Ideas, insights, and inside looks at how modern teams collaborate, manage work, and scale smarter – with a dash of product updates and stories from the trenches
Written by David Robertson from Premium IT SolutionsI used to spend 60-80 hours a week just on keeping everyone updated. The key word here is “used to”. My company, Premium IT Solutions, managed projects for 10 years. Most of our projects were for very large financial institutions and we were collaborating ...
Customer Stories • • 2 min read
Billing is too important to leave it to your accountant. You want to bill quickly and often bill to keep money coming in at all times - the last thing you want is to miss payroll and lose employees.But to bill often, the process has to be really quick and simple. Otherwise, you'll keep putting off creating ...
Project Management • • 5 min read
Keeping projects on track isn’t just about deadlines – it’s about spotting detours before they turn into disasters. From shifting priorities to resource hiccups, the real skill is managing change without losing control. Do it right, and project chaos becomes progress with direction.
Project Management • • 12 min read
A solid project plan turns chaos into clarity. It maps out who’s doing what, when, and how — so nothing slips through the cracks. For agencies juggling clients, deadlines, and moving parts, smart planning is the difference between “barely made it” and “nailed it.”
Project Management • • 9 min read
Automating work has been a dream for managers worldwide for decades. Getting rid of tedious assignments such as creating the same assignments repeatedly, rescheduling them according to unpredictable circumstances, and fitting together regular activities with occasional ones is ActiveCollab's goal. We've ...
Product • • 3 min read
Everyone in software development keeps a long list of suggestions and feature requests in a file. Or two. But there are not enough hours in a day or a number of developers on a team to get them all done. That's why we need to know where to focus and which features to develop. But there's a much deeper ...
Product • • 6 min read
Our relationship with Gantt is a turbulent one. Looking back, it shows us more than just how to design a feature. It’s a tale of trial and error, evolution, and ultimately, success on our own terms.Powerful Enough to Plan a WarThe story of the Gantt chart started in the early 20th century, the army ...
Product • • 3 min read
Easier token issuing and authenticationWe're happy to announce that ActiveCollab API wrapper for PHP is hitting version 3.0, bringing easier token issuing and authentication. Token issuingThere are now two authenticators that make the authentication a lot easier. To grab a token for one of your ActiveCollab ...
Labs • • 2 min read
Why you shouldn't move your company blog to MediumWe moved our whole blog to Medium in July 2015. Now we're moving it back where it belongs - on our website. The reasons we're moving are strictly business related.Don't get us wrong, we love Medium and we'll continue to publish there. But here’s why ...
Product • • 4 min read
How a small, two-hour investment can save hundreds of hoursIt took me a couple of hours, but I managed to automate two big processes:Migrating extremely big ActiveCollab accounts (which can take more than 24 hours);Integrating with translation services.Before the automation, I had to manually migrate ...
Labs • • 3 min read
Mark Gjaltema, Chief Rebel from Rebel Projects, shares his storyWhen Rebel Projects started to grow a few years ago, we went looking for an online collaboration tool. Since we only work with freelancers and with no physical office, this tool would be the backbone of our company.We tried a simple setup ...
Customer Stories • • 2 min read
I was refactoring ActiveCollab’s datepicker and came across a problem: to close the popover, I’d always have to trigger one extra keypress event.Chrome’s debuggerCommonly, you’d use JavaScript to attach an event handler to do something when you click a button on a web page. You’d create a button ...
Labs • • 2 min read