Hello! I’m excited to let you in on a cool tip I stumbled upon while navigating through Slack. For those of you who rely heavily on Slack for professional or personal conversations, this trick could make it super convenient to check your calendar directly within the app, without the need to exit. Before diving into … Read more
Marking yourself as away on Slack is an effective method to inform your team that you’re taking a break from your desktop and might not respond right away. In this guide, I’ll walk you through how to mark yourself as away on Slack, offering some of my own advice and insights throughout. Step 1: Open … Read more
As someone who regularly uses Slack, I’ve repeatedly been in scenarios where it’s necessary to share my screen with my team members. This could be during a presentation, when addressing a technical problem, or just to display something visually to the group. The ability to share your screen on Slack significantly improves communication and teamwork. … Read more
Putting your Slack status on “Do Not Disturb” mode is an effective strategy to reduce distractions and concentrate on your tasks. Speaking from experience, as a person who prioritizes efficiency, this function has proven to be extremely beneficial in organizing my schedule and preserving a balanced work-life equilibrium. What is “Do Not Disturb” in Slack? … Read more
Slack has emerged as a crucial resource for teams working remotely, enabling continuous connection and effortless collaboration. A feature I especially appreciate is the option to mark my status as “Away”. In this piece, I’ll guide you on how to change your status to Away on Slack, offering some personal advice and strategies throughout. Step … Read more
Have you ever realized that you’re missing critical messages on Slack owing to your status constantly showing up as “away” or “inactive”? I certainly have experienced this annoyance, particularly when attempting to remain engaged and responsive to your team members. However, worry no more, as I’ve stumbled upon a clever hack that enables you to … Read more
In this article, I’m going to show you how to update your lunch status on Slack. Being a regular Slack user myself, I grasp the significance of clear communication with my team, particularly when it’s time to take a break for lunch. The lunch status option on Slack enables me to inform my team members … Read more
As someone who regularly uses Slack and Zoom, I frequently need to distribute Zoom meeting links to my colleagues. In this article, I’ll walk you through the steps for sharing a Zoom link on Slack, from start to finish. Step 1: Copy the Zoom Meeting Link The first step is to copy the Zoom meeting … Read more
Have you ever been curious about the identity of the person who threw in that funny emoji reaction on a Slack message? Being a regular Slack user, I’ve frequently found myself pondering over who’s behind those tiny expressions of digital feelings. Fortunately, Slack offers a functionality that lets you discover who put an emoji reaction … Read more
Implementing the Microsoft Teams Phone System has greatly enhanced my daily work activities. It has made my communication smoother, boosted my efficiency, and simplified teamwork with my colleagues. In this piece, I’ll guide you through each step of setting up the Microsoft Teams Phone System, enabling you to reap the same advantages. Step 1: Assign … Read more
I had some old tutorials out there that use outdated PHP libraries to access a MySQL database. I wanted to update these to use the latest PHP library called MySQLi. MySQLi is the improved database driver for use in the PHP scripting language to provide an interface to MySQL databases. It replaces both PHP’s MySQL … Read more
In in this tutorial we’re going to set up a local WordPress installation on our desktop environment for testing and development purposes. This installation is going to be an out-of-the-box WordPress installation with the default files and a new database. We’re going to use a newer tool called Local by FlyWheel. Local is a tool … Read more