Small is Essential

I'm a fan of the products in the 37 Signal range due to their simplicity in managing projects and remote collaboration. An article in Time Magazine titled Small is Essential outlines how 37 Signals both practice and create what they preach. The best ideas are usually driven by need which is how they come up with their new product ideas and improvements:

"Unconventional organization is proving to be one of 37signals' biggest assets. The company creates programs that facilitate teamwork, and it ends up relying on the very same tools it builds. "We are growing in the same way a lot of our customers are, so we build products that we need to run our own business," Fried says. "We just build stuff we want to use. If we need it, they need it."

They also keep an active blog called Signal V Noise to outline a lot of their experiences and philosophies.