Hello,
Looks like a lot of the conversation that used to happen here is switching
to Slack. It’s cool and trendy, but in all honesty, I have a hard time
getting used to it, specially with such a large group of people. Keeping
the client open all day long is too much of a distraction for me. And when
I go back to it, I do not feel like reviewing all the chatter that happened
while I was gone. It takes too much time, and it is difficult to follow.
Google groups with discussions organized by topic work much better for me.
All that is probably due to the fact that I am not using the tool properly.
So I guess my question is: how do you use Slack? Do you keep the client
open all day long like a chat window? What if you see a discussion that
interests you but have no time right now to participate?
Looks like the usual chat vs email debate, but I am missing something. The
proof being that I am asking here and not on Slack 
Thanks !
Jean
All that is probably due to the fact that I am not using the tool
properly. So I guess my question is: how do you use Slack? Do you keep the
client open all day long like a chat window? What if you see a discussion
that interests you but have no time right now to participate?
Looks like the usual chat vs email debate, but I am missing something. The
proof being that I am asking here and not on Slack
I think you’re using the tools right.
Slack is for “now” type things, has only a bit of persistent history, and
it’s - as you say - easy for communication to go unnoticed.
A forum is… well you know what that is, but the key point is it has
persistence and more focus.
I’d get irked by chatter on a forum; I would not think Slack is a great
place to post important news or definitely have something “noticed”. Or
persisted.
I think Slack is getting a lot of attn just now cos it’s shiny and new.
TBH, I could take or leave it, but I keep half an eye on a coupla
subchannels there, but I don’t think it’s worth paying too much attention
to. Kinda like Twitter in that regard.On Tuesday, 29 September 2015 18:55:57 UTC+1, jmoniatte wrote: