Slack Is Turning 10 Years Old, and Wow Has It Changed Everything Leave a comment
At its core, Slack is a chat app. Every single day, thousands and thousands of individuals use it to speak, share recordsdata, and gossip with coworkers or pal teams in a single organized place. That type of free-flowing interplay—which Slack didn’t invent, however made mainstream—has modified the way in which we discuss to one another on-line for higher and for worse. It’s introduced us nearer collectively and enabled international collaboration, but it surely’s additionally allowed conversations to observe us anyplace … like while you get a notification at 10 pm that your boss has despatched you a DM.
This week, MIT Technology Review editor in chief Mat Honan joins the present to chronicle the historical past of Slack because the software program swimsuit turns 10 years outdated. We dig into the way it helped our work lives bleed into our private time, and the way the corporate is faring beneath the auspices of Salesforce and in opposition to its rivals.
Present Notes
Learn Mat’s 2014 story about Slack founder Stewart Butterfield and his boring startup. Right here’s Lauren’s story concerning the Slack soft return and different workplace hacks you would possibly need to use. Hearken to the episode of WIRED’s Have A Good Future podcast with former Slack CEO Lidiane Jones.
Suggestions
Mat recommends Airtags and the ChatGPT sticker bot. Mike recommends the Raw Impressions podcast with Lou and Adelle Barlow. Lauren recommends utilizing the gentle return in Slack.
Mat Honan will be discovered on social media @mat. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @snackfight. Bling the primary hotline at @GadgetLab. The present is produced by Boone Ashworth (@booneashworth). Our theme music is by Solar Keys.
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