Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

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.

If you have seen the movie Office Space (1999), you know all about pointless TPS reports, impossible-to-understand printer instructions, (“PC Load Letter”), and micromanaging superiors. Office Space was an office comedy, so the portrayals were a little extreme. But who can’t relate to the annoyances of working in an office, even if we work remotely?

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Follow along with the video tutorial: We are launching our first hackathon next week, and giving away over $1K in prizes! Join us in building a cool project and winning any of the following prizes 🏆 Additionally, everyone who submits a project successfully integrating the Courier API will receive a $20 Amazon gift card! Not sure where to start? In this tutorial, we will be building a Node.js app that sends multi-channel notifications in morse code.