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Re:InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employe... by beambot on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:28AM (#18167731)
> start drawing on boards and paper

Sounds like important brainstorming activities. How do you deal with this when you're remote?

Re:InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employe... by Klathmon on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:36AM (#18167821)
For me, Wacom tablets or tablet-with-stylus kinds of devices.

Now it's not only a whiteboard, but I can take screenshots, collaborate with countless others, undo, search, zoom and pan infinitely, etc...

And they can be had for around $100 or less.

Re:InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employe... by manigandham on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:59AM (#18168044)
Plenty of real-time whiteboarding tools. Something simple like a shared google doc works well for 90% of it.
Re:InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employe... by beambot on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:25AM (#18168275)
Which collaborative whiteboard solutions do you like?
Re:InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employe... by manigandham on Monday October 08, 2018 @12:54PM (#18169059)
We use https://www.notion.so/ for notes, tasks, wiki and project management. Google Docs for quick stuff or formal writeups.

Occasionally we'll use OneNote online or https://awwapp.com/ which has more freeform drawing if we need it, but otherwise it's usually just typing stuff out in lists.

This is all on peoples computers, no fancy video-conferencing setups. Those are almost always a waste of money and never work well.

Re:InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employe... by beambot on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @01:05PM (#18177714)
Hrm. None of these really seem like whiteboarding though.
Re:InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employe... by manigandham on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @01:40PM (#18178080)
I'm not sure what you mean then, what is whiteboarding exactly?
Re:InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employe... by JoeAltmaier on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:36AM (#18167824)
Using whiteboard and notepad features of the collaboration tool. Which are legible and visible to everyone all the time, not just if you're looking over somebody's shoulder
Re:InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employe... by toxican on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:40AM (#18167868)
I suppose you could point a webcam at the whiteboard, although there are a lot of options out there for online collaboration. We use MS stuff at work and multiple people can live-edit Word, One Note, etc. docs for example.