During the course of this year, we were involved in a project which involved us scouting bands for an audition in college. We were using the project management tool ZOHO to keep in touch and organise deadlines and tasks for each of us. Admittedly, I could have used ZOHO more productively, however when we were working in such a small group (3 of us) I found it much easier to either text or email if possible, as I personally was doing a lot of the work when I was not by a computer. I am aware that there is now an app for iphones that links with ZOHO and that the project tool can be used by email, however when I am out and about, I am not always able to use email due to reception issues in come cases.
ZOHO is a great tool, however with my recent experiences organising the tour, gigs, rehearsals, calls, studio time and meetings, I have found that if you are stringent in how you organise your emails and text contacts, this can be a very effective way of keeping in touch quickly and easily. I can see myself using ZOHO for larger scale projects which involve more people, I think would be a lot more useful in that type of setting. I personally spend most of my waking hours on my phone while on the move, so a fast, responsive, easy to use ZOHO app would be a great thing to have. Even when I was trying to use the emails that it sent, they were sometimes badly laid out to the point where I couldn't actually read what it said!! This, understandably, did not help.
I am aware that the projects next year will be much more intense and on a much larger scale, so I think that ZOHO will come into much better use at that point, however it was good to get a taste of how it works and how effective it could potentially be when used in the right setting.
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