Of all the aspects of our business, it's one of the few that we don't have to worry about. Out of that we grow our communication-instantly gaining credibility and dependability by messaging and stockpiling infos online. As soon as we get wind of a project, we've got it set up in Basecamp it is step 1.
It has become a cornerstone for our project management and client communication. How do you use our products and why do you like them? INTO is a web/print startup specializing in "cutting edge work, quick turn-around times, and a high level of web expertise." Below, INTO founder Kirk Strobeck details the creative ways his team uses Basecamp, including as a content management system and wireframing tool! You can check out the updated API documentation for further details: We look forward to continuing to improve the APIs for all our products. And we've also started a 37signals API developer list which is a great place to get feedback on API stuff.Īs we come to expect more out-of-browser experiences, good, well-documented APIs are becoming more important. We're making an effort to stay on top of API issues reported there. Very exciting to see progress on the API end.įyi, all communication on this topic was done via the Basecamp forum. Here's the response from the guys behind Outpost: Noticed this during testing this morning & did a double-take when I realized there were names appearing in Outpost - much kudos for keeping it in line with the existing API, so all us 3rd parties’ apps will just start working now.
One recent change lets developers know whether the person making an API request is from a client or an internal firm. We've been working behind the scenes to improve the Basecamp API. It was written for the older Basecamp API, so I had to plug in some new methods, but it was a real time saver because it handled all the requests, and parsing of the responses. Sure enough, I found baseCamp.cfc from Terrence Ryan. I sat down and used my regular tech community channels to see if anyone has created a Basecamp API module for ColdFusion.
I figured a quick report that can generate a concise PDF to print out and bring to the meeting will work best. To create a report for this meeting, I decided to try the Basecamp API. Having the meeting lets us discuss small items with other groups and departments without having to have a longer time consuming meeting. People in theory can get all the same information from Basecamp themselves, but reality is this is not always the case. It is a great meeting to have because it gets all parties from various groups in one room where we quickly keep everyone abreast of the projects being worked on.
The responsible party can then update and if necessary elaborate briefly on specific items within their project. We have a weekly managers meeting where we briefly run down all our open projects and their status.
We developed Ember first because we knew we could get immediate use for it and felt other iPhone development teams could benefit.Įmber works on iPhones/iPod Touches running version 3.0 software or above and is available on the iTunes AppStore here.īill Breen, Director of Web Development at, writes about using the Basecamp API to create project reports. We use it to discuss iterations for the various apps we’re working on, show sketches and talk through code. Campfire has been invaluable for helping us keep in touch across time zones and work schedules. None of us live in the same city and rarely get the chance to work together face to face. > How do you guys use Campfire and why was that the app you wanted to focus on first?
The interview discusses how the Overcommitted team got started, how they decided on price, the development process, etc. I’ve been using the new version of Ember for about a week (in fact, a lot of the follow-up questions were discussed in Campfire), and I have to say it’s a noticeable improvement over V.1 in speed and feature set. Ember brings Campfire (the 37signals group chat application) to the iPhone – and fills a huge gap in my own productivity needs. Jane at Setting Contexts recently published "Interview: Overcommitted on Ember (Campfire for the iPhone)." Right after I posted my Q&A with Morfunk’s David Kaneda a couple of months ago (I’m still a big Outpost fan!), I received a great outreach email from Overcommitted, telling me about Ember.