Getting Things Done (GTD) - Cult or Awesome?

lol

legume old as hell

i am old but i dont really skype, ive skyped maybe 5 times tops, it seems bad

That's true it's bad

I want to try Slack because I’ve heard a lot of good chatter about it, but I would have to force someone else to sign up too or w/e.

yo markers ilxmail me your email address, I have started company "ilxor" on slack and would love to talk to you

same goes for anyone else

Awesome idea. Will do now.

Done. Check yr email.

markers, can i check this out? i need to find some decent collaborative communication and task management software and want to try a few things out before deciding on a set.

i use slack at work - a new boss came in before xmas and got us all using it. it's hard to see the need for it until you start using it - it really is useful - it creates a culture of people discussing things informally as they work - like in our job we work with a very particular type of editorial and there are many rules but also many instances in which you can break them - slack has become a place where people will throw these out for discussion. you'd never really send an email to do this. i think it also is good for general messing or chat that isn't about work - creates a good team atmosphere.

tracer - the only thing i'd say is you might need some way of forcing everyone to join - i was sceptical at the start but our boss was the one introducing it so we all kind of had to start using it.

tracer - the only thing i'd say is you might need some way of forcing everyone to join - i was sceptical at the start but our boss was the one introducing it so we all kind of had to start using it.

this is the main issue i have with even quite basic tools - i run a small team across countries within a larger team. that larger team is still fairly archaic (sending emailing word docs back and forth for revision ffs!) but feel that if i can get the smaller team to use tools.

i don't want to create too much admin for them tho, and have ended up managing their tasks within my own task list and letting them manage theirs as they see fit, as long as they get it down.

but having an informal work communication tool feels like it would help foster a bit of team coherence (a bit of a worry across countries - why i was interested in the non-work chat point LG) and also develop ideas in an informal way. only problem is we have a company wide IM tool, and asking people to use two tools for effectively the same thing isn't likely to be successful and probably a bad idea anyway.

i think slack would be great for my program but i think i'd have to convince the chief resident to implement it from the top down for anyone to actually start using it

it works very differently to Im mainly because you'll have one channel with everyone in the team looking in - it really is well-named, it creates new conversations rather than replacing a tool you already use. it's a very simple casual tool that just gets people talking and sharing problems more, in my experience.

cheers LG. just had a look round on their intro material. definitely going to explore.

Yeah, I've used slack some for non-biz stuff, but there is no way I could ever convince my team to adopt a new tool.

dont call it a tool be like "its just a cool place to hang out if ur into it or whatever"

I work with old people.

kill them i guess?

I'll take that back to the team.

nice

markers, can i check this out?

mh?

slack is just basically irc with some tooling right?

afaict yes

yes plus search

and elaborate emoji support

it's really very good just like IRC is good, but also maybe a bit better

I will see if I can delegate invites to markers but yeah, just ilx mail me

btw back in the day some work friends had an irc server, which slack is kind of like, and it was great for popping in and asking questions

no one is using this thing and i want(ed) to delete my account and i can’t

so i use irccloud.com for all my irc needs and it is great. also my coworkers and i have an irc channel but getting people to adopt irc is uneven, especially w/o something like irccloud.

it surprises me how terrible lync is at chatrooms btw.

markers I think I'll be more likely to sit on it during the week if I'm killing time at work? most people just aren't going to sit on it all day imo

Fizzles, added.

cheers mh, appreciated.

rly want to get a couple of work colleagues on slack when they come out with a win client. teamviewer is a sack o shit for chat.

So did any of you actually end up reading that book about tidying? It was . . . something.

The part about shitting was good.

yes i think it was discussed briefly on another thread?

oh no wait we talked about it here

I kind of put it to the side, need to get to that part

i'm near the end of that whole process. i kind of skimmed the book for the important bits.

i don't remember anything about shitting.

i was about to buy this this week

hoos come to ilxor.slack.com

i was about to buy this this week

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i love this post on this thread, i feel like it sums it up

what is slack, should i be on slack

imo yes

http://www.fastcompany.com/3041905/slacks-founder-on-how-they-became-a-1-billion-company-in-two-years

it's a nearly pure profit product, isn't it? afaict the mobile app stuff took some work, but the desktop app appears to be a Google Chrome container and it's basically a wrapper over irc

the main innovation in that article is having a spot to see a channel description and how many people are in the channel

o_O

how do i get in to ilxor.slack.com

fb message me your email

also the search and integrations are a big deal i think