Remote Work Tools
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An Open Source Loom Alternative: Cap
If you're a big fan of Loom's elegant and simple screen recording but are budget-constrained or want to host your own screencasts and share them from your own private S3, the open-source, Cap might do the trick. It's currently Mac only. It has downloads for Apple Silicon and Intel-based Macs.
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Wrike
By Wrike, Inc.Wrike seems to be a really simple well-designed project management tool that appears to have focused heavily on User Experience (UX). The interface is lightweight, and elegant and onboarding and feature exposure helpers are available but unobtrusive. From the creators: "Wrike is a digital work management tool that lets users track and coordinate projects, combining a simple user experience and interface with enough depth for power users." Honestly, I'd say give it a shot. It appears to apply KISS and although it leans on Microsoft's 365 suite for most of it's business document integrations, it seems really well done.
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Witeboard
By WhiteboardWiteboard is a whiteboard tool that claims it is the fastest way to collaborate real-time with your team anywhere.
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Figma: the collaborative interface design tool
By FigmaFigma appears to be a slick, browser-based interface design tool that is to design as Google Docs is to writing.
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MeisterTask
By MeisterTaskAn interesting looking project management and collaboration tool from MeisterLabs that takes you from their flagship, MindMeister, mind mapping software for planning and allows you to migrate assigned tasks to collaborators to their Kanban-style project board.
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RealtimeBoard
A browser based whiteboard for managing brainstorming and planning sessions with remote teams.
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Rocket.Chat
By Rocket.ChatRocket.Chat touts itself as the leading Open Source Slack alternative. It appears to have the basics covered for team communication and collaboration, but also offers a number of enterprise features and live chat options. Its enterprise features seem to be basically around authentication, file sharing and user management.
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Every Time Zone
Every Time Zone couldn't be simpler. It is a one page site/app that lets you see what time it is in most major time zones around the globe based on your local time zone. It has a slider that lets you know what time it will be and has basic work hours visible.