What is Scrum? Even if you have never heard a thing about it, by the end of our definitive guide, you’ll know everything you need to know about the what, how, and why of this powerful agile methodology. Let’s dive in. What does Scrum mean? The term “Scrum” comes from rugby. It was first used…
The Evernote Smart Notebook: Is It Worth the Money?
The Evernote Smart Notebook is an interesting new direction for the oldest note-taking app on the market. They’ve paired the Evernote Notebook app with a Moleskine journal to combine physical note-taking with digital notes synced to the cloud. If you’re unfamiliar, the Evernote Notebook is a digital note-taking platform compatible with desktop or mobile devices.…
What Office 365 Business Essentials Includes
Office 365 Business Essentials is the most budget-friendly version of Microsoft Office for new and small businesses. It’s not going to work for everyone, and some of the offline limitations make the upgrade to Business Premium look pretty enticing. At the same time, Office 365 Business Essentials provides an entire suite of apps and services…
Chrome vs Firefox: Time to Switch to Firefox?
Chrome accounts for around 70% of browser use worldwide. Its nearest competitors, Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox, get just under 10% each of the desktop browser market. In this post, we’ll explore whether Firefox might deserve a larger piece of the pie. The first thing to understand is that it wasn’t always this way. All…
What Is Evernote? And Should You Use It?
So, what is Evernote? It’s a note-taking app designed to collect and organize text, pictures, videos, and audio recordings. These notes are then backed up to the cloud. This allows the user access to their notes from any platform. But why do people use it? How do people use it best? And is it best…
The 5 Best Ways to Get Office 365 for Free—Guaranteed
Many people find out that Microsoft Office 365 is a subscription service at the worst time. You go to edit in Word or join in on SharePoint, and wait—what? You thought you were set, but now a paywall stands between you and your goal. Don’t get out your credit card just yet. There are some options…
Turn Chrome Notifications Off For Good
Browser notifications can be helpful, letting you stay up to date with specialized news services and taking the onus off you to keep going back and checking sites whose content you want to engage with regularly. They can also be a frustrating imposition. This post deals with Chrome Notifications, a proprietary notification system from Google…
The Beginner’s Guide to Syncing Evernote With Your Calendar
Life is hectic and schedules are packed, which is why we practically live on our calendars. And Evernote users need access to their notes at all times. But if we’re continuously looking between Evernote and our calendar every day, it’s easy for important meetings or notes to fall through the cracks. Some calendars have note-taking…
Why People are Switching to Airtable, Coda and Notion
Every day, we use document apps to get work done. We practically live in them. But people aren’t satisfied with their document apps. Only two apps – Notion and G Suite – have satisfied customers based on their Net Promoter Scores. The rest tend to have more customers who aren’t very satisfied or are having…
The 6 Best Scrum Training Courses for 2020
As more companies make the switch from traditional management to agile, we’ve seen an explosion of Scrum training courses designed to enable this complex transition. But they’re not all created equal, and the last thing anyone wants to do is pour money into something they could have just as well learned on their own. By…