[ale] collaborative work environment

[Geoffrey Myers]

John Pilman wrote:
> Thanks for all the input.   I use Google Docs personally, but I
> believe it has issues with large spreadsheets.  To get around that, I
> may use a database. I also don't like putting too much proprietary
> information on their servers.  The main thing I am trying to
> accomplish here is everyone working from the same version of a
> document.  In that respect, several of the ideas suggested he will
> work better than what we are doing now.
> 
> It looks like irc will help a lot.  We have a real problem just
> knowing when people are available for a discussion without making
> individual phone calls.

Set up an IM chat with rooms.  We use this all the time.  checkout 
openfire for your jabber server.

> 
> ...John
> 
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Michael Potter <michael at potter.name> wrote:
>> Here is a good thread on stackoverflow on how to use the seldom used svn
>> feature to lock on checkout:
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1184316/how-do-i-do-an-exclusive-checkout-in-svn
>>
>> The thread describes how to set up an automatic lock when someone checks out
>> one of the documents.  As long as the other users are trained to not
>> override a lock, then the document will not get overwritten.
>>
>> I use and am happy with assembla.com for a paid svn/git hosting service.
>> They have a custom ticket management system integrated into the svn/git
>> hosting service.  If you include the ticket number in the svn comment you
>> get an easy to follow history of changes associated with the ticket.
>>
>> I use Jira at work;  It is very powerful, but because there are so many
>> options it can take a while to get comfortable with it.
>>
>>
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