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Why I switched from Basecamp to Teamwork
I avoided writing this post for a long time, mainly because I didn’t want to join a dogpile of performative messages about dumping Basecamp. However, in light of their recent rebrand back to 37signals and because I’ve been an open advocate of Basecamp in the past, I wanted to clarify where I stand. I like opinionated software.…
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Essential Small Business Management Tools
Update (5/4/2022): Since I first wrote this post and granted this podcast interview, some major changes happened at Basecamp that caused me to change my mind. Tara and Shannon from the excellent What Works podcast (and from the What Works Network, of which I’ve been a member for years) rounded up a crew of folks…
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Getting louder in 2019.
On their Rework podcast, the Basecamp team expressed their desire to become a Facebook-Free Company. (DHH wrote an article about this on their Medium publication, as well.) They don’t depend on Facebook for new business, nor do they rely on it to reach their audience, and that’s 100% the right decision for them. That said,…