Collaborators - Good Tools #2
Zero-cost tools that enhance your collaboration abilities with others.
Hello, and welcome to issue n.2 of Good Tools.
In this issue, as in the ones that follow, you will find tools, apps and browser extensions that are uniquely useful to indie entrepreneurs, bootstrapped startups, authors and small publishers alike.
The filtering criteria I use for the tools I select are:
100% free (or have very generous free plan)
Not popular, well-known
Useful for communication, marketing, collaboration, monetization
Tested and verified by me (Robin Good)
For this specific edition, I have gone after “Collaborators”, tools that facilitate collaboration, exchange, feedback and communication with others.
If you find great tools in it, please consider supporting this work with a paid subscription.
That’s the best way to reward and encourage my work and to make sure I keep on doing it.
Robin Good
Collaborators Tools
1) Send Large Files
ToffeeShare
No file size limit. Unlimited transfers. Peer-to-peer. Secure and encrypted. Nothing is stored online.
100% free
Wormhole
Files up to 10GB. End-to-end encryption. Link expiration. For files up to 5 GB, Wormhole stores your files on their servers for 24 hrs, for files larger than 5 GB, files are sent directly from your browser to the recipient. So you'll need to keep the page open until the recipient downloads the files.
Up to 10GB free. No paid version.
YSendIt
Unlimited file size, unlimited transfers. Brandable. Secure: AES 256-Bit encrypted. Share a link to your files or automatically email your recipients the download link. Get an email notification for every download. Web and Mac versions.
100% free.
Smash
No file size limits. Unlimited transfers.
Free. Include ads.
2) Video Conference
Talky
Videoconferencing for up to 6 people with integrated text chat and screen-sharing. Web-based. No registration or login required. Locked rooms. Encryption. No ads.
100% free.
VideoSpike
Videoconferencing for small groups with integrated screen-sharing. Web-based. No registration. No login required. No text chat.
100% free.
3) Visual Feedback and Collaborative Review
Pastel
Give feedback to any image, PDF or website. Unlimited canvases and unlimited reviews and comments. 3-day commenting window.
100% free.
Instacap
Chrome extension. Screenshot editor & annotation tool for full page screen capture, PDF annotation and instant visual feedback. Annotate and edit screenshots by adding text, circle, arrow, drawing and more. Instantly share a link to your screen capture. Can also share screen recordings or videos. Video demo.
100% free
4) Screen Video Recording and Sharing (screencasting)
Screenity
Chrome extension. Records video of your computer screen and allows you to annotate it. Export as mp4, gif, and webm, or save the video directly to Google Drive. Trim or remove sections of your recording. Video demo.
100% free
SnipClip Studio
Web app. Records video of your computer screen, allows for immediate download (in WebM format) or conversion to MP4 via an integrated utility.
100% free
Dropbox Capture
Good for those who already pay for a Dropbox account. Downloadable software for Mac and Windows. With Professional, Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise plans, you can record videos in 4K up to your storage limit. With Basic, Plus, and Family plans, you get up to two hours of recording time at 1080p. Once you reach those two hours limit you either remove from the folder “Capture” some of your recordings, or you can invite someone else to use DropboxCapture and you get extra storage recording time.
100% free for Dropbox customers
5) Manage Appointments
Cal
Manage and schedule appointments without the usual email tennis to find a common available time and day.
100% free for individuals.
6) Voice Notes Embedded in Docs
Mote
Leave voice notes and comments up to 5 minutes long on just about any web-accessible document. Video demo.
Max 20 voice notes/month.
Poll
Personal Note
Hi, and thanks for reading up to here.
My name is Robin Good and I have been searching, testing and sharing great rare-to-find tools for indie entrepreneurs since March 2000.
I do this because I enjoy finding useful but hard-to-find resources and I feel it is my mission not to keep these just for me but to share them with anyone who may need them.
I am part of a growing number of people who help others find what they need by organizing the info and resources that are already available online, but are impossible to find via Google search.
If you feel that what I do is useful for you and for others please do support this newsletter with a paid subscription so that I, and others, can continue to fulfill our mission of sharing the best of what we find with you.
from sunny Holbox island,
Robin Good