How to Prepare Now for Slack’s Next Outage
Photo: Tada Images (Shutterstock) When Slack goes down, it’s a big deal. In 2019, the workplace communications software company announced it had over 10 million daily users—and as workers shifted…
How to Actually Detach Yourself From Work Over the Holidays
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) The holiday season is that special time of year for kicking back, spending quality time with family, and…answering emails from your boss and scrolling through Slack notifications.…
10 Features and Settings You Should Use in the New Google Chat
Screenshot: Pranay Parab If you don’t want to let others know you are online, click the Active button at the top of the Google Chat page and select Away. If…
Use Slack ‘Clips’ to Avoid Brief, Pointless Meetings
Photo: Vladimka production (Shutterstock) If remote work has taught us anything, it’s that many of our meetings are unnecessary and overly complicated, especially if teams are spread across time zones.…
How to Trick Your Computer (and Your Boss) Into Thinking You’re Still Working
Photo: Mr.Whiskey (Shutterstock) While the pandemic has been hellish in myriad ways, being able to work from home has had its perks. No commute, no Brenda from accounting unloading some…
9 Slack Customizations You Should Try to Make Work Easier (or More Fun)
Screenshot: Khamosh Pathak Slack pioneered emojis in the work chat, but it slacked off when it came to adding the latest emojis. If you can’t find an emoji that you…
New Cross-Company Slack DMs Are Cool, But They Aren’t Private
Slack has launched a new direct-messaging feature that allows people from different companies to talk to one another. No problems there, right? The service is opt-in, in that you’ll have…
How to Use Twitter ‘Spaces’ to Make Your Own Clubhouse
Image: Twitter Twitter has been innovating through borrowing features from its competition lately. First it was “Fleets,” its own version of Snapchat stories, and now Twitter is taking on burgeoning…
Update Your Slack Passwords Now, Android Users
Over the weekend, some Slack Android users received a seemingly random email urging them to update their passwords. The email claims a bug in the Android app incorrectly logged password…