At its core, Slack is a chat app. On daily basis, hundreds of thousands of individuals use it to speak, share recordsdata, and gossip with coworkers or pal teams in a single organized place. That fashion of free-flowing interplay—which Slack didn’t invent, however made mainstream—has modified the best way we speak to one another on-line for higher and for worse. It’s introduced us nearer collectively and enabled world collaboration, however it’s additionally allowed conversations to comply with us anyplace … like whenever 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 go well with turns 10 years previous. We dig into the way it helped our work lives bleed into our private time, and the way the corporate is faring below the auspices of Salesforce and towards its rivals.
Present Notes
Learn Mat’s 2014 story about Slack founder Stewart Butterfield and his boring startup. Right here’s Lauren’s story in regards to the Slack soft return and different workplace hacks you would possibly need to use. Take heed 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 may be discovered on social media @mat. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @snackfight. Bling the principle hotline at @GadgetLab. The present is produced by Boone Ashworth (@booneashworth). Our theme music is by Solar Keys.
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