The problem is that Slack is designed for synchronous communication. However there is a huge need for a collaboration tool that is designed for asynchronous communication.
Being synchronous all the time means that you have no time to concentrate on cognitively complex work which is necessary for adding lots of value to your organization. Cal Newport in his seminal book of the same name calls this Deep Work.
Deep Collaboration is our term for collaboration that is asynchronous in nature and allows Deep Work to happen in collaborative environments.
Https://tmail21.com is a platform designed around Deep Collaboration principles.
So turn off notifications, disable the giphy plugin, and use it as a repository of questions to answer when you finally get out of the zone?
I guess I didn't bother to enable notifications or install the "app", so I treat slack like I do email: something to do when I'm ready for a mental break from what I'm currently doing.
> so there’s a heavy social expectation for me to keep those conversational plates spinning on an ongoing basis
I think you're actually creating this problem. I might be a special snowflake but everyone I've worked with via slack realizes it is a lot like SMS messages: Probably delivered, and you might get a reply.
It seems like all of your complaints are self-created by an obsessive need to "feel" connected without the personal responsibility to turn off the connections when you need you time. I'm sure I have a lot of slack messages to "read" after this weekend but the important ones will come back again anyway.
i don't understand what this user expected. Killing email, really. Its a messaging service. These have been around since the beginning of the internet.
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[ 5.3 ms ] story [ 18.4 ms ] threadBeing synchronous all the time means that you have no time to concentrate on cognitively complex work which is necessary for adding lots of value to your organization. Cal Newport in his seminal book of the same name calls this Deep Work.
Deep Collaboration is our term for collaboration that is asynchronous in nature and allows Deep Work to happen in collaborative environments.
Https://tmail21.com is a platform designed around Deep Collaboration principles.
I guess I didn't bother to enable notifications or install the "app", so I treat slack like I do email: something to do when I'm ready for a mental break from what I'm currently doing.
> so there’s a heavy social expectation for me to keep those conversational plates spinning on an ongoing basis
I think you're actually creating this problem. I might be a special snowflake but everyone I've worked with via slack realizes it is a lot like SMS messages: Probably delivered, and you might get a reply.
It seems like all of your complaints are self-created by an obsessive need to "feel" connected without the personal responsibility to turn off the connections when you need you time. I'm sure I have a lot of slack messages to "read" after this weekend but the important ones will come back again anyway.