![]() ![]() Perhaps it’s no surprise that Slack grew out of an intraoffice communication channel for a never-released video game called Glitch. In contrast, no matter how arduous the task being assigned to me, somehow action items that come from Slack never feel this way. A dark cloud always descends over me when I see the big chunk of bold type reminding me that I have 30 unread emails. I’m not sure how it happened, but somewhere along the way email lost its place in the pantheon of office communication. And whether I’m writing, editing, researching or uploading copy on our company CMS, I’m always running Gmail, Google Calendar, Basecamp and, last but not least, Slack. ![]() An addictive blend of social media and instant messaging, Slack has become so ubiquitous and so essential to workplaces like Nebo, that it’s the second thing I check when I get to my desk - after my email and before I begin my daily tasks. In our own little corner of this virtual water cooler, the copy team is trading headline suggestions and pictures of our cats causing weekend mayhem.īefore Slack launched in 2013, this kind of real-time office collaboration was unheard of. And in another channel, a meeting just got cancelled for a site we’re about to launch - turns out we’re in great shape to make our mid-week deadline. HR pipes in on the Free Food channel to let us know breakfast pastries are on the bar. Monday morning is here and the “Game of Thrones” channel is a fury of fan theories, mortality bets and fiery dragon memes. It’s not even noon and the Slacks are flying.
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