Large collection of tools for remote teamwork

1. World Closk for Mac

If team members and customers live in countries with different time zones, you will come in handy iOS-App World Clok.

In it you can quickly and easily find out what time it is in the desired location, schedule meetings, and conference calls with colleagues and clients.

2. Figure it Out

If you are not running on a Mac, you can set the Figure it Out - a free extension for Chrome. Every time you open a new tab, you'll see what time it is in different time zones.

3. Slack

This program is for team work, it is useful in the office and is indispensable for remote interaction. Here you can chat with your employees without a heap of other messengers, and create a separate chat for every topic.

There are a lot of integration with services like Google Drive, Dropbox, Twitter and configure email alerts when new files.

You can not set goals, but to communicate and transfer files - the most it. There is a free version of your account for an unlimited number of people.

slack

4. HipChat

This messenger is positioned as a business program. Here you will find distribution groups, privacy and security, file transfer, synchronization with the known services and notification of changes.

HipChat works on all devices - PC, Mac, iOS, Android - and lets you communicate free of charge an unlimited number of times, of course, if you do not need video calls and other special chips.

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5. Flowdock

In this program, as in Slack, has a comfortable chat to communicate with colleagues. You can distribute people by department, create new groups on different topics or write a note @everyoneTo everything you saw this message.

Here you can easily and simply add files: drag and drop them into the chat window, and they are loaded. You can correct your posts, if you write something (very useful feature!), There is a preview of pictures, a PDF-files and videos from YouTube. While all of the downloaded files are always stored in the chat, so you can find and download them.

Another useful point - synchronization with 50 tools (Basecamp, Twitter, GitHub, Zendesk, and others) and receive notifications. There are versions for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android.

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6. Sqwiggle

One of the biggest problems of remote work is that most of the time you spend alone. Yes, you can correspond with the employees or to arrange a video conference in a Skype, but often you do not feel the presence of other people.

Sqwiggle provides such a presence: you constantly see the open window with photos of employees can click on any of them, and you'll get a private chat.

You can arrange and general conference a few people (up to ten). And when the person is not there, instead of the photo you see a black screen.

More convenient because you will always know which of your employees on-site, and you do not even need to look at the time zone, in order to understand who are now most likely asleep.

The program is not free, for their help in the fight against the feeling of loneliness you have to pay $ 9.

sqwiggle

7. Trello

With Trello service you can set up your team: Create tasks and projects, add new people and organizations.

You can attach files to the task, assign the cover, set deadlines, and receive notifications of activity.

Trello We have a web version, as well as the available applications for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8.

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8. ProdPad

This tool is suitable for the collection of ideas about a particular product. The program is synchronized with the email, it allows you to collect ideas, specifications, make daily and monthly reports. Convenient search the entire system.

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9. Duet

This is a beautiful and simple program for the management of small teams. Duet helps to gather in one place all of your projects and provides visibility for both your team and clients.

You can try the free demo version, or just buy the program for $ 49. Using Duet, you can set up your own domain name.

duet

10. Cloud9

If your team some developers may be useful Coud9 environment in which it is possible simultaneously to code in the cloud for a single project.

Your developers are exempt from attachment to the workplace, and can work in a coworking cafe or any other place.

The basic account is free, but space is limited there. Premium account costs $ 19 per month.

Cloud9

11. Skitch

Sometimes remote work there are moments when the easier to send an image with marks than to explain the text. A simple tool Skitch will instantly make screen shots, put the arrow in the photo, comment and quickly send them e-mails or instant messengers. app available for mobile devices: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android, as well as for computers: Mac OS X, Windows Desktop, Windows 8 (Touch).

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12. Dropbox

Dropbox cloud storage will come in handy for storing and transferring files. Create a common account for your company, and together with the staff to throw off it all the files needed to run. Install the free Dropbox program is possible on the Windows platform, Mac, Linux, and mobile devices.

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13. 15Five

In this program you can every week to ask questions to different divisions of their company: the problems they have encountered that prevents them from working, I would like to change.

You and your staff spent on issues not more than 15 minutes, and the information obtained using this tool, allows enough time to deal with difficulties and better know the problems of the company.

15five

14. Hackpad

If you need a common document for the code, notes or work on a project, Hackpad is perfect. Now Hackpad integrated with Dropbox, which makes it even more convenient.

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15. google Docs

Google Docs can also be used for general notes and ideas for projects. You can collaboratively edit the document and comments.

You can share an infinite number of users - each user to specify email or simply create a link to access and send it to everyone who needs to see the document.

google Docs

16. Draft

A great tool for collaborative work on the text. Here you can quickly create a draft, together with others to edit it, import files from other cloud-based services, and sometimes the result of direct spread to the blog.

Draft

17. OneNote

This tool from Microsoft is great for sharing ideas, thoughts, and other revisions. You can create a notebook for work, to provide access to all employees and synchronize account with any device.

As a result, you have a place where you can make general notes, store information about the meetings and important events for the company.

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18. Evernote

With a free Evernote account, you can share the notes and exchange information in a chat. But this provides more functionality to the business account (300 rubles per month per person).

The business account, you get a space for the exchange of information with the staff: establishment of common notebooks and notes on different subjects, work chat and reliable data protection.

evernote

19. iDone This

This is a simple and effective program to manage the team. Every evening, team members receive an email with a question that they have done today, and respond to it.

In the morning you get a digest of the answers, and you can track the performance of each team member. For a single user - free of charge, more than one - $ 5 per month per user.

iDone This

20. Meldium

If you need to give access to members of your team, but you do not want to give them the real passwords Account (accidentally can get to strangers, it is unsafe to send over the Internet), you can use Meldium.

This service will allow access to your remote employees without giving them this password: one click and your team are browsing your documents and use the account.

The price tag starts at $ 24 per month for 20 users. The number of applications is unlimited.

meldium

21. "Bitriks24"

This is a service with a complete set of tools to manage the team. Here you can set and edit the description of the problem, files and deadlines, monitor their performance, and to appoint me responsible.

There is a cloud storage for files, the ability to chat and make video calls, manage the CRM with all the tools and use the mailboxes @ bitrix24.ru.

We already wrote about this system for the management of the company or team. you can read here. Account for the team will cost 4000 rubles per month for the company - from 8000 rubles per month.

Bitriks24

22. Telegram

Cross-platform messenger Telegram from the "cozy" interface will help you quickly connect and team members. Where possible, and personal correspondence and communication in large groups of up to 200 people.

Cloud service stores all your messages and file transfers, so you may want to find the right part of the correspondence, even if it was more than six months ago.

Through Telegram convenient transfer any files, and in the presence of the Internet, you can download transferred once the documents on any device - PC, Mac, smartphone and tablet on the iOS and Android.

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What kind of tools for communication, target setting and monitoring of their implementation are using you?