Notes on Insights

Open Source Slack Alternatives

Open-source alternatives to Slack for team chat, including Rocket.Chat, Let’s Chat, Mattermost and Friends, with the features of each.

InsightsMar 30, 2017

A list of places to start learning JavaScript, split into professional courses such as Codecademy and free community resources.

InsightsMar 15, 2017

What open data means and where to find it, with sources grouped into ten areas from academic and crime data to finance, government and travel.

InsightsMar 07, 2017

A roundup of chart libraries for 2017, including Datawrapper, Highcharts, Plotly, amCharts, Chart.js, FusionCharts and ZingChart.

InsightsFeb 27, 2017

A comparison of online spreadsheet apps in 2017, including Zoho Sheet, Google Sheets, Office 365, Quip, Smartsheet and Airtable.

InsightsFeb 14, 2017

Nine cloud platforms for NoSQL databases, from Bitnami and Heroku to Azure and AWS, assessed on how easily they connect to Handsontable.

InsightsDec 06, 2016

Ways to use spreadsheets to track your finances, household, learning and health when apps do not record data the way you need.

InsightsOct 25, 2016

What to decide before you open an add-on marketplace for your product: its purpose, platform, pricing, legal terms, openness and compatibility.

InsightsOct 07, 2016

Ten suggestions for selling software to businesses, covering pricing, trust, free offerings, side projects, content, customer feedback and email.

InsightsSep 21, 2016

Spreadsheets have been around since 1962; this post looks at why business users keep choosing them, what they do badly, and where they are heading.

InsightsJul 29, 2016

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