







I wrote BetterSlack and Slack asked me to take it down. Find the story here.
Slack, I’m Breaking Up with You
Hey there, Slack. This won’t be easy, but it’s for the best.


Slack is the opposite of organizational memory
The internet is not a dumptruck and neither am I
Slack didn’t kill email — and it might have made it stronger
Front’s Mathilde Collin on why email is making a comeback

Slack Blog
Welcome to the official Slack blog. Explore our latest product news, research on the future of work, and tips for using Slack to be more productive.

Slack’s Threading Failure #threadfail
Slack, as I’m sure everyone now knows, introduced their new threading feature after many years of planning and customer requests. From the…

Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects
This blog post was published on November 1, 2015. It might be out of date, have broken images or links, or simply contain bad ideas and opinions that didn't stand the test of time. Please read generously!
How to make Slack less bad for you | Robert Heaton
Slack claim to be in the business of "making your working life simpler, more pleasant, and more productive". We’re about to be cynical, so let’s acknowledge that this claim is probably at least par...
Anthropic, please make a new Slack | Blog | Fivetran
Slack will be the Waterloo of closed data.

Slack is not for me
I began 2018 choosing to log out of Slack. More than a month later, I have yet to log back in.


What happened when this tech company stopped using Slack on Fridays - Fast Company
The social media platform wanted to see if they can be more focused and productive when there aren't endless Slack notifications.


Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications | Dave Cheney
Full disclosure: my employer makes a Slack alternative. All my concerns about the use of Slack type chat services apply equally to its competitors, including my employer’s.
Our Feeling of Computing Slack-to-ATProto bridge has been upgraded to be bidirectional, so posting in ATProto on @colibri.social writes back into Slack. Another step towards weening ourselves FoC off Slack. 9 years (!) of history has been backfilled code here wiki.feelingof.com/slack-colibri-bridge/
Slack ↔ Colibri Bridge
wiki.feelingof.comMariano Guerra
Build your own always up-to-date Feeling of Computing newletter Based on the amazing work by @larkworthy.bsky.social live sync-ing slack to at-proto Try it here: marianoguerra.github.io/Feeling-of-Computing/at-foc/