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Supercharge your Slack Productivity

By : Moshe Markovich
Book Image

Supercharge your Slack Productivity

By: Moshe Markovich

Overview of this book

Slack is an online communication tool that allows workplace teams to collaborate efficiently, effectively, and securely. It’s the leading channel-based messaging platform used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. As a developer, you can use Slack to create tools such as bots that handle and maintain routine and time-consuming tasks. If you’re looking to set up a Slack workplace or build a Slack bot or app, this is the book for you. In this book, you’ll explore scenarios that show you how to set up a Slack workplace, build a Slack bot, or integrate your favorite tools. You’ll also learn how Slack can help you create a more collaborative, efficient, and coordinated work environment from any location. As you advance through the chapters, you'll find out how to manage your tasks and boost your business productivity by automating the trivial tasks. You'll also cover more advanced features such as using a Slack bot to complete tasks, including automating message responses and accessing personal reminders. By the end of this Slack book, you'll have learned how to use Slack effectively to communicate with your team and build bots and have gained a solid understanding of how the platform can help you to progress in your industry.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Section 1: Slack Overview
7
Section 2: How to Use Third-Party Applications and Bots
12
Section 3: How to Build Your Own Bots

Learning how to maintain a published Slack app

Using Slack effectively means creating a space that doesn't sacrifice your focus in the face of real-time connection. Being "on" all of the time should lead to more progress, focus, and growth as opposed to distraction, overwhelm, and annoyance. Slack's permissions, reminders, mute features, and other capabilities bring focus and intention to the forefront.

Muting notifications

Sometimes, the best thing for our productivity is canceling out other distractions and losing yourself to a flow state of work. Muting notifications on Slack is a simple way to create that space from constant updates and build a more focused work culture. You can mute a channel or DM by opening the channel, clicking the More icon, and selecting the Mute option. You can do this for all channels or DMs you don't want to receive pings from.

Do Not Disturb (DND) is another useful trick for muting notifications and building focus on...