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Take Control of Slack Basics: Chapter 2, Get Started with Slack

Slack offers a set of continuously updated apps for all major desktop and mobile platforms, and for the Web. When I say “continuously,” I mean it—the update frequency of the slowest schedule, which is ...
Tidbits

“Take Control of Slack Basics” Serialized in TidBITS

We’re pleased to kick off another serialized Take Control book: “Take Control of Slack Basics,” written by Glenn Fleishman. Chapter 1, “Introducing Slack,” and Chapter 2, “Getting Started with Slack,” ...

Slack, the chat app competing with Microsoft, is launching 'Slack 101,' an online classroom to teach newcomers how to use its app

From pinning messages to creating reminders, Slack 101 is an online course for users who are new to Slack. Here's why Slack is launching it.
Computerworld

Slack launches Community Forum site and companion app

Slack’s user community has more than 14,000 members globally; the company wants to make it easier for users to connect and share info about the popular collaboration tool. Slack has launched a ...
Business Insider

Demand for Slack admin and developer skills is expected to skyrocket as Salesforce kicks off a major push to get pros certified on the platform. Here are 3 ways to skill up and ...

Salesforce wants its $27.7 billion Slack acquisition to help it become a company's central work hub. But it'll need Slack-certified administrators and developers to help drive that implementation.