[Macworld]

Post your comments for The Portable Office: Work Anywhere here

[Daren_Mitchell]

Typo!

"We share a team calendar to keep up with travel and vacation days, upcoming events, and any other scheduled hap- penings."

[codeflow]

Is there a Lifehacker post that details how you use gmail, mail and a custom domain for your email?

[gs3369]

Gmail? Delicious? Google calendar? Mediawiki? These are some of the biggest applications in their fields, used by millions.
Unless you're writing for someone who signed on to the internet for the first time in their life I fail to see the purpose of this article.

[orsburn]

For the project management the article mentions Backpack stating that it's from the makers of Campfire. 37Signals, LLC (www.37signals.com) also makes a product called Basecamp which may also be well suited for the tasks mentioned in this section of the article.

[tc60045]

Great article, Gina -- glad to see your byline here!

[Graeme_Smith]

I disagree; I've never heard of Campfire or Backpack before. As for the Google stuff it is interesting to know that it works well in corporate environment. I've never really thought of seriously using Google Docs instead of Word.

Another advantage of using "cloud" apps like these are that you don't have to back anything up. I see that as a potentially useful feature of Google Docs.

[gs3369]

"I disagree; I've never heard of Campfire or Backpack before."
Well, then you live under a rock.
This is why I unsubscribed to lifehacker, and why I cancelled my macworld subscription. If you write for the lowest common denominator, which both seem to be only doing now, you get drivel.

[lipbalm]

@gs3369 - I don't think we're expected to be hearing about all of these web apps for the first time. In my estimation/interpretation, the point of the article is how they are used in conjunction to provide a free and easily accessible suite of collaboration tools. I use a personal MediaWiki installation, del.icio.us, Gmail, and Google cal every day, but I was still fascinated to read how these tools were used together in this context.
If the content on macworld and/or lifehacker doesn't appeal to you, why stick around?

[Rhywun]

> why stick around
[/quote]
Apparently, to post snarky, condescending rebuttals.

[biff]

Speaking as one of the people from under the rock I agree with the folks who are wondering why gs3369 bothers to come back here if he/she doesn't like he content. Wouldn't he/she be better complaining to the MW editors directly rather than wasting our time here with the pointless post.

[davidproducer]

I found this article helpful although I have been using the Net for over 9 years.

I never thought I needed Gmail because I have entourage - but I was getting interested in getting an IMAP solution.

gs3369: What would you have written about on the topic of remote working or work from anywhere?

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[rtomac]

Thank you for sharing, Gina.
@gs3369: The point of this article was clearly not to introduce new technologies but to share which combination of established technologies were effective in a workplace. Everyone else seems to understand that.

[phaseshift]

I've had an email address since the late 1970s, so you could say I've been basking in the internet ever since. But that doesn't mean I know everything. I've heard of all the products mentioned here, but haven't used all of them. The article and most of the comments are informative and useful.
gs3369 seems to believe everybody should already be an expert on everything. I think he or she has unreasonably high expectations. While "millions" may use these applications, billions of others don't, yet.