Articles that mention "Slack"

We tried blocking Slack when we needed to focus. It worked.

It's time to write. I make some coffee, open a blank document, then decide to quickly check Slack before I get started. Two hours later, I've written nothing.

5 ways to catch up on work after a vacation

The worst part about taking a vacation is returning to work. You have to catch up on everything you missed, and of course something significant happened while you were out.

I turned off Slack notifications entirely. Nothing bad happened.

I have a deep, dark secret that I've been harboring for a while. It's time to finally get this off my chest. I...disabled all Slack notifications. Months ago.

How to create a no-code app using popular tools and Zapier

Many of us have ideas for apps we want to build. Maybe it's a social network, a marketplace, productivity tool, or even an internal tool to make your company better. But what happens if you don't know how to code? Enter no-code.

How to automatically send yourself a list of the next day's meetings

I can be a bit forgetful, so when I joined Zapier, I started automating reminders to keep me on schedule and on top of my to-do list.

How Zapier helped this founder keep engineers focused on product development

In the early years of my startup my co-founder and I faced a challenge familiar to many young tech companies: Our engineering resources were spread thin, with competing priorities and an ever-changing roadmap. Automation helped us

Slack: App of the day

If you've ever missed an important email that just got buried in your inbox, you've probably asked the sender to cut you a little slack. But why ask for slack when you can, well, use Slack instead? Slack is a platform for team communication.

How SheEO uses automation in their quest to create a $1 billion fund to support women-run businesses

Vicki Saunders is a successful serial entrepreneur, and she knows all too well the biases against women that are built into venture systems. Women receive 2.2% of available funding, Vicki shared with us.

How automation helps a real estate company process more than 500 leads per month

Managing leads is an important part of running a successful real estate business. Tampa-based Eaton Realty receives leads from potential buyers, sellers, and renters from more than 10 different sources—like Zillow, Hotpads, Realtor.

Slack, Zoom, and other apps go offline sometimes—make sure you have a plan

Physical offices rarely just...disappear. Remote ones sometimes do. Team chat apps are, in a very real way, the remote office, and video conferencing apps are the remote conference room.