Meet Slack, a chat tool with collaboration talent to spare

December 12, 2013

Slack could be the answer to the splintered state of most teams' communicationsâ€”my team's, and probably yours, too. Itâ€™s splintered because e-mail is clunky for conversations and gets clogged with attached files. Chat is faster, but its file handling is rarely up to a team's needs, and it can be difficult to search (not that e-mail is much easier). Currently in a limited preview release, Slack works like many team messaging software apps do, but with a few big improvements: It's cross-platform. It's searchable and very customizable. And you can attach files for sharing, or move files seamlessly between Slack and a cloud service. Slack makes it easier to work without feeling like work itself. Slack is one window worth having open By midday, my desktop is a jumble of different windows. In each of my two browsers, proprietary tools brush against story research. HipChat is fast, but it crashes, and itâ€™s not exactly a looker. And email...ugh. Email. A fresh Slack instance comes with most of what you need--and it's pretty easy to understand--but you can add integrations later.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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