So you’re curious about Basecamp?
Well, let’s start at the Heart of Basecamp,
projects.
This is what a project looks like in Basecamp.
This one happens to be for “Marketing: Swag”,
but you can make as many as you want
for whatever you’re working on.
Each project gets its own dedicated page.
It’s where all the people, tools,
and really the stuff of the project,
come together and stay in one place.
Right here,
you can see who’s involved in the project.
Include coworkers, stakeholders,
clients, outside contractors,
whoever you’d like.
And trust me, even people who aren’t very tech savvy
can use Basecamp.
Projects come with everything you need
right from the start.
A message board to discuss important topics,
a place to store files and assets,
to-dos for tracking work and responsibilities.
A place to schedule deadlines and milestones and more.
Typically, all your projects are divided
between emails, random folders,
a couple different apps,
and navigating this mess is frustrating for everyone.
But on Basecamp,
everything is neatly organized
and compartmentalized in these boxes,
on one screen.
Everyone can find what they need
without having to ask anyone else for help.
Let’s look at a few scenarios
that we all deal with.
Let’s say you need to point someone else to a discussion.
Easy, hop into the message board and boom.
There’s the thread right there.
It’s all right here,
archived and on the record.
So anyone who needs it can get to it.
It’s so much better than having to find
and forward a long email to catch people up.
I mean, who wants to do that?
Or let’s say you were out for a few days.
If you want to catch up quickly without digging,
you just scroll to the bottom of your project
and you can see everything that’s happened
over the last few days.
On one timeline.
Let’s say you wanna see
what a coworker’s been up to.
Just enter their name and bam,
a single page with all their activity,
again, on one timeline.
To-do’s completed, file shared, discussions had.
I mean, how would you even do this otherwise?
Let’s say you’re already using some other software
and you want to use it alongside Basecamp.
You’ve got a built-in library of links
to the most popular apps you’re already using.
Here, let’s add our Google Drive.
Now it’s in our project homepage
and all those files are just one click away.
Okay, let’s zoom out a bit.
Back on the homepage,
you’ll see all your projects.
Every single one you’re working on,
on one organized page.
You can pin the most important ones to the top.
Then scroll down to the bottom.
You can see what’s on your schedule,
and a simple list of all your assignments
right here, all on one page,
and you can take it in super quick.
The dashboard you’ve wanted all along is Basecamp.
This isn’t even all of Basecamp.
It’s just a little overview.
It’s straightforward and simple to the core.
We’ve never lost touch
with the most important thing about software
which is if it isn’t easy, people just won’t use it.
Just get in there and see what I mean.
It’s way better when you do it yourself.