The Slackification of the American Home

#1

Post by laurex » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 3:42 AM UTC

The Slackification of the American Home
theatlantic.com

Re: The Slackification of the American Home

#2

Post by Wowfunhappy » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 4:30 AM UTC

I really think Trello in particular can be a great “life tool”. I have coworkers who have begun to use it for planning meals, dates, etc.

Re: The Slackification of the American Home

#3

Post by Causality1 » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 4:34 AM UTC

There's ample evidence this makes you more organized. I haven't seen any yet that it makes you happier.

Re: The Slackification of the American Home

#4

Post by ubercow » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 4:36 AM UTC

Trello along with Airtable are invaluable to keeping my life organized.

Re: The Slackification of the American Home

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Post by sittingnut » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 4:37 AM UTC

"american home"? even in terms of content of article, it is clear this is confined to a very small section of society. even that is purely based on anecdotal claims. almost no valid evidence, but broad nation wide conclusion.

Re: The Slackification of the American Home

#6

Post by tempsy » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 4:41 AM UTC

Something I’m trying to get better at is to be more intentional about everything e.g. I think I’ve come to the realization that I’ve wasted a lot of time and spent time doing things I shouldn’t be doing because I allowed myself to “drift” in ways that don’t help me at all.

I do not have a family or kids, but anything that helps families be more intentional with how they spend time with each other is a really good thing. I know growing up that was far from the case for me.

Re: The Slackification of the American Home

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Post by kibibyte » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 4:44 AM UTC

This reminded me Atlassian's 2013 April Fools joke, JIRA Jr. (https://www.atlassian.com/jirajr). Funny how life imitates art.

Re: The Slackification of the American Home

#8

Post by unsatchmo » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 4:44 AM UTC

Causality1 wrote: post #3

There's ample evidence this makes you more organized. I haven't seen any yet that it makes you happier.

I’ll go a step farther and point out that it’s troubling that we feel like we need these sorts of tools to survive at home today. It seems to be a symptom of an ever increasing level of complexity in every facet of modern life.

Re: The Slackification of the American Home

#9

Post by darkpuma » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 4:45 AM UTC

This is certainly not what Dobbs had in mind.

Re: The Slackification of the American Home

#10

Post by AlphaWeaver » Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 4:45 AM UTC

>"We think of Trello as a tool you can use across work and life," says Stella Garber, [Trello's] head of marketing. [...] (Slack declined to share any information about how people use its software, and Atlassian, which owns Jira, did not respond to a similar request.)

This is interesting... The author may have overlooked the fact that Atlassian also owns Trello.