For a show about the cloud it's only natural that we at The Cloud Show are using a variety of cloud services to organize all parts that are involved in making each episode come together.
The first cloud service we set up was the free edition of Google Apps (limited to 10 users). This provided us with email, documents, and contact management. Episode three of The Cloud Show will feature this particular service if you want to learn more.
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For tracking documents and guides we much prefer 37 Signals' Basecamp. For example our Motion Communications team has created a list of parts that have to be animated. These can be edited and commented on. This is of course also possible as a Google Doc but we want to use Basecamp for anything that requires tracking or discussing. We will look at Basecamp as an example of a tool that can be used to organize projects as part of our first season.
Basecamp's file storage is quite limited (and seems overpriced) so we are using Dropbox. 2 GB of online storage are free. Which is plenty to upload storyboard videos and rough cuts for discussion amongst The Cloud Show team -- at least for the entire first season.
For communication and to build our audience we have also set up accounts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We will be posting more frequently when we launch the first episode. In the mean time if you haven't already friend us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. That way you will know when ever we release a new episode, helpful article or blog posting.
We will be using more cloud tools as we get into more advanced subjects. But regardless of what you are planing many of these tools may make your life more easy. Check them out!
