I use Slack in exactly the same manner. That's why I created Slack extenstion that tries to solve this problem (shameless plug: qdochat.com). I think mix of asy

I use Slack in exactly the same manner. That's why I created Slack extenstion that tries to solve this problem (shameless plug: qdochat.com). I think mix of asyncrhonous and syncrhonous communication is the way to go.