Blog and guides

Will anyone watch it? How to make sure your team watches async updates

How to make sure your team watches async video updates: the 75 % rule, who sees what, how Loom and Microsoft 365 count views, and a reminder to copy.

We already have Microsoft Teams: what it does for status updates, and where it stops

What Teams clips, the Updates app, Clipchamp and recorded meetings do for async status updates as of October 2026, where they stop, and when Teams is enough.

Async video update tools for distributed teams, compared: message or meeting?

Six kinds of async video update tool, sorted into message or meeting and checked for an owner per topic, a deadline and who has not watched.

The best Loom alternatives in 2026, sorted by the job you need done

Dropbox Capture is gone and Loom now stores in Frankfurt. Seven kinds of Loom alternative, each with a named tool, a sourced fact, and where Capme loses.

How to Calculate the Cost of a Meeting (And Cut It)

The meeting cost formula as a spreadsheet row you can copy, a cost table by meeting size, and a guide to which meetings to cut first.

The sovereign productivity stack: five European tools, checked against four questions

European tools for chat, docs, tasks, video and diagrams, checked for operator, data location, transfers and exit, and why an EU data centre is not enough.

Is video messaging GDPR compliant? What secure video messaging needs, and where the recording lives

Yes, with the right setup. Five GDPR checks for secure video messaging, six vendor questions to copy, and the three places a recording can be stored.

Async video standups: how to run one, with a template

How to run an async video standup: two example updates, a table of formats and tools, the minutes for a team of eight, and a message to send your team.

Is there a free screen recorder without a watermark? What Capme puts in the frame

Six free screen recorders checked on their makers' pages for marks and time limits, the phone answer, and the one line Capme's free recorder adds.

How to record quick video messages for remote teams: a four-line script and the right length

A four-line script, the right length for each kind of message, a 30-second setup, where the file is stored, and what to check when colleagues are on camera.

Best free online screen recorders in 2026: ten compared on time limits, accounts and where the file goes

Ten free online screen recorders compared for 2026 on time limit, watermark, account and where the file goes. Capme Screen Recorder has no time limit per take.

Asynchronous communication for remote teams: when it works, with three templates

A response-time policy, a decision log and a time-zone calendar to copy, plus when Loom or ScreenPal is enough and when a call beats async.