Herding cats with social media
Herding Cats with Social Media View more presentations from Bracket. Bracket’s session at Media Camp London 4 during Social Media Week generated lots of discussion about the best methods and tools for helping groups of creatives to get things done. It looked at how social media could be used to support collaborative working between artists and designers etc that are used... Read More
Easy file sharing (and online storage)
Google Docs now allows you to upload your existing files (including images) and invite others to view them. Additionally, Word, Excel and Powerpoint files can be converted to allow others to edit them. Not only does this make it easy to share your existing documents with your project team (a tidier alternative to e-mail), but acts as an online storage and backup function so... Read More
Tips and tools for running online meetings
The tips. Online meetings need managing and organisation just like face-to-face meetings: Have an agenda, with timings, which should be forwarded to all participants beforehand, and outlined again at the beginning of the meeting Allocate someone in charge of chairing to keep the meeting focussed and running to time Adhere to the same protocols that you would in offline meetings... Read More
Using social networks for creative business
Naturally, because Bracket works in the area of social media, we often get asked questions on how creative businesses should be using online networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn etc. Although this is not entirely our focus, (e.g. these tools aren’t used to manage collaborative projects) we do see their value in helping to develop and build teams. They can play a... Read More
Online tools #4: Shout’em
Twitter is a great tool for connecting with people, finding out information and having conversations on an open network, but we’ve often wondered how to make effective use of it within a collaborative project for a smaller and defined group of participants. Cue Shout’em, a new service that allows you to create your own ‘micro-blogging network’ (micro-blogging is the... Read More
The 24-hour book project
It looks like there’s been a hub of collaborative creative writing activity happening on the web this weekend! A group of writers have set themselves up with the task to write and publish a book in just 24 hours using online tools to work together. The group has been using Google Docs to write and edit the document, as well as using Skype and face-to-face conversation to communicate,... Read More
Online tools #3: ‘even more’ with Google
Have you ever explored the applications under the “even more” tab in Google? There are a whole suite of tools that are great for use in collaborative projects. They’re not completely perfect, but they’re free, easy to use and provide a quick way to start online communication within a team: Read More Read More
Collabregator: the collaboration aggregator
Large Blue have created a beautiful web application for the Super Contemporary exhibition currently showing at the Design Museum. The Collabregator maps the connections of London’s creative community. It invites designers to add their past collaborations and see how they link to other projects and individuals/companies on the interactive site. It’s a great way of... Read More
Online tools #2: capturing creative moments
Being creative doesn’t just happen between 9am and 5pm – you can’t switch it on and off. Good ideas come at the most unexpected moments, and that spark of inspiration can happen spontaneously. So when you’re working on a project within a team, how can you capture that creative spark and share it almost instantly? Read More Read More
Online tools #1
Here are two online tools that support creative collaboration. They’re both very visual, free and easy to use. Bubbl.us Online brainstorming: create bubbles, ‘sub’-bubbles, connect blocks and change colours Twiddla Online meetings: sketch, draw shapes, post notes, add text, upload and annotate images, upload documents and real-time chat with team members Read More