Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

July 2020

The Mattermost codebase is preserved on ice for the next 1,000 years

A lot will happen over the next 1,000 years, and the codebase for the Mattermost open source project will be along for the entire ride. On July 8, GitHub successfully deposited 21 terabytes of open source repository data in the Arctic World Archive, a (very) long-term storage facility located on the Svalbard archipelago in Norway near the North Pole.

Five Powerful Behaviors to Boost Team Performance

Your mood, your demeanor and your verbal and nonverbal behaviors exert a powerful influence on your team members and the working environment. Every moment of the day, our brain is busy scanning the environment for unpleasant things we should avoid and pleasant things we should rush toward. Those things we actively work to avoid put us in “defensive” mode, and the positive items we seek out trigger what she describes as, “discovery” mode.

Bonjour, Element on Android!

Hopefully by now you have all upgraded to Element, with Android users leaving behind the old legacy Riot Android app. If you haven’t already been previewing it via RiotX (which has been in beta for a year now), it should hopefully feel like a game changer: as we said in our Welcome to Element post, we’ve got more than just a rebrand going on here! But let’s rewind a bit.

How to marry asynchronous & synchronous collaboration workflows when setting up a remote team

Think of communication as the oxygen of a remote team. Like a good relationship, it takes work to communicate well, and there are ups and downs. As Carol Dweck from Stanford University, shares in her book Mindset: "It takes work to communicate accurately. It takes work to expose and resolve conflicting hopes and beliefs. It doesn't mean there is no 'they live happily ever after' but it's more like 'they worked happily ever after.'"

Mattermost and Jitsi come together to deliver deeper collaboration

One of our favorite things about Mattermost is that it makes it easy for teams to collaborate on projects and topics in specific channels. Today, we’re excited to announce that Mattermost users can now easily carry conversations over to a video conference and screen sharing with Jitsi, a leading open-source video conferencing solution.

How OW2 leveraged Rocket.Chat to build an entire virtual event in two weeks

The COVID-19 pandemic left conference organizers and event planners in a tough spot. Hosting a virtual conference seems to be the natural move for organizations that had to move away from face-to-face events in 2020. However, organizing online events might seem overwhelming for a few people.

Team Management Software Benefits for Your Business

Are you planning to enhance the productivity of your business operations? Do you want to implement specific changes in your marketing activities? Well, if your answer is yes, don’t just introduce the changes straightaway. It will undoubtedly invite trouble, especially if it’s a significant change that could impact your way of doing business. Rather, you should try out Team Management Software. But, if you ask me why, here is the answer.

Zulip 3.0: Threaded Open Source Team Chat

We’re excited to announce the release of Zulip Server 3.0, containing hundreds of new features and bug fixes to help distributed and remote teams stay productive and focused. Zulip is the open-source threaded team chat app, used by thousands of teams globally. Zulip’s unique topic-based threading experience combines the immediacy of real-time chat with the asynchronous efficiency of email-style threading.

Element brings Matrix to Europe

Although Element is working with companies around the world, our busiest region is Europe and in particular European governments and public sector organisations. There are multiple reasons, but three of the biggest are: Data ownership, open collaboration and privacy are driving the use of Matrix Element’s messaging and collaboration solution, being based on the open source Matrix project, is decentralised.

Welcome to Element!

Hi everyone, We are incredibly excited to announce that Riot is now Element! In fact we have simplified all our naming: Element is also the name for New Vector (the company behind Riot) while Modular, our flagship Matrix hosting service, has become Element Matrix Services. For those discovering us for the first time: Element is the flagship secure collaboration app for the decentralised Matrix communication network.

Google Drive Integration with Troop Messenger

Never put a halt to your work routines to open a cloud-based file management system to back up your office information!. Now integrate the best cloud storage, Google Drive, and sync your secured work files in the cloud right away within Troop Messenger. Troop Messenger seamlessly lets your teams connect with the everyday apps they use! Explore the new horizons of productivity.

7 Keys to Getting the Most from Your Microsoft Teams Deployment

Microsoft Teams, the ubiquitous collaboration tool, has been embraced by nearly every type of business. In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, many companies have relied on Teams to keep their workforce connected and efficient. Indeed, Teams brings with it a host of unique benefits that cannot be ignored - but it also presents its fair share of challenges. In this eBook, learn about seven ways that businesses can get the most from their Microsoft Teams deployment.

5 Tips to Encourage Effective Teamwork While Remote

As the saying goes, teamwork makes the dreamwork. Building an effective and successful team takes time, and it’s even harder in the case of distributed, remote teams. How can you run effectively a team of persons without, well, meeting in person? With the rise of remote work worldwide, many teams have found themselves juggling projects, deadlines, and goals while spread all over the country, or even all over the world. When the team works like a well-oiled clock, they can achieve big things.

Rocket.Chat - The Leading Communication Hub

A platform with multiple uses: Remote and Physical Work, Internal and External Communication, OmnichannelCustomer Engagement and Support, Developer Operations, and Process automation. Centralize Your Communication and boost your company productivity by bringing messages, video calls, file sharing, and all team communication into one place.

How to Be Productive at Home?

According to a survey by Workopolis, 90% of people believe that Telecommuting contributes to more productivity. However, these are the people who have had a practice of working from home, unlike most employees today, who find themselves in an unprecedented situation in the year 2020 as a global pandemic rages and their bosses have ordained work from home as mandatory. Initially, the new work order may look heaven-sent and a miracle.

Layered store and struct embedding in Go

One of the most important parts of the Mattermost source code is the one responsible for accessing the Mattermost database: the store. Every single database access is handled by the store, so we needed to find a way to extend its functionality while introducing as little complexity as possible. This is the reason behind the current layered approach using struct embedding.

11 Inexpensive Team Chat Software & App for Modern Office in 2020

If you’re still using emails to exchange work messages, who better than you can understand the problem of endless email chains, annoying CC’s, and accidental Reply All’s? While emails have a certain charm, they’re not the best tool for internal communication. If you use email for work chat, reviewing all the conversations about a single project requires sifting through multiple email chains.

11 Sophisticated Team Chat Apps & Software to end endless email Threads

If you’re still using emails to exchange work messages, who better than you can understand the problem of endless email chains, annoying CC’s, and accidental Reply All’s? While emails have a certain charm, they’re not the best tool for internal communication. If you use email for work chat, reviewing all the conversations about a single project requires sifting through multiple email chains.

From Exhausted Founder to Successful Entrepreneur

If you're feeling like work is becoming too much and you're constantly tired and stressed out, it could be much more than just a phase - you may be suffering from burnout. Unfortunately, burnout is becoming a common occurrence and it can take a toll on your physical and mental health. In this eBook, we talked to over 80 different founders, CEOs and entrepreneurs to find out what they do to prevent burnout.

The Ultimate Guide to Remote Team Productivity in 2019

Remote work is on the rise all over the world. Every year, more and more companies and employees decide to leave the office and work when and where they perform at their best. There are many benefits to remote work, but there are unique challenges as well. One of the most prominent is the issue of productivity in remote environments. Today, we'll show you how to improve your productivity.