Team Chat with Slack
the web team's communication tool of choice
by Lauren Caple
Slack
Slack is a persistent group messaging service that lives on the web.
Originally developed as a way for remote teams to keep in touch, share files, and have a record of it all in one place.
Team communication for the 21st century
( it's a fancy, private, secure IRC chatroom )
Slack
Our group is separated by two floors and seven doors.
Why we needed it
Emailing the group felt too formal.
Getting a quick opinion on something or sharing info at weekly meetings wasn't cutting it.
Using separate chat apps to talk was disjointed.
What can it do?
- Have multiple channels with different purposes
- Send private messages to specific people
- Create private channels that are invite-only
- Share documents directly from the chat
- Integrate with Google Drive and other third party services
- Search for previous conversations in the archive
- Star specific items to save them for later
What can't it do!
What does it do?
Our slack channel is managed and owned by us. Only people formally invited can see our conversations, even if they're on Slack and have the url.
There's a mobile app for Android and iOS to send missed messages or private messages to your phone.
Limit notifications on desktop to only what you want/need to see.
And other stuff too
Slack
- Searchable archive with unlimited messages
- Unlimited service integrations
- Custom retention policies
- Simple usage statistics
- Guest access
- Priority support
- Google Authentication / Google Apps for Domains sign-on
- Configurable email ingestion service
- Mandatory two-factor authentication
- User Groups
- Custom Profile Fields
Paid Features
Slack
