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Re: How we use Slack in our family

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Post by ec109685 »

hatsix wrote: post #67
visakanv wrote: post #24

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Why not just create a Facebook group? What features are you missing?

We do this. Works surprisingly well... We've had two weddings planned, and several family reunions w/ 70+ people. Best of all, I don't have to maintain a thing...

Totally just curious, did you miss Slack's notion of multiple persistent channels, where you can be talking about the wedding in one channel and the reunion with the Southern California part of your clan in another (location is just illustrative)? Or is creating multiple groups, one for each part of your family okay?

Re: How we use Slack in our family

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Post by thirdsun »

fjallstrom wrote: post #73
xyclos wrote: post #53

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I am also intrigued by this. Would you mind sharing what other types information the feed provides?

sure! - what lunch is being served in the cafeteria - homework and due dates - private messages from teachers (not the full message, just a notification) - reminders like "bring ice skates"

That is very impressive - so impressive that I never see it happen here in Germany at some point.

Re: How we use Slack in our family

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Post by mdellabitta »

balls187 wrote: post #69
TheGRS wrote: post #43

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You got engaged over slack?

Hah. No. That I did in person (though I did flub up my rehersed speech) https://www.instagram.com/p/3dJYnyOtVg/?taken-by=balls187

That's awesome. You're lucky she didn't just elbow you in the face from adrenaline.

Re: How we use Slack in our family

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Post by cableshaft »

_b8r0 wrote: post #19

For those who don't want to use Slack but want some sort of family automation, Huginn[1] may be useful. [1] - https://github.com/cantino/huginn/

That's pretty neat. I wanted to create something similar to this in python, but it looks like you saved me the trouble.

Re: How we use Slack in our family

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Post by callmeed »

petepete wrote: post #66
callmeed wrote: post #63

Does anyone have a favorite "Shared Family Calendar"? We need something to keep track of everyone's school schedule, reports/projects due, sports games/practices, etc. etc. I've tried Google and Trello ... wondering if there's something better.

Out of interest, why didn't shared Google calendars work for you? It works quite well for us.

It didn't "not work" but neither of my kids have gmail accounts so they can't see the calendar on their devices.

I just thought there might be something a little more vertical/family-focused.

Re: How we use Slack in our family

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Post by balls187 »

mdellabitta wrote: post #114
balls187 wrote: post #69

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Hah. No. That I did in person (though I did flub up my rehersed speech) https://www.instagram.com/p/3dJYnyOtVg/?taken-by=balls187

That's awesome. You're lucky she didn't just elbow you in the face from adrenaline.

I talked about that with the other krav instructors. The girl behind me in purple was there to make sure no one accidentally ran into me while launching into their attack. So it was up to me to protect myself if she hit me.

As you said, luckily it all worked out.

Re: How we use Slack in our family

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Post by hatsix »

ec109685 wrote: post #111
hatsix wrote: post #67

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We do this. Works surprisingly well... We've had two weddings planned, and several family reunions w/ 70+ people. Best of all, I don't have to maintain a thing...

Totally just curious, did you miss Slack's notion of multiple persistent channels, where you can be talking about the wedding in one channel and the reunion with the Southern California part of your clan in another (location is just illustrative)? Or is creating multiple groups, one for each part of your family okay?

We use posts as 'channels'... they're generally short-lived.

There isn't nearly as much 'chatting' there as 'information sharing'... announcing milestones (pre-public baby announcements)... Etc.

For example, we just had one family decide they want to go to Knots Berry Farm the day after the wedding... Those who are interested replied, those who won't be sticking around or otherwise not interested didn't reply... so each post becomes a sort of persistent channel about a topic.

We have posts about the suggested hotel, and another post about a large AirBnB house that several families are going in on.

We're talking about 5 comments a day, max... and sometimes weeks w/o anything. We're generally fairly 'public' about things and use regular wall posts for general communication.

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