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It works well in our research center. It offers advantages over mail (instant, accommodates multiple people writing short messages at once) and IRC (file sharin
by lyschoening 10y ago
It works well in our research center. It offers advantages over mail (instant, accommodates multiple people writing short messages at once) and IRC (file sharing with preview, longer posts, editable messages, zero configuration client software). With its multiple modes of communication it works both for people who are in the lab and those who spend most of their day at the desk. The search is a big advantage too. It is better than any search in email clients or IM clients I have seen. It even looks into files. With the academic discount it also comes at a reasonable price.
I don't want to make this a sales pitch, but unlike earlier collaboration tools, Slack actually adds some value. Competitors are well advised to study its features.
- snarf21 10y agoDo you find that you spend collectively more time checking Slack than you used to spend dealing with email? Do you think you spend more time in switching costs from concentrating on your work to focusing on the Slack conversations? I've found it to be analogous to converting all my emails and meetings into a 500 mini meetings and email but spread across the whole day with no real opportunity to compartmentalize them.
- lyschoening 10y agoNo, I don't. When the messages become a distraction, you can just snooze the notifications for a few hours. If a message pops up in a channel with a topic that isn't a priority, you can just leave it unread until the more important things are dealt with. In these regards Slack is not very different from email for me.