Comments on: Why Basecamp Sucks… http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/ It's Just Links Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: tony http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-65455 tony Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:55:10 +0000 http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/#comment-65455 Hi James We are currently using <a href="http://www.tonyspencer.com/2007/06/21/lighthouse-bug-tracking-review/" rel="nofollow">Lighthouse</a> for our tasks and its ok but I would rather have that feature in Basecamp so we'd only have to login to one tool. Hi James
We are currently using Lighthouse for our tasks and its ok but I would rather have that feature in Basecamp so we’d only have to login to one tool.

]]> By: Howard http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-65440 Howard Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:26:54 +0000 http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/#comment-65440 Queue the obligatory "check out wrike" comment. Oh, I see they already beat me to it. Queue the obligatory “check out wrike” comment. Oh, I see they already beat me to it.

]]> By: E. James O'Kelly http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-65402 E. James O'Kelly Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:20:43 +0000 http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/#comment-65402 It has been mentioned but it needs to be driven home. Basecamp was written by programmers, true, to some extent it was designed by programmers, but it is not a tool for managing programming. It is a project management tool, it is for managing the aspects of running a project and the communication that requires. I use the todo lists to manage the project and reminders and deliverables to the client, but I don't try to make it a tool to manage tasks concerning code. I would recommend you checkout lighthouse, it is what you need if you need code task and bug tracking. I love basecamp for what it is, and it helps me do what I do best, code, by taking away the complexities of project management. It has been mentioned but it needs to be driven home. Basecamp was written by programmers, true, to some extent it was designed by programmers, but it is not a tool for managing programming. It is a project management tool, it is for managing the aspects of running a project and the communication that requires.

I use the todo lists to manage the project and reminders and deliverables to the client, but I don’t try to make it a tool to manage tasks concerning code.

I would recommend you checkout lighthouse, it is what you need if you need code task and bug tracking.

I love basecamp for what it is, and it helps me do what I do best, code, by taking away the complexities of project management.

]]> By: j4s0n http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-64948 j4s0n Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:42:59 +0000 http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/#comment-64948 Yeah, if they add that they will suck more, because it's gonna be one of the worst bug tracking system. Yeah, if they add that they will suck more, because it’s gonna be one of the worst bug tracking system.

]]> By: tony http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-64816 tony Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:08:56 +0000 http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/#comment-64816 @Casey Thanks for confirming it was never advertised as offering bug tracking. There would be a lot of angry customers if it did! :) @Casey
Thanks for confirming it was never advertised as offering bug tracking. There would be a lot of angry customers if it did! :)

]]> By: EL http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-64755 EL Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:47:32 +0000 http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/#comment-64755 Forget Basecamp. Redmine has it all. http://www.redmine.org http://bitnami.org/stack/redmine Forget Basecamp. Redmine has it all.

http://www.redmine.org
http://bitnami.org/stack/redmine

]]> By: Casey http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-64706 Casey Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:42:18 +0000 http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/#comment-64706 Who cares? It was never advertised as such. I work for a 'web startup' with 15 or so developers on our team and we love basecamp. We use Trac to manage bugs, and it integrates very nicely with SVN. Who cares? It was never advertised as such. I work for a ‘web startup’ with 15 or so developers on our team and we love basecamp. We use Trac to manage bugs, and it integrates very nicely with SVN.

]]> By: Jeff Eaton http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-64612 Jeff Eaton Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:27:39 +0000 http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/#comment-64612 www.unfuddle.com seems to be a great tool for that; it combines bug and issue tracking with a hosted SVN repository. Might not be necessary for teams that have their own source control solution already, but Unfuddle + Basecamp has been a great solution for the teams I work with. http://www.unfuddle.com seems to be a great tool for that; it combines bug and issue tracking with a hosted SVN repository. Might not be necessary for teams that have their own source control solution already, but Unfuddle + Basecamp has been a great solution for the teams I work with.

]]> By: Joey http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-64528 Joey Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:08:02 +0000 http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/#comment-64528 Well, it happened to all of us. We all love Basecamp, but then we start to miss this or that feature. Then, the only thing left is to find a way to solve the problem. I personally just found another tool - http://www.wrike.com/ It lets me track bugs, follow the work of my team and see everything on a timelime. Well, it happened to all of us. We all love Basecamp, but then we start to miss this or that feature. Then, the only thing left is to find a way to solve the problem. I personally just found another tool – http://www.wrike.com/
It lets me track bugs, follow the work of my team and see everything on a timelime.

]]> By: tony http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-64414 tony Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:29:00 +0000 http://www.tonyspencer.com/2008/03/12/why-basecamp-sucks/#comment-64414 Perhaps I was too harsh with my post title. I actually really like Basecamp but I just need this tiny little featured added. I am indeed using another product for this last mile but I don't want to login to 2 products. Furthermore adding comments, assigned to, and statuses to "To-Dos"would be beneficial to non-software development teams. Maybe I should change the big text to read <strong><h1>No To-Do Tracking</h1></strong> Perhaps I was too harsh with my post title. I actually really like Basecamp but I just need this tiny little featured added. I am indeed using another product for this last mile but I don’t want to login to 2 products.

Furthermore adding comments, assigned to, and statuses to “To-Dos”would be beneficial to non-software development teams.

Maybe I should change the big text to read

No To-Do Tracking

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