Stumbled across this Slackbot the other day which conducts a "standup" asynchronously - the best of both worlds.
No affiliation, just seems like a cool product. Probably wouldn't be hard to whip something similar up if it's not already on GitHub.
No affiliation, just seems like a cool product. Probably wouldn't be hard to whip something similar up if it's not already on GitHub.
I think you're right to wonder about alternatives, though. The aspects of Geekbot we use would be fairly easy to replace with a bot of our own. Geekbot pricing has a very narrow sweet spot, which I imagine varies significantly by team.
There is an ingraned urge to interrupt everyone and force people to waste 30 minutes of their daily time.
There are a few others to try. I don't think any has a distinct advantage, just varying levels of polish. But I would recommend using it, especially for (semi-)remote teams.
The concept is pretty similar. Not everyone uses it, but I like having it to keep track of my work.