There seems to be a big disconnect between project management, bug/issue tracking and source control solutions out there. Simply put in most companies these systems don’t talk to each other as much as they should.

How have I solved the problem. I’m using bitbucket.org for source control that talks nicely with LighthouseApp which I use mainly for bug-tracking (Milestones feature is nice… but only for bigger teams).

We don’t really use anything for project management per se, although we do use Highrise as our CRM system and it has a cool, “Cases” feature. So lets say we’re doing a site redesign I  create a new case and upload all relevant assets  / discussions to that case. Highrise comes with awesome email integration, so each case gets a unique email address and I can fwd emails to it, and they get attached to the case automagically. I think BaseCamp is for dedicated project management, but for now I can live with leveraging Highrise features.

New API’s that would be awesome:

+ Friend list API to get list of friends (users) of currently logged in user. This will enable sharing applications.
+ Jabber messaging api (for currently logged in user and/or any of his/her friend(s)). Real-time messaging anyone?
+ API to schedule execution of arbitrary code at regular time intervals, which can span > 2 second request time limit currently imposed (hopefully)

More feature requests:
+ Be able to set how long the user session lasts

UPDATE:

+ How about more than 3 apps per developer?
+ Also would be neat to be able to take *1* app and have it run in several Google Apps domains?

I moved to SF in November to start work with a small company called Offermatica. Needless to say, am loving every bit of it (work, people and the city!). I do miss LA weather and my friends back there, but hey when it snows in Malibu and Tucson, all bets are off!!

Turns out Offermatica is on the lookout for a Software Engineer (job description here) and Web Designer (see here). If you or anyone you know is looking for a small company/startup feel, challenging work and nice work environment …. Aeron chairs, views from the window (yes, we’re “on” Pier 1) etc. …. then email me directly (am assuming you know me!) with any questions or leave a comment below.

Well thats what Katie Fehrenbacher is speculating on gigaOM. Google might be hiring 800 employees at 345 Spear St. (1 block from where I stay in SOMA). Should be fun to have some Googlers around. Although this office location might be great, I think Offermatica (the company I work for now!) has a much better location (on Pier 1) See for yourself below (red is us, green would be google!)