Another co-founder of Triage here. We wanted one app that housed all our work alerts and activity. Email/HipChat grew frustrating and weren't quite working for us, so we built Triage.
This (indicate.io) And Mattermark seem to be doing similar things - compiling (sometimes superficial) data on startups in order to score them and sell that data to investors, press, or competitors.
If this becomes widespread, it'll be interesting to see the impact, both in what types of startups have a biased advantage and what "gaming the system" will look like.
We're working on an app for developers that collates all of your saas products into one mobile feed. It helps you stay current on what's happening at work, both what your team and your machines are doing. It also helps you quickly dig deeper into issues & triage important events.
It's cool because you can keep track of a lot more than previously possible, communicate with your team, and act on it - from your phone. And it's damn good looking too (but we're biased :)
I went from working in an office, to working remotely for the same company.
While there were certainly benefits, I experienced a few downsides that also drove me crazy.
As a product manager, I was in the sticky situation of needing to coordinate with a bunch of different people, and hit certain deadlines that the rest of the company may or may not have aligned with. I felt like I lost much my day-to-day ability to get-shit-done, especially as I was competing for time & resources with other projects.
I also found it easier to stop caring as much, since the emotions & passion weren't as readily communicated remotely.
Definitely some personal shortcoming in there as well, but, there's definitely issues to watch for if working remotely.