Hybrid work has become commonplace in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Teams who once had a fine-tuned rhythm for managing projects were suddenly forced to learn how to work together from miles apart. Although communication tools have made remote work much more efficient, it hasn’t been without its hiccups.

This month, the team at Miro has been busy making improvements to the board experience. We’re really excited about auto-playing GIFs and building brand asset catalog capabilities for your digital asset management. We’re also delving further into connecting Miro with key tools like Smartsheet and Azure DevOps, to make working out of Miro even more intuitive. To see all the newest features that will help you work even better with Miro, here is our roundup of releases from August.

The title asks whether it can chat and call on a cruise ship. No cell towers on the ocean floor are large enough to handle cruise ships. You can use the maritime provider's network when cruising and chat on cruise ships or call on cruise ships while onboard. However, this is an expensive option that most cruisers choose to forgo. There was a time when humankind successfully coexisted without communication, namely without messages, calls, etc.

UX Research gained a central role in organizations over the years. As UX teams grow, the challenge now is to have a unified UX research front, where knowledge is accessible, people understand research insights, and have the necessary tools to innovate and improve their products. We present to you a new UX Research Repository Template and how Miro serves as a database for so many UX teams. As a content professional, I’ve personally benefited from UX research findings.

Productivity and collaboration are two of the most important aspects of any team’s success. Having productive meetings is a great way to ensure that your team is on the same page and working together towards common goals. However, coming up with new and innovative ideas for team meetings can be challenging. To that extent, in this article, we will share some of the best team meeting ideas we have come across.

Recently I had a chance to talk to DevOps Minneapolis about the true nature of user experience. The audience found this information to be particularly interesting, so I thought it would be helpful to share it with a wider audience. This post will be the first in a series of three posts that will discuss user experience beyond your app’s UI and how you can optimize it. So where is your user experience? More generally, where does your application happen?

There’s no question that we’re living in turbulent times, and workers are leaving their jobs for new ones in droves. In January 2020, just before the pandemic hit, the World Economic Forum predicted that rapid technological changes would transform nearly half of all core skill sets within two years. But two years later, it turned out that the technological shift wasn’t the cause of the so-called “Great Resignation,” but mindset and attitudes about work.

Communication within the workplace isn't just board meetings anymore. It extends to conference calls, virtual meetings, and discussion threads. Teams today need the right platform for seamless business communication compared to slower alternatives such as email. Introduced in 2013, Slack provided a solution for workforces across the globe. It offered real-time communication, adding and editing files, and tagging co-workers in work threads and discussions.