We configured it to make amusing references to departing or departed
members of staff when their names are mentioned, and have it beg to come on
company events while they are being organised :-)
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 at 13:18, Adrian Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
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> James points to an important issue – the universal annoyance that is
> Slackbot.
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> It was me that configured it to ping the wifi password ;) so if anyone
> else knows of useful examples of how to make Slackbot helpful, useful or
> wonderful – happy to hear!
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> *From:* Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *James
> Morley
> *Sent:* maandag 20 februari 2017 17:17
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Use of and access to Slack
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> Thanks everyone for your replies, makes interesting reading.
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> Mia suggested, in the spirit of not using 'jargon', that I explain what
> Slack is to those who have come across it.
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> I can only speak from my own experience using it at Europeana, but
> primarily it's a team messaging app, but has evolved into quite a lot more
> including group calls and file sharing. You can have channels, direct
> messaging, and one of the bits I liked most was the integrations, for
> example having a channel that displayed a notification each time a new
> tweet was posted with a link to something on a site I managed, or getting a
> notification from Pingbot when a site was down. Someone in the Europeana
> office has even now configured Slackbot (an auto-reply service that is
> triggered by key phrases) to send the password each time someone posts
> 'visitor wifi'! The official blurb is at https://slack.com/is
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> As has been pointed out, the message limit of a free account can be quite,
> well, limiting, so yes, at that level perhaps more of a quick and efficient
> day-to-day comms platform than an archive.
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> I've heard that Microsoft Teams is supposed to be their Slack 'killer' -
> anyone got experience of that?
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> Cheers, James
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> On 20 February 2017 at 15:08, Stephen McConnachie <
> 000008d6dc4651a2-dmarc-request@jiscmail..ac.uk
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> Hi James,
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> We use Slack at the BFI in lots of departments and in projects that cross
> departments (eg Digital web development and Documentation / Digital
> Preservation).
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> We implemented it in my department for all internal discussion, only using
> email where we need to connect outwards to external stakeholders or BFI
> stakeholders outside a project / non-Slack users. I believe it
> substantially mitigated the fatigue and information management challenges
> inherent in email, especially for projects where an easily searched,
> centrally stored audit trail of decisions is required.
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> Wouldn’t treat it as a formal project management repository for formal
> auditing purposes eg by NAO, but it sure works well to progress work
> without much overhead.
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> Every colleague who sees me using Slack turns into a convert, I think.
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> Stephen
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> *From: *James Morley <[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent: *20 February 2017 13:20
> *To: *[log in to unmask]
> *Subject: *[MCG] Use of and access to Slack
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> Asking for a friend ...
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> How many of you are are actively using Slack in your organisations, and
> does anyone work somewhere where it has been been blocked for 'security
> reasons'?
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> Thanks, James
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