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Redesigning Active Collab
Redesigning Active Collab
Petar Perovic, our lead UX/UI designer, shares his behind-the-scenes story
ActiveCollab
Aug 8, 2015
Designing a landing page that sells
Designing a landing page that sells
From awful to awesome (and everything in between)
ActiveCollab
Oct 23, 2015
59 Tools For Running a Successful Business
59 Tools For Running a Successful Business
A list of every tool we use to run our company and stay productive
ActiveCollab
Jan 20, 2016
How Active Collab evolved through the years
How Active Collab evolved through the years
Active Collab exists for almost 10 years. During that time, we learned a lot about the software business and tweaked our business model…
ActiveCollab
Apr 21, 2015
Our Feature Roadmap
Our Feature Roadmap
Everything you always wanted to know about the future of Active Collab
ActiveCollab
Oct 12, 2015
2015 Recap: The most exciting year for Active Collab yet
2015 Recap: The most exciting year for Active Collab yet
We honestly can’t remember a more exciting year for Active Collab. After spending a year and a half building something completely different…
ActiveCollab
Dec 29, 2015
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Automate everything
Automate everything
How a small, two-hour investment can save hundreds of hours
ActiveCollab
Jan 8, 2016
How we use video to deliver great user experience
How we use video to deliver great user experience
Thanks to Wistia, engagement jumped from 68% to 80%
ActiveCollab
Dec 31, 2015
Good software starts with good design
Good software starts with good design
How would you design Google Spreadsheets?
ActiveCollab
Dec 11, 2015
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Client work will never make you a truly great designer
Client work will never make you a truly great designer
Working in an agency is a great way to develop technical skills and perfect the craft. If you work hard enough, you can even end up winning…
ActiveCollab
Sep 18, 2015
Preparing Active Collab for 2022
Preparing Active Collab for 2022
Can you imagine how collaboration will look like once our bot companions take over most of our jobs? And what Active Collab will have to…
ActiveCollab
Jun 19, 2015
Designing a landing page that sells: Follow-up with data
Designing a landing page that sells: Follow-up with data
We designed for conversion, but did it work?
ActiveCollab
Nov 9, 2015
How we built the new Active Collab
How we built the new Active Collab
We rebuilt Active Collab (codename Feather) to make it more user-friendly. Here’s the technology we used on backend, frontend, our…
ActiveCollab
May 18, 2015
We Acquired SupportYard
We Acquired SupportYard
A Help Desk Software
ActiveCollab
May 25, 2015
Linda Cardinale (Vigilant Technologies) shares her Active Collab story
Linda Cardinale (Vigilant Technologies) shares her Active Collab story
Vigilant Technologies is a tech company with HQ in Troy, Michigan (USA), and two more offices in Toronto (Canada) and Hyderabad (India)…
ActiveCollab
Aug 2, 2015
3 Agile Methodologies in a Nutshell
3 Agile Methodologies in a Nutshell
Learn core principles behind Lean, Kanban and Scrum in 5 minutes
ActiveCollab
Mar 31, 2015
Freelancers only need one call to action
Freelancers only need one call to action
You’re a freelancer who provides some sort of IT service: design, development, or consulting. You have a great looking website which shows…
ActiveCollab
Jul 27, 2015
Don't Name Your Servers after Corleone Family Members
Don't Name Your Servers after Corleone Family Members
When we got our first servers, someone suggested to name them after the members of the famous crime family — the Corleones.
ActiveCollab
Apr 1, 2015
The Evolution of Our Homepage
The Evolution of Our Homepage
(2006–2015)
ActiveCollab
Jun 25, 2015
Advice for every web designer and developer out there
Advice for every web designer and developer out there
Disclaimer: this is an homage to the fantastic “Wear sunscreen” essay written by Mary Schmich, published by Chicago Tribune in 1997. We…
ActiveCollab
Aug 4, 2015
Integrations: The future of software
Integrations: The future of software
Software came a long way since VisiCalc. Today, there are tons of specialised solutions for everything a business needs: invoicing, CRM…
ActiveCollab
Sep 7, 2015
Hourly Rates — Clients hate them, Contractors can’t do without them
Hourly Rates — Clients hate them, Contractors can’t do without them
Most agencies and freelancers charge by the hour. They have hourly rates for different job types (like design, writing, development) and…
ActiveCollab
Aug 18, 2015
A good chair is not a luxury
A good chair is not a luxury
We sit a lot. It’s inevitable. Everyone knows sitting is bad for health and that even regular exercise doesn’t cancel out the negative…
ActiveCollab
Sep 9, 2015
Working with Active Collab from the Early Days
Working with Active Collab from the Early Days
Written by our amazing customer and great friend Aleksandar Cocek from Eemagine
ActiveCollab
May 25, 2015
How we deal with bugs
How we deal with bugs
Our new bug tracking workflow
ActiveCollab
Sep 28, 2015
We left Basecamp and never looked back
We left Basecamp and never looked back
Written by Mark Gjaltema, Chief Rebel from Rebel Projects
ActiveCollab
Nov 13, 2015
What the perfect newsletter looks like
What the perfect newsletter looks like
And how we raised click-through rate — 4.2% to 8.8%
ActiveCollab
Oct 19, 2015
How We Use Active Collab for Bug Tracking
How We Use Active Collab for Bug Tracking
Question from the title keeps popping up now and again. It has been like that ever since we launched Active Collab back in October 2007.
ActiveCollab
May 25, 2015
Integration with TestLodge
Integration with TestLodge
We’re happy to announce the integration with TestLodge, an online test case management tool that helps you:
ActiveCollab
Oct 21, 2015
Outdated Web Design Has a Purpose
Outdated Web Design Has a Purpose
Reddit redesign case study
ActiveCollab
Jul 9, 2015
A stupid game and the ingenious lesson it taught me about teamwork
A stupid game and the ingenious lesson it taught me about teamwork
There was a team game called Faraway Kingdom that we played on one conference, designed to teach us the importance of teamwork. Everyone…
ActiveCollab
Jun 10, 2015
Symptoms of Over-Designed Websites
Symptoms of Over-Designed Websites
During lead research, we came across many websites and types of companies. In most cases, we have no idea what those companies do by…
ActiveCollab
Jul 8, 2015
Agile, the buzzword
Agile, the buzzword
Mark works as a developer for a company that’s agile. It says so on their website, job ads, company blog, all the press announcements —…
ActiveCollab
Sep 15, 2015
New ebook: Essential Tools for Running a Business
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ActiveCollab
Mar 22, 2016
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