Wishing for a Slack ‘WorkOS’ in 2025
In 2025, can Slack become the one tool to both chat and manage team projects? Let's hope!
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Boox Plama: Week 1
Does the Boox Palma solve my needs for a distraction free device, or do I really want an iPhone without cellular service?
My Basecamp 2024 Wish List: The Hit List
A few improvements I’d like to see in Basecamp in 2024.
Revisiting Basecamp: 2024 Edition
Here we are again kicking the tires on Basecamp, now technically Basecamp 4. These are the improvements we’d love to see before we “come home” to Basecamp
The Slack Insanity
CGP Grey on the latest episode of Cortex apropos of Slack's new Tinder-like “catch-up” feature (lightly edited for clarity and bold emphasis mine): What it highlights to me is a continued proof that there's problems that they are unable to fix. That like, this is just
Microsoft Teams: 2023 Wish List
There's a lot we like about Microsoft Teams, but there are a few things we'd like to see tightened up before we go all-in with Microsoft's take on Slack.
Gruber: Slack Has Defined Modern Work
Perhaps this is the problem.
Team Notes: The Search Continues
I have spoke with the tongue of angels I have held the hand of a devil It was warm in the night I was cold as a stone But I still haven't found What I'm looking for Seemingly, a rock solid notes app for teams doesn’
Searching for SharePoint for Mac with Live Co-Authoring
One of the benefits (and there aren’t many) of writing is a blog is the ability to disseminate a public request for a solution to a highly idiosyncratic problem. Consider this post just that. I recently wrote about my search for a self-organizing filing system. This is a companion
Mem Announces $23.5m Series A and New AI Features
Kyle Wiggers for Techcrunch: Today, the OpenAI Startup Fund revealed that it led a $23.5 million investment in Mem, a work-focused app that taps AI to automatically organize notes. The investment values Mem at $110 million post-money and brings the startup’s total raised to $29 million. Mem recently
A New Social Network
We may need a new place to share quick thoughts online. Here's what that could look like.
Mem - First Impressions
After trying Mem in earnest for the last few months I can safely say I’m more than a little intrigued. Here are some initial impressions of what’s working for me, and where I’d like to see Mem keep pushing the product forward.
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Where Art Tweetbot?
It’s been eight months since Tweetbot’s last update, and Tapbots, the app’s developer, has been conspicuously silent when asked on Twitter about future releases. On the one hand, it makes sense. Can one blame Tapbots for not investing resources into a Twitter client, as Twitter itself is
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The Future of Files is Self Organizing
It's 2022, and we are still placing digital files inside an endless hierarchy of digital manila folders. It's time for a new kind of Dropbox that relies on tagging and smart search.
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Texting and Boundaries
My general rule of thumb is that texting is not for work. Unless there's an emergency, work communication should happen over email, in a team chat app, or on the phone.
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Less Screen Time
How I Make My Phone as Boring as Possible Most of us realize we spend too much time looking at our phones. Or, not even looking; picking up, tapping, mindlessly scrolling, pulling down to refresh - something, anything. Our phones are designed to entice us. Like freshly baked cookies sitting
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The Case for Inbox Pause or Email Office Hours
As powerful, extensible, and customizable as email clients are in 2022, very few, if any, have dedicated settings that help users manage when senders can reach their inboxes.
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Twist Rolls Out Search and Image Tweaks
Doist is still tinkering with Twist. But we're hoping they have grander ambitions for this excellent product.
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The Tools We Use - August 2022 Edition
Tools both giveth and taketh away. Compromise is inevitable and unavoidable. Which is why the search for the ideal tool will never truly end.
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Aug. 19, 2022 - App Roundup
Too busy to keep up with the news? Here's what you may have missed in apps and productivity this week.
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Not Growth Hacking
As a creator, I desire for other humans to enjoy and appreciate my work. But I’m wary of any schemes to “hack” growth.
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New in Basecamp: Still too Many Clicks
Basecamp's apps have, and continue to be, incredibly mouse dependent.
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Ghost Adds Native Commenting
This one's a bit meta. Ghost, the blogging and newsletter platform that powers our site, launched native commenting today: Today we're introducing native commenting in Ghost, so you can invite your members to participate in community discussions directly on your publication. After Search, this was one
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Wishcasting the Next Generation of Task Managers
Task managers haven’t evolved much in the last half decade. They are still, essentially, a list of tasks. But the next generation should aim bigger.