http://perpetual.education is a design/programming school. We like to be part of the discussion over here at Dev.to / We have time-slots for free conversations for career advice IRL : )
1 Google Doc. 1 shared folder for files. No emails allowed after the first meeting. (internally we might use a trello board - but the client doesn't get to see it)
The client pays us to get them to their goal. We'll communicate with them in our research phases - and then in person (zoom) to sell our design choices at a few stages - but in general, they don't need to be involved. They are paying us to be the experts - and get it done. This industry is way too much about Ego and people pleasing - and not nearly enough about good design and goal-driven design. We've used base-camp and things like that in the past / but it just creates more work. Google Drive - all the way.
Google Drive offers intuitive, easy to understand, client-oriented workspace. 👍
I could surely see using it with client, especially for sourcing media from client (images, video) and, as you say, Google Docs for text 😉📚
http://perpetual.education is a design/programming school. We like to be part of the discussion over here at Dev.to / We have time-slots for free conversations for career advice IRL : )
The key - is to force them to properly install Drive locally on their computer - so they can just drag files in.
They also usually have an AHA! moment... and we end up doing some IT for the client. For example, this woman who owned a string of Concert halls had a different computer at each venue - and another at home / and would drive to where she needed if she needed some document. After building her a new website - she started to understand Drive (the cloud) - and so now all her computers have the same data on them. Now she doesn't need to drive across town to look at an out of date Word document. WIN!
1 Google Doc. 1 shared folder for files. No emails allowed after the first meeting. (internally we might use a trello board - but the client doesn't get to see it)
The client pays us to get them to their goal. We'll communicate with them in our research phases - and then in person (zoom) to sell our design choices at a few stages - but in general, they don't need to be involved. They are paying us to be the experts - and get it done. This industry is way too much about Ego and people pleasing - and not nearly enough about good design and goal-driven design. We've used base-camp and things like that in the past / but it just creates more work. Google Drive - all the way.
Google Drive offers intuitive, easy to understand, client-oriented workspace. 👍
I could surely see using it with client, especially for sourcing media from client (images, video) and, as you say, Google Docs for text 😉📚
The key - is to force them to properly install Drive locally on their computer - so they can just drag files in.
They also usually have an AHA! moment... and we end up doing some IT for the client. For example, this woman who owned a string of Concert halls had a different computer at each venue - and another at home / and would drive to where she needed if she needed some document. After building her a new website - she started to understand Drive (the cloud) - and so now all her computers have the same data on them. Now she doesn't need to drive across town to look at an out of date Word document. WIN!
Fair enough! 👍