# \#tools

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## [Navigating Notification Stress](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/navigating-notification-stress/1345)

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**Author:** [@renejoywrites](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/u/renejoywrites)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/navigating-notification-stress/1345 "2022-04-29T22:07:19Z")

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A necessary practice in my recovery from trauma is setting all notifications on any application and device to their least disruptive state – no sounds, no flags, nothin’. I’ll turn some back on as occasion or convenience…

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## [Using GitHub on the National Action Teams](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/using-github-on-the-national-action-teams/1288)

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**Author:** [@elb](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/u/elb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/using-github-on-the-national-action-teams/1288 "2022-03-21T21:34:05Z")

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Using GitHub on the ReImagine911 National Action Team This is a short guide with links and resources on how to use GitHub as a member of the Reimagine911 National Action Team. We are using GitHub to manage our projects o…

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## [Meta Discussion Post: Renaming Discourse?](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/meta-discussion-post-renaming-discourse/872)

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**Author:** [@elb](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/u/elb)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/meta-discussion-post-renaming-discourse/872 "2020-09-08T22:22:27Z")

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The purpose: Discourse is an online forum and a space for the Code for America Brigade Network to share resources, lessons, and tools with each other. In our Network, Discourse fills the role of a library; it’s a place w…

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## [Is Slack hurting our Brigade's organizational cohesion?](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/is-slack-hurting-our-brigades-organizational-cohesion/207)

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**Author:** [@Michelle\_B](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/u/Michelle_B)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/is-slack-hurting-our-brigades-organizational-cohesion/207 "2019-06-05T04:59:20Z")

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Note from poster: I didn’t initiate this conversation. Since threads can’t be /discoursed, and because I found the question compelling, I’m pasting this thread here. The question was first asked by @carlvlewis. @watrickp…