Articles

About status dots and real work.

Answers to the questions that brought most people here.

• How to keep Teams showing as available

  What actually holds while you're away from the keyboard, and which of the usual suggestions don't.

• How to keep Slack showing as active

  Four ways to keep the dot green, and which one suits how long you're off the keys.

• Why Teams shows you as Away after 5 minutes

  Where the yellow dot comes from and how to keep it green when your work leaves the keyboard.

• How to stop Slack marking you Away while you read

  What you can change in Slack itself, and what needs a little outside help.

• Keep Teams available while working on paper

  How to set things up once so your green dot holds while you work by hand.

• Mouse jiggler alternatives: what's out there and what to look for

  Hardware dongles, free scripts, and built-in settings compared, plus four things to check before you rely on any of them.