Slack, Discord etc are fantastic tools. As Frits alludes to, they only
really work when everyone uses them.
As we start needing to use Slack and Discord and Facebook and Microsoft
Teams etc etc for different groups, the benefits erode quickly. So while I
don't mind trying out the collaboration platform of choice, I still see the
need for e-mail, and non-public e-mail at that. I'm partial to our former
Google Groups setup as it required zero effort from me: no accounts, no
passwords, no apps, no learning curve. If the cost of a Workspaces domain
is the issue, I or other Googlers on this list can make that issue go away
;-)
Marc
On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 12:40 PM Tuomas Pystynen <tuomas.pystynen@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Slack. Using it with some customers.
Tuomas
On 10. Apr 2021, at 19.31, Lothar Flatz <l.flatz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In our company we are using discord for business coordination. (Yes there
are many young guys.)
I could not say any positive or negative about it.
It works as expected. You can see it its a gamers tool. I am occasionally
wresting with the sound when I switch from the earphone to the speaker.
Most of the times have have to reboot.
I think that is a Windows issue though.
regards
Lothar
Am 10.04.2021 um 15:11 schrieb Frits Hoogland:
Discord? Never heard about that. I guess that says a lot about my coolness
factor :-D.
I think slack could fulfill the function. But it’s not a mail list, and
therefore does not use the convenience of email what we all use probably on
a day to day basis, regardless of what we do or do not do anymore.
I am up for slack, it’s extensively used at my current job at Yugabyte. In
fact, I got the Oaktable slack still setup on my iPad.
But the whole point of the list is that we all need to use it. It’s really
obvious, but I cannot remember if this has actually been mentioned.
If you’re not using it, and do not feel the need for yet another
communication channel: please try it. There might actually be a merit to it
that the communication takes place outside of your mailbox, and thus does
not get mingled up in all the other mail for which a lot of us get a lot
probably.
If the Oaktable slack would be the only use, communication will make
itself known as a number to the slack icon (at least on apple devices). I
think that is useful.
Frits Hoogland
frits.hoogland@xxxxxxxxx
Op 10 apr. 2021, om 05:43 heeft Tanel Poder <tanel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> het
volgende geschreven:
+1 for slack! (or Discord, where all the cool kids apparently hang out
nowadays... (I wouldn't know))
On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 8:35 AM James Morle <james@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Oh, regarding ongoing messaging:
- I think there is general discomfort with the public nature of freelists
- there is also discomfort with using Facebook Groups, primarily from the
standpoint of not wanting to have a Facebook account
A few years ago we tried Slack. Is it time to try it again? I believe we
still have the domain registered.
