One Small Step

The Help Desk training game development team is composed of Nathan Carpenter, Chris Ritzo and Michael Curtin (me). After a long game-making hiatus, the three of us began collaborating again only one week ago.
As I'll be leaving for San Francisco on June 11th, that means we had 5 days to figure out how we we're going to keep communication up while being separated by 5 states (including 2 time-zones).

Communication:
Here's a quick breakdown of the many communication methods we'll be using to keep in touch;

• The conference-call: we setup two weekly meetings in order to review completed assets, pass along ideas, and talk about organic gardening.
• Email and Instant Messenger: faster then setting up a conference-call, instant messaging allows us a no-hassle environment to quickly pass information back and forth.
• Shared filespace: UIUC hosts a file-storage service called CITES NetFiles. Nathan, Chris and I share a common directory where we can add and remove pieces of the game as they're being created.
• Web X Remote Help: a fancy remote assistance tool, Web X allows Nathan and Chris to view what's on my laptop screen. I can even draw and write text on my screen (or theirs) to illustrate an idea.

Work will begin in earnest once I get settled on the 12th.