In Campfire + Pyro = Collaboration Heaven (MacApper), Jordan Golson talks about how Campfire is helping his team collaborate on a new site.
For the uninitiated, Campfire is an online chat service hosted by 37signals that allows you to chat and send files while saving everything online. You don’t have to worry about missing anything when you are away from your desk because when you sign back into Campfire, everything that has been said in the past is there waiting for you. It’s great if you work with a bunch of people in all different places and time zones.
Jordan's a fan of Pyro because it means he doesn't have to keep his browser running all the time to stay logged into Campfire.
Firing up Pyro is just like logging into Campfire. It asks for the Campfire account that you want to log-in to and then for your username and password. Once you’re logged in, the familiar Campfire interface appears with a few little extras. Pyro gives you keyboard shortcuts to switch from room to room within Campfire and also to adjust text sizes. All the Campfire features work perfectly including file uploading, transcript reading and searching. The developer does warn you of issues with Safari 3.0 but I haven’t noticed any issues.
Another Pyro advantage is drag-n-drop file uploads. You can drag any file from the Finder into Pyro and it will automatically upload it to the current room. It’s especially handy for popping screenshots into a room.
