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…
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…