Re:A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools
by tirpen on Saturday February 29, 2020 @09:41AM
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Or you can set up email notifications and do the exact same thing in any mail client, like people have been doing for ages.
But that's not cool any more I guess.
Re:A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools
by parasubvert on Saturday February 29, 2020 @10:13AM
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I think you underestimate how pervasive and usable Slack is over email.
Email is still fine and necessary but is mostly for long form asynchronous communication. Organizing email inboxes is a pain. Spam is a pain.
Slack is pre-organized and automatically integrated with a dozen other tools. Itβs the beating heart of a distributed organization.
Re:A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools
by fnord77 on Saturday February 29, 2020 @10:23AM
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nothing to do with "cool". I could never go back to email after using slack-like software. It's so much more efficient.
Re:A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools
by OOPMan on Saturday February 29, 2020 @01:23PM
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That is debatable. For sending IMs, sure. For a lot of other stuff it's pretty noisy and even with search is still less organisable than email.
Re:A two-person startup already uses twenty-eight other tools
by hombre_fatal on Saturday February 29, 2020 @02:45PM
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It's debatable which is why the snark of "guess email isn't cool anymore :(" is such tired commentary, suggesting everyone is just an idiot lemming for not having email enlightenment.
Slack is so much more than a discussion app.
With integrations you can monitor your whole app in one place:
- sales
- bizdev
- ops
- deployment
- support
Same goes for Notion.
We pay $16 but it is an awesome bang for the buck:
- crm
- collaborating blog draft
- project management
- finance
- knowledge base
And again, in one place.