I’m on the phone?” or “It’s only a quick tweak, can you do it straight away?”.
To project manage, we use Basecamp and like most of the big boys in the internet/software development world (including Google Android), our development environments use a host of version control, testing [...]
New and better Basecamp coming
The makers of Basecamp (37signals) have recently improved the way the user login system works. The change will make your account more secure, easier to sign in should you ever forget your details and also allow faster and easier switching between multiple Basecamp accounts. Part of this will be a new ‘launchpad’.
Sometime during December, whilst [...]
Project management…collaboration stylee
We rolled out Basecamp company-wide in January 2008 and now manage around 70 live projects in a wonderfully collaborative manner. It dramatically changed how the organisation worked internally and many of the clients subsequently took up using the application themselves for other projects.
Changing from an ugly and ill-formed email-based system into a simple, fast and cloud-enabled application has reduced costs, increased control and brought a whole host of really important improvements to how we work…
Coordination vs cooperation vs collaboration
This came out of the realisation that traditional project management techniques of timed-tasks, set-in-stone milestones and rigid development specifications were hampering what we delivered to our clients when any methodology we use should enhance it. Yes, it makes life *simpler* but at the cost of *mechanising* the process which we felt stifled creativity and brought [...]
Less really is more
I think we all realise that software systems are getting more and more complex as time goes on. Microsoft (Vista), Adobe (PDF Reader, Photoshop) et al are all building more and more features into their applications. is this good? Well, the folks at 37signals seem to think this is wrong.
I’m inclined to agree with them [...]
