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Today we take a look at… Slack! Slack revolutionised workplace communications and has even made an impact on community comms; although that space has been dominated by Discord, another app we will be analysing today 😄

— Agenda —

  • What are we doing today?
  • Why does Slack exist?
  • What were the initial Slack Feature Creeps
  • Famous Slack alternatives (Microsoft Teams, Discord… Skype?!)
  • Top 3 Slack/Discord features!
  • New features to take Slack to next level?

    • ——⬇️ BONUS ⬇️——

    • Slack https://slack.com/apps/category/At0EFT67V3-new-noteworthy

      • — HAVE FUN —

      No affiliations whatsoever: whenever we show something, you know you're hearing our unfiltered thoughts 😄

      — Highlighted software —

      Slack: https://slack.com/

      Discord: https://discord.gg/
      Microsoft Teams: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software

      Joao’s website: https://jvmartins.com/

      Johnny’s website: https://magrippis.com/

      Johnny’s other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jmagrippis

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      TIMESTAMPS
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      0:00 - Coming up!

      1:13 - Intros & Agenda
      2:11 - What is Slack, Discord and why do they exist?
      4:22 - The World before Slack
      7:43 - What were Slack’s OG feature creeps?!
      9:46 - João's Slack Top Feature
      11:31 - Johnny's Slack Top Feature
      14:27 - Apps & Integrations: a common favourite feature of Slack
      18:16 - Top Feature: Slack Huddles
      22:03 - Top Feature: Themes on Slack
      24:25 - Slack Reactions
      27:00 - Discord!
      32:50 - Inclusivity of Discord & Slack
      34:27 - Skype
      35:23 - Feature Creeping - Intro
      36:07 - Huddle Summariser, Johnny's First Feature Creep
      38:58 - Lovability Report
      40:53 - Inclusive helper: analyse your language!
      44:26 - Algorithmic Slack
      47:25 - Feature Creep: Johnny's red button
      48:23 - The Bell-air: an IOT device built for hotels
      49:55 - Feature Creep: Minority Report Slack, predict & prevent future fails
      55:32 - AI Secretary coming soon
      57:41 - Recap: Favourite Feature Creeps
      59:10 - New & Noteworthy Slack Bots
      1:01:00 - Whocan App for Slack
      1:04:17 - Outros + LIKE 💜 SUBSCRIBE!

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      Feature CreepsBy João Martins and Johnny Magrippis