Tag: tools

2025-06-04

The right tool is the one people can use

If a tool is a means to an end (and it is!), then the right tool is the one that gets the job done. Even if it wasn’t intended for that purpose.

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2024-12-18

Moderation queues need context

Many tools lack a good way for moderators to indicate “this message is still in the queue on purpose.”

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2024-02-14

Keep your bug tracker unified

When your bug tracking is scattered across different platforms, you make it harder for your users to file reports.

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2023-08-09

Choosing between wiki- and git-based documentation

What should you choose for your documentation: a wiki or text files hosted in a git repo and rendered by another tool?

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2023-05-26

Chat is not documentation

Chat is somewhat ephemeral. When you try to use it as a long-term resource — even if you have years of logs — it gets rough.

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2023-05-10

Keeping your bug tracker simple

Don’t try to make the perfect system from the beginning. Start with the basics. Solve problems after they become problems.

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2022-11-09

Using Taiga to manage writing a book

Taiga’s advanced kanban features made it a great tool to keep track of my work in the year and a half I wrote my book.

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2022-09-07

Three ways to assign people in Taskjuggler

How can you assign someone to a task in a Taskjuggler project? There are three different approaches that you can choose from.

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2022-08-08

Using WhenIsGood to schedule meetings

I don’t want to call these “best practices”, but these are my practices for using WhenIsGood to schedule a meeting.

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2022-04-14

Using variables in Smartsheet task names

Using variables in Smartsheet makes copying new schedules easier and less error-prone.

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