Streaming video is fantastic, but not so much the inconvenience of relying on an internet connection or having to use multiple streaming sites to source videos—each with its proprietary player and different playlists, passwords, and apps. Downloading videos can be a solution. And among the Chrome extensions that can make your life easier, there’s a ton…
The 5 Scrum Values and Why They Matter
The original version of the Scrum Guide didn’t contain a section on Scrum values. But now it does, because the authors listened to feedback on the Scrum Guide User Voice forum. Adding a Scrum values section was the most popular request, so they wrote it into the latest version of the Scrum Guide. Why was…
The Best Way to Update Chrome
Updating Chrome keeps you safer and gives you access to the latest iteration of Chrome’s UI, developer tools, and more. Chrome will update itself automatically if you regularly restart the application. But if you’re one of the people who leave their computer on basically all the time, using sleep as a substitute for shut-down, and…
How and Why to Build a Scrum of Scrums
Once a project gets big enough to need multiple Scrum teams on deck, many companies choose to start running Scrum of Scrums (SoS). Think of it like daily Scrum, but for multiple teams, where cross-team issues are identified and accounted for. As intuitive as it seems to run Scrum of Scrums—it really is a simple…
Why I Switched from Evernote to Bear
Sometimes it can feel as though we’ve got more to remember than ever before. Fortunately, we have more tools to help us remember everything than ever before, too. Evernote is one of the oldest and most popular note-taking apps available today. First released in 2004, Evernote was the undisputed king of personal productivity tools for…
Enable JavaScript in Chrome with 5 Clicks
How do you turn JavaScript on and off in Chrome? Here’s how to do it in just five clicks, and why you might want to enable it—or not—in the first place. Let’s get started. 1. Click Settings in the Chrome menu. 2. Select Advanced at the bottom of the Settings page. 3. Under Privacy and…
How to Become a Scrum Master
Thinking about becoming a Scrum master? Wondering how to get the experience? The first thing to know: it takes broad knowledge of both the technical and human side of running sprints to reach Scrum mastery. There’s a lot to learn. This post breaks this complex mass of knowledge down to its basic building blocks. First,…
Is It Finally Time to Get Chrome OS?
Chromebooks started life as the ultimate budget laptop, with restricted functionality, impossibly tiny price tags, and sometimes, unnervingly flexible construction. Now, as Chrome OS gets more versatile, the cloud becomes more ubiquitous, and some Chromebooks rank among the best laptops out there, is it time to jump ship on traditional operating systems and get the cloud-friendly…
19 Tips on How to Use Evernote for Beginners
The core Evernote product has changed quite a bit since it was originally launched in 2004. It mostly looks the same, but Evernote can do a lot more now than it could in the past. One thing that hasn’t changed is the fact that Evernote becomes increasingly useful the more you use it. Unfortunately, Evernote…
Should the Daily Scrum Really Be Every Day?
If you or the team are asking yourselves this, then it sounds like something is wrong. When the team doesn’t see value in daily Scrum, the meeting isn’t doing what it needs to. But the answer to the problem doesn’t lie in simply skipping daily Scrum. I can say that for sure. I’ll make my…