Four Steps to Screen-sharing Happiness (join.me!)

As we were attempting to coordinate a group project this past break, my team ran into a problem: Skype didn’t allow group screen sharing. We needed to both share a conference call and be able to see each other’s screens, but even after searching we found no solution. Skype had failed us.

Then one of us stumbled upon an absolutely fantastic service: join.me. Join.me is an easy, free, and brainless way to share your screen online. I’ll walk you through it:

1. Go to the page. 
2. Click the orange arrow (see right).
3. Click “yes” when asked to download the program (don’t worry, it only stays on your computer if you want it to).
4. A little box will appear at the top of your screen with a 9-digit number on it. Just tell anyone you want to share your screen with to type that in after “join.me/” in theirweb browser, and you’ll be sharing your screen with them! For free. For real.

Personally, I think the greatest capability of this service is the ability to share as many screens as you wish – each of them only takes up the space of one tab. Whatever you pursue, whether it be entrepreneurship or just socialization, join.me has a use. Perhaps the simplicity here might be keyfor anyone trying to solve their parents’ computer problems via long-distance. Just an idea.