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Take Control of Slack Basics
The Slack group messaging system can be overwhelming, but with Glenn Fleishman's real-world advice, new users can come up to speed quickly, and more experienced users will find numerous techniques for participating more efficiently.
Slack is all about communication, so you'll learn how to write, edit, and react to messages; use snippets, posts, and audio calls to collaborate with team members; and create and manage both channels and direct message conversations.
You'll also see how to configure Slack's flexible notification system so you're alerted appropriately but not nagged. Plus, Glenn covers how to search old messages effectively, how to make Slack your control center by centralizing reports from other services via integrations, and numerous techniques for improving your productivity in (and with) Slack.
Questions answered for you in this book include:
How do people find and enter those little emoji icons in messages?
Is there any way to edit the message I just posted so I can fix a mistake?
Are there more channels in my Slack team? How do I find them?
What does it mean when names in the sidebar are bold or italic?
What do the numbers next to channel or conversation names indicate?
How can I reduce the number of notifications I get on my iPhone?
Can I have Slack send me email for important notifications?
How private are direct messages? What about private channels?
What, exactly is Slackbot, and why is it talking to me?
How do I find old conversations from last month?
What techniques can I employ to be more productive in Slack?
Slack is all about communication, so you'll learn how to write, edit, and react to messages; use snippets, posts, and audio calls to collaborate with team members; and create and manage both channels and direct message conversations.
You'll also see how to configure Slack's flexible notification system so you're alerted appropriately but not nagged. Plus, Glenn covers how to search old messages effectively, how to make Slack your control center by centralizing reports from other services via integrations, and numerous techniques for improving your productivity in (and with) Slack.
Questions answered for you in this book include:
How do people find and enter those little emoji icons in messages?
Is there any way to edit the message I just posted so I can fix a mistake?
Are there more channels in my Slack team? How do I find them?
What does it mean when names in the sidebar are bold or italic?
What do the numbers next to channel or conversation names indicate?
How can I reduce the number of notifications I get on my iPhone?
Can I have Slack send me email for important notifications?
How private are direct messages? What about private channels?
What, exactly is Slackbot, and why is it talking to me?
How do I find old conversations from last month?
What techniques can I employ to be more productive in Slack?
185 pages, ebook
Published May 29, 2016
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About the author
Glenn Fleishman
80 books226 followersI started writing as a child and never stopped. I’ve always been interested in what makes things tick and how to explain that. That led to a career as a technology journalist and how-to article and book author. I’ve written dozens of books over my career in some combination of the two.
In the 2010s, I started publish a series of book that combined printing and type history and technology in a variety of ways. These titles include Not To Put Too Fine a Point on It, a collection of essays and reporting; London Kerning, a look at two magnificent London printing collections and the city’s typographical history; Six Centuries of Type & Printing; and How Comics Were Made, a heavily visual history of the production and reproduction of newspaper comics from the 1890s to the present.
I live in Seattle, Washington, with my family, and drink very little coffee.
In the 2010s, I started publish a series of book that combined printing and type history and technology in a variety of ways. These titles include Not To Put Too Fine a Point on It, a collection of essays and reporting; London Kerning, a look at two magnificent London printing collections and the city’s typographical history; Six Centuries of Type & Printing; and How Comics Were Made, a heavily visual history of the production and reproduction of newspaper comics from the 1890s to the present.
I live in Seattle, Washington, with my family, and drink very little coffee.
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August 18, 2017
Useful guide
Even though I read several articles and watched tutorial videos about Slack, I still leaned a lot from reading this guide. I've highlighted for review several features and suggestions that Glenn shares. Slack is not hard to use, but there's lots to learn about effectively using the program. This book is helpful in that regard. The guide though could use an update, especially highlighting how Slack now includes threaded messages which is one the reasons I started using it again.
Even though I read several articles and watched tutorial videos about Slack, I still leaned a lot from reading this guide. I've highlighted for review several features and suggestions that Glenn shares. Slack is not hard to use, but there's lots to learn about effectively using the program. This book is helpful in that regard. The guide though could use an update, especially highlighting how Slack now includes threaded messages which is one the reasons I started using it again.
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