Technology Collaboration Tools

• Email: Probably the most used tool for collaborating, whether it's sending notes, documents, scheduling meetings or sharing links. There are many who say email is not a good tool for collaboration and envision its demise. We think it's just bound for a slightly new usage scenario. But that's a story for another day.

• Databases: The database I remember most — not so much with found affection — was that found in Lotus Notes. They were used extensively to store technical documents and were a pain to search. 

• File Share: Yes, the file share is/was a collaboration tool. Store your files in a folder system created to support your project team. 

• Question and Answers: Q&A's were a popular way to get the answers we needed to our questions. Still are.

• Conference calls: Before web conferencing solutions we had the good old conference call. Sometimes it's easier to get your other work done when participating in a conference call.

• Instant Messaging: We use them a great deal, this technology, like wikis, has also come a long way.