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Avoiding Fatigue Managing messages and notifications in Slack Piotr Petrus @riddle [email protected]
Resistance is futileChart by TechCrunch
This isn’t new
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Desktop appslack.com/downloads
Here’s the problem
It’s been 5 minutes since you clicked me.Hey, you okay there?
Slack needs to shut up
Interruption sources
Mentions
Channel mentions
Unread messages
Direct messages
Let’s fix it
Global settings
Per-channel settings
#channel
#channel
Badges still display
Mentions
Channel mentions
Unread messages
What about DMs?
Deep discussion
More than 5-10m or Google Hangouts, Skype, etc
Experiment!
Do things on your own terms
Don’t check Slack every 5m
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right
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Happy Slacking!
