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Ask HN: What communication tools have you seen work well in distributed teams?

2 points by slykat ↗ HN
It seems like there is a plethora of tools to help teams communicate and share with each other (Slack, Hangouts, Skype, Yammer, Hipchat, etc.). Which tools or processes have you found esp usually when working in a distributed team?

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cpr
Slack works extraordinarily well for us (4-man distributed team), and we tried HipChat before that, and Campfire before that.
gorachel007
From personal experience I love Basecamp and Trello for project management. I've also tried Wrike but it wasn't as seamless as the other two.

I also use Hubstaff for tracking my time and getting time reports. I used to just guesstimate how much I should bill clients but that was such a headache.

I haven't used it personally but I also hear good things about Insightly.