I wish I could pop out chats in #Slack. I want all my active chats visible at once. It's really easy to lose a conversation when I have several going at once, or I'm waiting for a reply that might not happen for hours.
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I hope @SlackHQ's April Fools joke is that they are buying back Flickr -
Day 58: Showing Image Uploads in IRC from the Slack Gateway #100DaysOfIndieWeb
I consider my Slack/IRC gateway the best one out there, at least in terms of looking the most native to IRC users. We use this to connect the #indieweb IRC channel with our Slack team, so people can join the same rooms from either Slack or IRC. Often times people don't even realize that other users in IRC are actually connected via the Slack bridge! However, one glaring missing feature was that image uploads from Slack did not come through right. Today, I fixed that!continue reading... -
Day 47: Translating Slack :emoji: to Unicode #100DaysOfIndieWeb
When someone types an emoji in Slack, it shows up in the API as a text description surrounded by colons. For example, 😻 is :heart_eyes_cat: when it comes through the API. Previously, the gateway would just send the text through to IRC, which doesn't look great for IRC users.continue reading... -
Day 46: Expanding the IRC/Slack Gateway to all IndieWeb Channels #100DaysOfIndieWeb
For quite some time, we've been running my IRC/Slack gateway so that our main #indieweb IRC channel is also available in Slack. It's great because it allows people to use the nice mobile-friendly Slack client, while also not locking ourselves into a proprietary platform. The bridge is also used to allow people to join the chat from our web interface.continue reading... -
Taking PHP Seriously (slack.engineering)"The success of projects using it has more to do with properties of the PHP environment, and the high-cadence workflow it enables, than with PHP the language."
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Inline action buttons in chat. *This* is why chat interfaces are the future. https://medium.com/slack-developer-blog/message-buttons-and-the-slack-api-ab938174af70 @SlackHQ
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@kevinmarks @LeaVerou @g33konaut @codepo8 I made a unified IRC/Slack/Web chat. It's hacky but works well. Part of it: https://github.com/aaronpk/Slack-IRC-Gateway
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Slack Stack (twitter.com)
...Java messaging server + LAMP for core app/APIs + JS client + MacGap + native mobile (Objective-C for iOS/Java for Android).
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Slack’s $2.8 Billion Dollar Secret Sauce (medium.com)
So, how did we get from hacky browser IRC to the Slack we all know and love?" "Like a well-built home, great software focuses on giving its users hundreds of small, satisfying interactions.
