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Slack is easily the best chat app for teams on the market. While it works really well with external communication, we found that using Slack for internal purposes is like trying to work at a pool party, with a bunch of guys drinking Coronas and Bud Lights, while fist bumping and calling each other “Bro” and “Bruh” and “Brent” and comparing tribal tattoos. In other words, we were quick at laying off Slack internally but haven’t been able to lay it off for external purposes. It’s just too convenient. Literally every team has an account there and thus, we handle all client related communication via Slack.
Before we get to work, it’s muy important that the client agrees with the direction we want to go. To get on the same page, we share design inspiration until we agree on a general direction and set expectations. We collect and share inspiration via our own internal app. It hasn’t yet been named but will be available to other teams soon (that’s right — I casually dropped our product pitch right there!).
Project and Team management
We tried numerous different apps to manage our projects and team before we finally found our groove. We used to work with Slack in combination with either Basecamp or Trello but with this approach, some features always seemed to be missing. We also realised that separating our internal chat from our management apps wasn’t a great approach, as toggling between Slack conversations and tasks makes you loose track of the next steps. So we searched long and hard for a replacement until we eventually came upon Flow, an app made by our friends at Metalab 💖
Design collaboration
In the “Remote designer’s hierarchy of needs” there are three basic tiers. Firstly, our designers need a place to design and prototype our work. We use Sketch for product design and depending on client requirements either Flinto, Principle or Framer for prototyping.
Secondly, we need a space to collaborate. Screenhero lets our designers to doodle on the same computer remotely. At some point, we experimented with a new app called Figma. It holds some impressive technology and should, in theory, replace both Sketch and Screenhero. Unfortunately the app is still in an early stage and since 3drops’ juice gets squeezed in the design process, we weren’t keen on switching out that entire workflow. Yet.