These articles are all very interesting. Let me offer a summary paraphrase of Nick's links in the hopes that someone will do the same for Grace's:
"Slack has very well designed interface that makes it pleasing to use, but that, in combination with its underlying conceptual model, encourage constant but lower-quality communication, "*asynchronish*", and is an obstacle to solving deeper communication problems such as focus and institutional memory." *-- Joel Aufrecht* Team Practices Group Wikimedia Foundation On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Nick Wilson (Quiddity) < [email protected]> wrote: > and a couple more, slack-specific: > > https://blog.agilebits.com/2016/04/19/curing-our-slack-addiction/ > > http://qz.com/632016/why-im-breaking-up-with-slack/ > > > > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Grace Gellerman <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> A spectrum of opinions on the benefits and costs of modern workplace >> collaboration: >> >> >> https://hbr.org/2016/01/collaborative-overload?utm_campaign=harvardbiz&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social >> >> >> http://www.economist.com/news/business/21688872-fashion-making-employees-collaborate-has-gone-too-far-collaboration-curse >> >> >> https://m.signalvnoise.com/is-group-chat-making-you-sweat-744659addf7d#.u8yqelwiy >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > teampractices mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > >
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