Ilija Studen
@istdn.bsky.social
✅ Running B2B SaaS at ActiveCollab.com
🌱 Transitioning to regenerative agriculture
☀️ Harvesting Sun and sinking carbon
🌱 Transitioning to regenerative agriculture
☀️ Harvesting Sun and sinking carbon
ActiveCollab September update:
👥 Team Profiles.Stay on top of team projects, tasks, and availability,
⏲️ Reminders for Notifications. Never lose track of a notification again.
youtu.be/yTRnIk0Gmag
👥 Team Profiles.Stay on top of team projects, tasks, and availability,
⏲️ Reminders for Notifications. Never lose track of a notification again.
youtu.be/yTRnIk0Gmag
September Recap: Team Profiles and Reminders
Now you can build custom teams in your ActiveCollab workspace, and use notification reminders to make sure everyone stays on top of their work, time, and project goals.
00:00 Intro
00:21 Team…
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
ActiveCollab September update:
👥 Team Profiles.Stay on top of team projects, tasks, and availability,
⏲️ Reminders for Notifications. Never lose track of a notification again.
youtu.be/yTRnIk0Gmag
👥 Team Profiles.Stay on top of team projects, tasks, and availability,
⏲️ Reminders for Notifications. Never lose track of a notification again.
youtu.be/yTRnIk0Gmag
Heroes completed. I still miss Tul Duru 🗡️
June 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Heroes completed. I still miss Tul Duru 🗡️
During April and May ActiveCollab team shipped:
📊 All new Time dashboard
🔌 Updated QuickBooks integrations
🏋️ Up to 5x faster Workload
💵 Cost summary report for projects and tasks
🗓️ Improved calendar filtering
Read more 👇 activecollab.com/blog/recaps/...
📊 All new Time dashboard
🔌 Updated QuickBooks integrations
🏋️ Up to 5x faster Workload
💵 Cost summary report for projects and tasks
🗓️ Improved calendar filtering
Read more 👇 activecollab.com/blog/recaps/...
April and May Recap: Time Dashboard, QuickBooks integration, Workload, Cost Summary Report, and Calendar Event Filtering
Your favorite productivity and collaboration workspace got even better: check out the updates!
activecollab.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
During April and May ActiveCollab team shipped:
📊 All new Time dashboard
🔌 Updated QuickBooks integrations
🏋️ Up to 5x faster Workload
💵 Cost summary report for projects and tasks
🗓️ Improved calendar filtering
Read more 👇 activecollab.com/blog/recaps/...
📊 All new Time dashboard
🔌 Updated QuickBooks integrations
🏋️ Up to 5x faster Workload
💵 Cost summary report for projects and tasks
🗓️ Improved calendar filtering
Read more 👇 activecollab.com/blog/recaps/...
March was a busy month here at #ActiveCollab. We shipped:
🚀 ActiveCollab 8 launched to most accounts
⏱️ All new Time Report, with new ways to filter, sort and group data
💰 New ways to create invoices
📆 Improved handling of recurring calendar events
🚀 ActiveCollab 8 launched to most accounts
⏱️ All new Time Report, with new ways to filter, sort and group data
💰 New ways to create invoices
📆 Improved handling of recurring calendar events
March Recap: ActiveCollab 8 Rollout, Revamped Time Reports, Client Invoices, and Recurring Events in Calendar
From ActiveCollab 8 rollout and improved time reports, to client invoice widgets, and recurring events: March was busy over here!
activecollab.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
March was a busy month here at #ActiveCollab. We shipped:
🚀 ActiveCollab 8 launched to most accounts
⏱️ All new Time Report, with new ways to filter, sort and group data
💰 New ways to create invoices
📆 Improved handling of recurring calendar events
🚀 ActiveCollab 8 launched to most accounts
⏱️ All new Time Report, with new ways to filter, sort and group data
💰 New ways to create invoices
📆 Improved handling of recurring calendar events
"The IoT industry isn’t focused on making great products—it’s focused on trapping consumers into ecosystems" We built a new, modern family house in 2018. There's not a single smart home device in it. When old tech's better than new, I just pass.
The Illusion of a Smart Home
I woke up too early this morning to watch India play Australia in the Champions Trophy cricket. I know, I don’t have a life. But while the game was unfolding...
crazystupidtech.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"The IoT industry isn’t focused on making great products—it’s focused on trapping consumers into ecosystems" We built a new, modern family house in 2018. There's not a single smart home device in it. When old tech's better than new, I just pass.
During February we worked on 👇
📅 Option to import events form Google Calendar, Outlook etc, and show them on Workload (Early Access soon)
🧾 List estimates and invoices under client's profile
📋 Sort and export Timesheet data, to see trends and if someone missed to track time
📅 Option to import events form Google Calendar, Outlook etc, and show them on Workload (Early Access soon)
🧾 List estimates and invoices under client's profile
📋 Sort and export Timesheet data, to see trends and if someone missed to track time
February Recap: External Calendars in ActiveCollab, Client Invoices and Estimates, and Improved Timesheets
Now you can import external calendars in ActiveCollab, see invoices and estimates in clients' profiles, and better manage timesheets!
buff.ly
March 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
During February we worked on 👇
📅 Option to import events form Google Calendar, Outlook etc, and show them on Workload (Early Access soon)
🧾 List estimates and invoices under client's profile
📋 Sort and export Timesheet data, to see trends and if someone missed to track time
📅 Option to import events form Google Calendar, Outlook etc, and show them on Workload (Early Access soon)
🧾 List estimates and invoices under client's profile
📋 Sort and export Timesheet data, to see trends and if someone missed to track time
Microsoft does it best. They start with "Microsoft is committed to improving your Microsoft 365 subscription", and then continue by saying that they are removing one service (no replacement), and one product (sort of replaced). How…? Never mind…
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Microsoft does it best. They start with "Microsoft is committed to improving your Microsoft 365 subscription", and then continue by saying that they are removing one service (no replacement), and one product (sort of replaced). How…? Never mind…
Crazy thing about these stats is that I mostly listen to audio books while driving. Alone! That's a lot of alone time behind the wheel.
February 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Crazy thing about these stats is that I mostly listen to audio books while driving. Alone! That's a lot of alone time behind the wheel.
Now that I read an article that described what Virtual Users are and how they can be used for team member and client onboarding, I'm a bit sad that it came as a smaller part of a big release (ActiveCollab v8). It's such a great feature by itself!
Onboarding Made Easier with ActiveCollab Virtual Users
Virtual Users are ActiveCollab's signature feature that helps you plan capacity and prepare for team member and client onboarding, free of charge!
buff.ly
February 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Now that I read an article that described what Virtual Users are and how they can be used for team member and client onboarding, I'm a bit sad that it came as a smaller part of a big release (ActiveCollab v8). It's such a great feature by itself!
January is a holiday season for us, yet we managed to ship a lot of great features:
📆 Add meetings to Workload
📊 Keep an eye on project KPI's with Project Progress menu
🧾 Issue EN 16931 complaint invoices (experimental)
Read more here 👇
📆 Add meetings to Workload
📊 Keep an eye on project KPI's with Project Progress menu
🧾 Issue EN 16931 complaint invoices (experimental)
Read more here 👇
January Recap: Events in Workload, eInvoicing, and Project Progress Menu
We worked on events in Workload for capacity management, eInvoicing, and Project Progress Menu.
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
January is a holiday season for us, yet we managed to ship a lot of great features:
📆 Add meetings to Workload
📊 Keep an eye on project KPI's with Project Progress menu
🧾 Issue EN 16931 complaint invoices (experimental)
Read more here 👇
📆 Add meetings to Workload
📊 Keep an eye on project KPI's with Project Progress menu
🧾 Issue EN 16931 complaint invoices (experimental)
Read more here 👇
January 2024: "Year 2024. Is the final stage of the development of version 8, and we are looking to wrap it all up by the end of the year. As that milestone approaches, we would like to get more and more people involved, with your being one of the first to get an invite."
February 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
January 2024: "Year 2024. Is the final stage of the development of version 8, and we are looking to wrap it all up by the end of the year. As that milestone approaches, we would like to get more and more people involved, with your being one of the first to get an invite."
Trying to watch through the whole video, and I just can't because of idiocy of arguments in face of numbers. 1 in 10 to 1 in 5 people do use Firefox, his own quick poll shows a higher number, and he still doesn't get it. Not everyone cares about stuff he does. So simple, yet so hard to grasp?
Firefox is still here ? 😎
I created the first custom web browser with Gecko engine. I was so happy to switch to WebKit when Safari came to life.
youtu.be/mmjUlFIaNLE?...
I created the first custom web browser with Gecko engine. I was so happy to switch to WebKit when Safari came to life.
youtu.be/mmjUlFIaNLE?...
Firefox is hard to love
YouTube video by Theo - t3․gg
youtu.be
February 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Trying to watch through the whole video, and I just can't because of idiocy of arguments in face of numbers. 1 in 10 to 1 in 5 people do use Firefox, his own quick poll shows a higher number, and he still doesn't get it. Not everyone cares about stuff he does. So simple, yet so hard to grasp?
Strangler fig actually works. We employed it to replace our old system with a new one with with minimal downtime and shocks to existing users. Applicability depends on your objectives and circumstances, but it does work in practice.
bliki: Strangler Fig
Inspired by the strangler figs in Australia, a strangler fig application gradually draws behavior out of its host legacy application
buff.ly
February 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Strangler fig actually works. We employed it to replace our old system with a new one with with minimal downtime and shocks to existing users. Applicability depends on your objectives and circumstances, but it does work in practice.
Been collecting and going through this type of data for over a decade, and this is one thing that I would rather NOT pay per usage. VPS with GrayLog and you are probably solving 95% of your problems with cost that you can manage and predict. When you make money, you can decide what to do next.
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January 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Been collecting and going through this type of data for over a decade, and this is one thing that I would rather NOT pay per usage. VPS with GrayLog and you are probably solving 95% of your problems with cost that you can manage and predict. When you make money, you can decide what to do next.
A customer, commenting on ActiveCollab's ability to create invoices in QuickBooks based on time and expenses from projects: "I love that feature now that we switched to QuickBooks, it saves me so much time and it helps the bookkeeper know what’s going on!" 💪
January 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A customer, commenting on ActiveCollab's ability to create invoices in QuickBooks based on time and expenses from projects: "I love that feature now that we switched to QuickBooks, it saves me so much time and it helps the bookkeeper know what’s going on!" 💪
Need to write an announcement post for a feature that landed in our Early Access Program (a mini dashboard to track project's progress). I think that "Best of Queensrÿche" will work just fine for the project 👌
January 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Need to write an announcement post for a feature that landed in our Early Access Program (a mini dashboard to track project's progress). I think that "Best of Queensrÿche" will work just fine for the project 👌
This is coming from the same people who told us that everyone should learn to code not long ago?
January 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is coming from the same people who told us that everyone should learn to code not long ago?
For every FOMO argument, I can counter with a JOMO argument. It's much better to build on joy, then on fear. It may not be as profitable, but that's a separate discussion.
January 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
For every FOMO argument, I can counter with a JOMO argument. It's much better to build on joy, then on fear. It may not be as profitable, but that's a separate discussion.
We used Slack for many years, but it was always on a free plan. Keeping it on a free plan was actually a feature, not a bug, and not just because of savings on subscription cost (we pay for a lot of software).
January 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We used Slack for many years, but it was always on a free plan. Keeping it on a free plan was actually a feature, not a bug, and not just because of savings on subscription cost (we pay for a lot of software).
Inbox Greater Than Zero 😞
January 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Inbox Greater Than Zero 😞
Two concepts that provide a lot of leverage in software development: continous delivery, and slicing. First is sign of operational maturity, second that we can reliably spec, develop, and ship complicated software. Simple ideas, hard to put in place.
January 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Two concepts that provide a lot of leverage in software development: continous delivery, and slicing. First is sign of operational maturity, second that we can reliably spec, develop, and ship complicated software. Simple ideas, hard to put in place.
Saying farewell to the slopes 🏂 Tomorrow back in the (home) office.
Our climate changed so much. If you want to experience winter and snow, instead of prolonged fall, you have to go to the mountains. It was not like that before.
Our climate changed so much. If you want to experience winter and snow, instead of prolonged fall, you have to go to the mountains. It was not like that before.
January 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Saying farewell to the slopes 🏂 Tomorrow back in the (home) office.
Our climate changed so much. If you want to experience winter and snow, instead of prolonged fall, you have to go to the mountains. It was not like that before.
Our climate changed so much. If you want to experience winter and snow, instead of prolonged fall, you have to go to the mountains. It was not like that before.
You know the "bugs are fixed, not tracked" principle? It's part of the zero defects philosophy. Instead of tracking bugs, you stop what you are doing and fix them.
January 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
You know the "bugs are fixed, not tracked" principle? It's part of the zero defects philosophy. Instead of tracking bugs, you stop what you are doing and fix them.
While generalizations can be dangerous, some are fun. When looking from #productivity perspective, I see two distinct groups: grid people and list people.
January 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
While generalizations can be dangerous, some are fun. When looking from #productivity perspective, I see two distinct groups: grid people and list people.
In the past couple of days I managed to get a major upcoming new feature unstuck with RRULE, and today got stuck with RRULE on a minor API. Five steps forward, one step back is fine I guess👌
January 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In the past couple of days I managed to get a major upcoming new feature unstuck with RRULE, and today got stuck with RRULE on a minor API. Five steps forward, one step back is fine I guess👌