Comments on: Google Apps For Game Producers (You’ve Tried?)

By: foo

foo — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:47:09 +0000

Wow I did not think this post was that old, anyway it seems there are security holes in google docs. Use at your own risk.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/26/more-security-loopholes-found-in-google-docs/

By: Jesper

Jesper — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:06:12 +0000

I used google apps when I set up Ludosity, a small casual game developer, I don’t know if the guys still use it but it was a very effective and productive tool.

The only problem is that everyone really needs to fully embrace these apps, they can’t use them in paralell with another system. That messes everyones schedules up.

And of course, there is still no real project planner or ToDo list solution in gApps yet. Even though gmails recent Todo is a great little tool it isn’t ubiquitous or social enough.

By: Chris Pelling

Chris Pelling — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:32:24 +0000

There is, but only if you're prepared to make your game open-source and freely available to all. :-)

By: Casey

Casey — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:44:06 +0000

I use GMail, Google Reader, GCal, and Google Docs extensively. My classmates and I use Docs for just about every class, since we usually all work together. The only thing that doesn’t quite fit is our source control. It would be great if there was a Google SVN.

By: Michel Bartz

Michel Bartz — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:12:38 +0000

I Actually use those services for managing my projects.
Google Doc is very usefull, i usually work in very small team (up to 4) , and i put the ToDo list their and also the feature list, and everybody uses the same one, so it’s a lot easier to keep a track of whats going on with your project.

Google Cal is very simple, i use it to schedule meeting or milestone as it’s very easy to share it with co-worker.

And gmail of course, i uses the desktop version of GTalk, i prefer this to regular IM because it’s very simple, don’t have fancy smiley or stuff like that, it’s good for what i ask it to do : chatting!

So yes Google is the big devil of the web, but those tools are very useful and it would be a shame to not use them.

By: PM Hut

PM Hut — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:55:01 +0000

It is true that you can use your own domain with gmail, I’ve seen it.

Now for the Google Calendar and the Google Docs as Project Management tools, the problem is still in the integration. These products are not well integrated. I don’t think people producing these online PM tools should not feel threatened, at least for the moment.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:15:21 +0000

@Juuso: Smack me if I am wrong but I think GMail already has Google Gears integration which allows you to use it offline. It syncs once it’s back online. But again.. I could be wrong. I know this works for Google Docs, though.

If it has no Google Gears integration: You can activate IMAP functionality from your preferences. So yes, it comes with IMAP.. GMail labels are mapped as folders and even the Trash Bin works correctly on IMAP. ;)

By: Steven Egan

Steven Egan — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:43:53 +0000

There are more apps to look into for game projects. Sites gives you a free wiki that can easily use the docs and calendar apps in it. Blogger is a free blogging platform and then there is the reader. All of that is with a single log-in.

I like it and have been using it for a few years. While there are some limitations, it works well without the headache of all the other log-ins.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:27:33 +0000

Oliver & Sam: thanks for the detailed insight. I hadn’t even consider such possibilities.

Toni: the thing I dislike about gmail is that it’s web UI only… and I presume there’s no Imap possiblity (for phone/outlook for example) if I’m correct…

BC: heh, healthy dose of paranoia is always good…

By: BC

BC — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:44:06 +0000

I’m probably going to be shot down for being a conspiracy-theorist nutter but…don’t Google generally allow themselves access to anything you make or get by email on some of their stuff.

I know this is mostly to put bots to work to target advertising but if you were working for a client or something you may have difficulty using google stuff because they wouldn’t want others to see.

But it is all rather nice to use :D