It started innocently three weeks ago when friend-of-TidBITS Chris Pepper (who proofreads our articles) asked me why our SlackBITS team—one of nine he uses—was showing a different sidebar on two of ...

Slack is a work-centric online chat app that has mass appeal for one reason: unlike the servers with other major chatting apps, which just about anyone can join at their leisure, Slack's workspaces ...

Imagine this: it’s a typical workday, and your Slack channels are buzzing with activity. Questions are flying, tasks are piling up, and your team is juggling it all while trying to stay productive. We ...

Slack is a great way to make your remote team feel just a little bit closer. It’s a vital aid in plenty of collaboration situations, though it’s not so much a tool for project management. Rather, it’s ...

When James Kip, a software engineer, was laid off from his job in March 2020, he worked on several side projects as the months went by. "Kind of like all the other ones that get abandoned after a ...

If your organization uses Slack, you’re already familiar with its benefits: rapid, streamlined internal communications without the hassle of emails. You can set up a meeting with a few quick messages ...

When it launched in 2013, Slack promised to revolutionize workplace collaboration with instant access to coworkers and a centralized, customizable backchannel for all company projects. The reality ...

If your office uses Slack on a daily basis, you know how easy it is to lose a good idea in a long list of scrolling messages — or in multiple channels. A simple way to reduce the clutter is by ...

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A horizontal list of tabs worked a decade ago, when we weren’t all living in our web browsers. These days, however, the browser has turned into its own mini-OS, with most of our work and play coming ...