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Rocket.Chat and Nextcloud Integration: Your Open Source Digital Collaboration Hub

The COVID-19 pandemic hugely accelerated digital collaboration in businesses across industries and geographies. We’re all familiar with working from home and, for the most part, the companies we work for have learned to adapt. As a result, cloud-based proprietary code platforms such as Office 365, Dropbox, and Slack have and continue to explode in popularity. Here’s the catch though: By using these platforms, all of your data, communication, and digital lives will be (or already are) at the mercy of big corporations without control, privacy and with a huge vendor lock-in.

11 Key Steps Towards Achieving a Safe Workplace

No company is immune to accidents, but certain companies, by virtue of their safety standards and procedures, are more likely than others to suffer them. By taking the right precautions, you can create a safer workplace and reduce the risk of injuries. Here are the 11 most important steps to take.

5 workflow hacks every developer needs

Building better software and products should be the focus of every modern company. But most organizations struggle with challenges that keep their team from doing their best work — from contending with an overload of toil to a lack of cross-team collaboration. How do we ensure our developers are engaged, challenged, and moving forward in their work? We’ll look at 5 key developer workflow hacks to keep your team not just on track, but surging forward.

16 open-source projects to contribute to in 2022

The world of open-source is stronger than ever. As the world gets more connected, more people are interested in being a part of building amazing new technologies. However, there are many more advantages to open-source software than just that. Specifically, there is probably no better way to learn and grow as a developer than to contribute to open-source projects. But, it’s hard to choose from so many different options!

Idea management 101: How to hold a successful idea management workshop

Why do we always have our best ideas in the shower? It’s because the shower is one of the most distraction-free places people find themselves all day. When you remove your mind from its normal environment, it’s free to wander to interesting places. Idea management is a bit like being in the shower, except you can write down your ideas without getting the paper wet.

Visually collaborate in meetings with Miro and Google Meet

Why do we always have our best ideas in the shower? It’s because the shower is one of the most distraction-free places people find themselves all day. When you remove your mind from its normal environment, it’s free to wander to interesting places. Idea management is a bit like being in the shower, except you can write down your ideas without getting the paper wet.

9 Essential Marketing Tools for Small Teams

Competing with bigger companies with larger teams is no easy feat for a small business. Often, founders run a tight ship and only have a few employees to gear towards marketing activities. However, just because you have a small team doesn't mean you can't contend with the big boys. Over the years, many marketing tools have arrived to help small teams operate on the same levels as bigger ones.

How Switching To Remote Work Can Transform Your Income And Life?

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many people to work remotely, at least temporarily. But even after the pandemic ends, more and more people are likely to continue working from home, at least some of the time. There are many advantages to working remotely, including increased flexibility, fewer distractions, and no commute. But one of the biggest advantages is the potential to increase your income. Here are some of the major ways that working remotely can transform your income and life.

How We Built Our Documentation On Docusaurus

It requires an ample amount of time, effort, and resources to produce great, user-friendly documentation. Good documentation is fundamental to the way engineers get started with a product and ultimately use it in the long run, which makes it essential to both user retention and growth. Building our documentation at Courier was a task we therefore took very seriously.