Job software like Teams, Slack, and Workplace were supposed to make us more productive. They haven’t.
The Psychology of a Billion-Dollar Enterprise App: Why Is Slack So Habit-Forming?
Slack isn’t just another office collaboration app. The company has been called, “the fastest-growing workplace software ever.” Recent press…
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...
How Slack and Discord became tools for worker revolt
Lots of tech worker movements got their start on Slack and Discord, even if the creators of those apps would rather not talk about it.
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...
Our Experience With Slack
Back in April, all was well with our community of busy adults learning to code. We were communicating using Gitter.im, a GitHub based chatroom system. And yet every day, someone would ask me “Why aren’t your campers using Slack?” I’d considered Slack...
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.
30 Incredibly Useful Things You Didn't Know Slack Could Do - Fast Company
These next-level features, options, and shortcuts will save you time and turn Slack into a productivity powerhouse.
Efficiency is the Enemy
If you ever find yourself stressed, overwhelmed, sinking into stasis despite wanting to change, or frustrated when you can’t respond to new opportunities, you need more slack in your life. Here’s how slack works and why you need more of it.
Slack is the opposite of organizational memory
The internet is not a dumptruck and neither am I
Productivity Hacks
Engineers love nothing more than hacking on our own productivity. At its worst, it becomes its own form of procrastination (hence the term…
The Arc of Collaboration - kwokchain
The arc of collaboration is long and it bends in the direction of functional workflows. Why Slack is an Else Statement, there is no distinction between productivity and collaboration, and why the Slack of Gaming may be Discord but the Discord for Enterprise is not Slack. Disclaimer: I currently use every product mentioned in this … Continue reading The Arc of Collaboration →
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's rapid growth slows as it hits 1.25M paying work chatters | TechCrunch
Slack is still growing fast, about 33% in daily users and paid seats in the last 5 months. But not as fast as before, when it saw 50% DAU growth and 63%
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.
