Thursday, November 29, 2007

Event planning: group chat on Gmail

During event planning for our last retreat, I was impressed to hear how the cooking team took a night out for a Google Spreadsheets/Gchat/AIM collaboration session online. The menu went from empty to full tummy in the span of a few hours with the contribution of the entire 5+ person team. The hybrid chat/online spreadsheet solution greatly simplified collaboration across town.

Want to make things even easier? I just read that Gmail incorporates a new group chat feature. AIM had this awhile back (I haven't seen it since, but I know that at least Pidgin has it), everyone seems to be using Gchat these days. Now we can group chat directly in Gchat, directly in Gmail. If that allows us to collaborate and fellowship online all the more...that's all the better!

Enjoy,
David

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