







Hello Mr Butterfield,
Slack didn’t kill email — and it might have made it stronger
Front’s Mathilde Collin on why email is making a comeback

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield on Changing the Way We Work
WSJ. Magazine’s 2015 Technology Innovator and co-founder and CEO of Slack believes in the power of play. After a year and a half of runaway user growth, his app is changing the way we work.



Slack is not where 'deep work' happens
How did you start your day today? Probably reached for the phone. Turned off the alarm. Glanced at the time. Scrolled through the Slack...

Slack, I’m Breaking Up with You
Hey there, Slack. This won’t be easy, but it’s for the best.

Bye bye BetterSlack
I wrote BetterSlack and Slack asked me to take it down. Find the story here.

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...
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…

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.
Slack is the opposite of organizational memory
The internet is not a dumptruck and neither am I
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 It might be out of date, have broken images or links, or simply contain bad ideas and opinions that didn't stand the test of time.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 not to replace email
As of a month ago, the ApacheWave project is“retired”. Few people noticed; in the seven years that Wave was anApache Incubator open source project, it never ...

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.

Email is the new black
Many have heard the refrain, “Email is dead.” But we’re here to tell you email is here to stay. Email gets things done. When it comes to better communication, email really is the new black.
