251 Blog Posts To Learn About Communication

We've all heard that we need to be better communicators from our partners, but we also need communication in business and tech too. So pay attention.

1. Parenting Skills That Shape Effective Business Leadership

As a parent, I've found that these seven parenting skills have helped me become a better business leader in my everyday life.

2. 174 AI Tools To Try

An overview of 174 AI Tools, a very long overview. Most are free or have a free trial period, some you have to pay for immediately. I’ve broken it down into 8 c

3. Telegram VS WhatsApp: An Honest Comparison

Telegram and WhatsApp are two popular instant messaging apps known to app users all over the globe. Read a honest comparison of both apps from an app user.

4. Ads just work, no matter what you think.

We’re surrounded by advertising. Every single day, no matter where we are,<strong> </strong>thousands of auditive & visual stimuli are<strong> force-fed to our brains</strong>.

5. iMessage Not Working? [SOLVED] - Here's How to Fix It

iMessage not working? Here is the list to fix and troubleshoot issues like bad connectivity issues, synchronization with macOS, red exclamation mark, and more.

6. The Communication Habits That Help Startups Build Real Authority

Learn the executive communication skills that build authority, inspire trust, and help leaders speak with confidence in any room.

7. 6 Top Unified Communication Companies to Consider in 2019

As the world continues to move towards the future workplace, we’ve seen a shift in the way that we communicate. In an environment defined by remote working, mobile employees, and diverse offices, a disjointed and complicated communication stack is no longer manageable. Companies need something agile, aligned, and ready to scale at a moment’s notice.

8. How Bad Managers Work: 9 Signs of a Terrible Manager

If you have worked long enough, chances are you have encountered a bad manager yourself. What was it about them that irked you the most - were they unforgiving, critical, demanding, abusive, aggressive, neglectful, grumpy, lousy or plain inept? Was it their attention seeking behaviour, attitude to blame and insult others, inability to trust or lack of integrity that caused you the most mental agony.

9. Pull Request Etiquette: 20 Core Principles For Handling PRs As A Software Developer

“Pull requests let you tell others about changes you've pushed to a branch in a repository on GitHub. Once a pull request is opened, you can discuss and review the potential changes with collaborators...” - Github

10. Slack vs. Discord: Which One Is Better for Business?

Today, we are going to compare Slack and Discord - perhaps, most popular team communication platforms and figure out what is the difference between them and which one can better solve your daily business tasks. We will also share from our experience, which tool we find better suited to specific Upsilon’s needs.

11. Why Communication is Important for Software Developers

In this article you will learn different approaches you can use to improve your communication skills as a software developer.

12. Finding Authenticity Amidst The AI Mirage

Discover the paradox of authenticity in an AI-driven world. Explore why being uniquely you matters more than ever amidst the AI mirage.

13. Yes, You Can Start a Tech Startup With Any Level of Technical Proficiency

Like most absolute statements, this one simply isn't true:

14. Top B2B PR Agencies Using Generative AI Tools in 2025

Discover the top B2B PR agencies using generative AI tools in 2025, leaders redefining earned media, visibility, and influence in the AI era.

15. How to Reduce Your Chances of Being a Victim of Identity Theft

The major causes of identity theft, along with some simple steps you can take to lower your risk of exposure dramatically.

16. How to Develop Interpersonal Skills for Collaborative Work

New in office? Learn about the necessary skills required for effective teamwork, collaboration and develop interpersonal skills and excel in the workplace.

17. How to Elicit the Right Information to Get the Right Solution

For cloud architects and technology professionals in general, the most critical professional skill is communication. Why? To design an optimal solution.

18. Decentralized web / dWeb - what is it?

envisioning a web that revolves around the user, not the server and not the Blockchain

19. How I Use Google Docs and Notion to Manage My Relationship (Part 2)

Seven amazing ways to couples can communicate and develop a stronger bond by maintaining an online journal.

20. Should You Use a Short Code to Send Text Messages?

Businesses send out text messages for many reasons: customer notifications, marketing, security alerts.

21. Telegram, WhatsApp, & WeChat Succeeded So Status Could Fail, But Web3 Communications Isn't Dead Yet

There are good reasons to believe that the metaverse is the future with the potent, and Web3 communication platforms will be a valuable asset in the ecosystem.

22. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech: Preface

Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech, by Edward Sapir, is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

23. 5 Foolproof Ways to Communicate PR Metrics to Any Stakeholders

A look at how PR and media coverage reporting can and must evolve.

24. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech: Chapter 11 - Language and Literature

Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech, by Edward Sapir, is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

25. Synchronous Communication is the New Cocaine in Silicon Valley

This blog from Paul Graham beautifully articulates why meetings kill productivity for people in the "maker's schedule":

26. It's Time to Ditch "Be Yourself"

We all contain a complex cocktail of personalities, strengths, and quirks. Which version of yourself should you "be"?

27. How to Market Your Startup as One Worth Joining

Most startups have many good reasons to join them, but fail to communicate them well. I explain how to do that, and show how some Y Combinator co’s do it.

28. Building and Maintaining Healthy Relationships is Not an Exact Science

Having high standards in love is basically a form of self care and self respect

29. OpenMind Course: How to have Meaningful Conversations

Communication is important throughout our lives. Here is one approach to how we can improve our ways of having meaningful conversations.

30. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech: Chapter 10 - Language, Race and Culture

Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech, by Edward Sapir, is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

31. How Publishing 200+ Interviews Changed My Approach To Interview-Based Content

Lessons from publishing 200+ interviews and tactics on cold outreach, having meaningful conversations, writing great content, and building brands

32. Are Star Wars-like Holo Calls Coming in the Near Future?

What are holography, holograms and video holograms? Are we all set to experience the Star Wars-like holo calls? We might be much much closer than you think

33. Learn The "Disagree and Commit" Exercise for Better Leadership

What can make us incredibly valuable at work - our willingness to disagree openly and commit to helping others succeed or sticking to our arguments even when others have moved forward and a decision has been made.

34. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech: Chapter 1 - Language Defined

Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech, by Edward Sapir is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

35. Networking is Not Working

Let’s face it, networking is hyper-popular. Just open Eventbrite and you will see thousands of business events until the end of 2020. Even now, in the time of pandemic, nobody stopped attending NETWORKING events. Instead, we gladly filled our calendars with online events, webinars, business breakfasts via Zoom not to miss the precious chance to meet a (yet another) new person. Networking promises to bring endless opportunities, partnerships, and a lot of fun, but in fact it often results in nothing except for the senseless waste of time.

36. The Tactile Internet: A New Internet of Things

The progress is constantly speeding up and the future is at our door — it is something that everyone keeps repeating even not thinking much of this future. But if you start thinking, you find evidence to this in every tool, in every method and technique present in all spheres of life.

37. The Importance of Business Communication Software in 2020

Business communication software is the beating heart of the world's most successful and enduring organizations. Gradually introducing itself into the workplace over the course of a few decades, this sort of technology has become more indispensable to our working lives than ever before. From Zoom, to Microsoft Teams, we're incredibly reliant on communications software to help us stay connected and maintain productivity on a day-to-day basis.

38. DINO (Decentralized In Name Only) Vs. True Decentralization

comparing centralization, partial (in name only) decentralization and true decentralization / the problems with blockchains / the single point of failure...

39. Mental Health (Just Like The World) Is On Fire: Here's How It Can Be Put Out

Here are the steps that I take to remain focused and keep my mental health…well, healthy.

40. Innovative Communication: The Role of Text-to-Speech Avatar Technology

An immersive and engaging experience where people forget that they are interacting with a virtual Avatar and feel like they are talking to a real person.

41. Why Your Tech Project Can Fail and How to Avoid the Failure

Project Management Institute claims that one out of four organization’s projects failed outright. The numbers are far from being encouraging.

42. How TikTok is Changing Video Communication

Hi Hackers, this is Manuel Marinari, Founder and CEO of Sway Society, Social Media is my field of expertise. Today we'll talk about this year’s most popular app and how It is quickly changing the world.

43. Digital Divide: The Technology Gap Is Growing So How Do We Close It?

Covid-19 has forced the world to become more digital and rapidly. The technology gap between those who can use it and those who can't is growing quickly.

44. Bridging the Gap Between Technical & Non-technical Teams

To a certain extent, this gap is caused by a relatively low priority that soft skills are given among tech employees.

45. 5 Fantastic Developer Tools for Asynchronous Communication 🎯

As dev teams are looking for new ways to stay productive and communicate effectively, asynchronous communication gains popularity. Asynchronous communication doesn’t require planning, reduces context switching, and allows recording, rewatching, and rereading the information — which is great for long-term projects.

46. How Blockchain and NFTs Can Change The Creative Industries

What are the benefits of blockchain and NFTs for creative industries? How has their emergence and spread transformed the principles of communication there?

47. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech: Chapter 7

Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech, by Edward Sapir is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

48. The Leader's Anatomy: Essential Talents And Skills Of An Engineering Mastermind

Andrii Poddubnyi, an Engineering Director at Innovecs, shared his trajectory and important lessons and outlined the role of people in his career path.

49. Why Communication Skills are the Most Important Skills in a Tech Career

Your level of communication skills will determine whether you get hired. Those skills will affect your ability to design and implement technology solutions.

50. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech: Chapter 9 - How Languages Influence Each Other

Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech, by Edward Sapir, is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.

51. The Slack Problem Space and its Constraints

IMHO Slack doesn’t scale. The more people in a Slack workspace, the noisier it becomes. What should my startup build as an alternative?

52. How the Japanese Concept Wabi-Sabi can Shape Our Worldview

Wabi-sabi teaches that it takes a conscious effort to slow down and cultivate our minds to cherish the beauty of old, weathered, incomplete or unfinished.

53. How to Identify if your Company is Undergoing Digital Transformation

The world of today requires trendy technology in order to beat the odds because of the competitive pressure existing among business organizations. This has made business people get out of their comfort zone to make sure they stay at the top. Giving the customers great products and services in an easy and satisfying way can only happen to businesses that are ready to undergo digital transformation.

54. 33% of Technologists Think Section 230 Reform Will Stifle Free Speech

In the wake of Musk's acquisition of Twitter, this article explores the relevance of section 230 of the CDA and its relevance in this day and age.

55. Why co-location is the best way to mine bitcoin

Since the recent Bitcoin halving event, most small and medium crypto miners have had to shut down their mining rigs. Simply put, it is not profitable to have a mining rig in your home at current market prices. However, there are some solutions to the issue.

56. Keeping Our Ducks Aligned With Slack

A lot of remote teams start using Slack as a watering hole for getting everyone together to discuss what's going on and what'll happen next. Having all of these discussions happening in the #general channel is way too noisy. So teams start creating a bunch of random channels devoted to a specific purpose. Here are some of the channels we have at Hacker Noon.

57. How To Create a Communication Bridge Between Flutter And JavaScript

As a follow up to my article explaining how to create communication bridges in Android and iOS, I thought it might be a good idea to do the same for Flutter. While it may seem like this is a straightforward affair, you’ll soon realize it takes a bit of work to get this functionality working.

58. How to Get the PR Ball Rolling

There comes a time in every business’s living cycle when the company turns to public relations. How to Get that Ball Rolling?

59. What to Choose to Implement Audio/Video Calls Solution Using WebRTC?

Mad Devs have been working with WebRTC since 2013. We have implemented several projects with video or audio calls enabled. That’s why I want to share my thoughts on when to build your own solution from scratch, when to use open source alternatives and when to order a custom solution from a third-party vendor.

60. Why the New York-Dublin Portal Marks a New Era in Communication

The New York Dublin portal opened up plenty of controversy. But it also opened up ideas for better ways to communicate from business to open spaces globally.

61. Engagement Communication

Communication is key in any project - yet, it’s especially critical during a penetration test. Because pentests are a point in time event with a time constraint, it becomes even more important to communicate any findings, blockers, changes to the environment, and/or any other variables that may turn into a hurdle for testers. Additionally, since pentesting can affect applications, environments and the access to them negatively, the importance of communication is amplified. Thus, the timing of communication is crucial to the success of the test.

62. Talking to a Developer [Part 1]

Approaching a developer in the wild might seem intimidating. We have a bad habit of mixing words and phrases into our vocabulary that make us sound like Geordi La Forge geeking out on how warp engines function.

63. Web3 Phone Numbers: How 3NUM is Securing Communication

3NUM transforms phone numbers into Web3 Mobile Numbers to upgrade the world's largest social graph into trusted communications

64. Pass On with Care: How to Hand Over Your Work Before You Quit or Go on Holiday

When go on vacation or quit, you should ideally organize your work in a way that those who stay at work do not get lost in chaos. Here is a checklist for you

65. This Cheatsheet Method Prevents You From Getting Triggered at Work (And Actually Enjoy Your Job)

Create a 'How to Work With Me' cheat sheet so coworkers don’t drive you crazy.

66. How to Be a Great Mentor in 5 Steps

Here are some crucial steps I believe each mentor should take in order to build a long-lasting relationship with their mentees.

67. How to Force Slack to Make Your User Appear Online

How to get the green dot to turn on for slack users with a headless browser because their API just won't allow it.

68. Decentralizing Real-Time Communication: Shaping the Future of Connectivity

A conversation with Ayush Ranjan, CEO at Huddle01, on the broader impact of decentralized communication and how it aims to redefine the future of connectivity.

69. How self care and assertiveness can help the remote worker

How remote workers can succeed with self care and assertiveness.

70. Antimemetics: An Essential Field Guide

Nadia Asparouhova’s new book, "Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading", explores the latent power of ideas that are engineered to disappear.

71. The "Smart Person" Trap and How to Avoid It

In a world drowning in complexity, clarity isn’t just a communication skill. It’s a superpower.

72. How Spike Replaces Slack as the Leading Communications Tool

73. How To Be Responsible For Your Own Growth

We all want to have a good relationship with our managers, work on impactful projects that help us advance our career, want to be highly regarded in our line of work and be trusted and respected by others. But, how often do we take charge of our own growth?

74. How To Deal With Difficult People

Humans are social creatures who seek personal validation based on how others interact with them. We feel good and important when others share our belief system and dejected when there’s a conflict of opinions.

75. Adequate Internal Communication goes a long way in Satisfying Tech Talent

Internal comms in tech can no longer be disregarded, regardless of whether you manage a small organization or employ non-desk workers worldwide.

76. WebRTC API: Create a Real-time Communication In Browser

WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) is a technology which enables Web applications and sites to capture and optionally stream audio and/or video media, as well as to exchange arbitrary data between browsers without requiring an intermediary. The set of standards that comprise WebRTC makes it possible to share data and perform teleconferencing peer-to-peer, without requiring that the user installs plug-ins or any other third-party software.

77. Understanding WebRTC

What is WebRTC?

78. Comparing 4 Low Code CPaaS Platforms

A low-code development requires minimal manual coding, enabling enterprises to build and deploy applications and solutions quickly.

79. 7 Tips to Make your Presentation Balanced and Appealing

Did you know that your audience can judge the effectiveness/appeal of your presentation in as little as five seconds? Or the attention span of most people (during a presentation) is for about 10-15 minutes?

80. Trust Signals in Open Source Projects

Polish the trust signals of your open source project to increase your user base and grow your community.

81. 10 Proven Ways to Reduce Misalignment Between Stakeholders in Product Teams

Learn 10 proven strategies product managers use to reduce stakeholder misalignment and ship faster with clarity, metrics, and trust.

82. "All of my successful projects were the ones where I overcommunicated everything"

There was no room for assumptions and different expectations.

83. How Not to Ask for Help Online

Let’s go over a few rules of thumb that I believe will take you from apparent scammer to valued community member.

84. Big O Notation: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

Demystify Big O Notation with a relatable guide! Bridge the gap between abstract & concrete thinking in algorithms. Let’s eliminate the confusion!

85. Delivering Bad News to Your Boss? Here's 7 Strategies to Build Your Credibility and Still Look Good

Work won’t be fun if it’s just a straight line to where we need to go.

86. 10 Things to Do in a Professional Email Signature (With Examples)

This article will share ten tips to help you create an informative and effective professional email signature to improve your communication - with examples.

87. Decentralized Web vs DFINITY: Comparing 2 Decentralization Flavors

Decentralized web project vs. DFINITY project - 2 decentralization implementations; a 'little' secret discovered; comparing - identity, network, communication.

88. Jargon Is Killing Your Leadership: You Should Be Doing This Instead

Effective communication as an engineering leader is about striking the right balance between clarity and engagement.

89. 7 Key Features Of The Ideal Collaboration Tool

75 percent of employees rate collaboration and teamwork as very important and 86 percent of them believe that lack of collaboration is the reason behind most workplace failures. Organizations that collaborate and communicate effectively are 4.5 times more likely to retain their best talent

90. Meet The Entrepreneur: Dvir Ben Aroya, Co-Founder & CEO, Spike

Dvir has over 20 years of executive experience leading technology and internet companies.

91. Leading By Letting Go. How To Quit Disturbing Your Engineering Team From Growing

In this article, Taras Lazoriv, Advanced Software Engineer at Innovecs, shares his leadership experience and thoughts on growing an engineering team.

92. 11 Zoom Apps to Make Meetings More Efficient

While the basic features of Zoom are more than enough for the average team, there are a bunch of extra resources and ways to improve your Zoom experience.

93. The State Of Data Privacy In 2020

In 2020, there will be just one thing considered to be more important than product quality for consumers: data privacy. By this I refer not to user-controlled measures to add extra security for internet users, from the most classic one-time password, or two-factor authentication, to the most secure multi-factor authentication methods: but data privacy measures implemented by companies to ensure that peoples’ personal data is protected - no matter what.