Slack has got quite a buzz. With 10+ million daily users and more than a $27 billion valuation, it is undoubtedly one of the most popular team communication platforms. However, Slack has gained a lot of competitors throughout the years (Microsoft...
11 Best Team Chat Apps. Who’s Got the Muscle?
Here’s the truth: there are hardly any ‘team chat apps’ left on the market. Today’s corporate messengers are not just about communication anymore. As business demands have risen, team chat apps have turned into powerful collaboration tools. They mix...
How to Make Your Company Mentally and Emotionally Healthy? Expert Tips and Practices
Emotions. Feelings. Healthy mind, body and soul… We don’t usually talk about this “stuff” at work. We are making money, for goodness’ sake! We don’t have time for all these ‘sentiments,’ right? Well, not really. Our emotional health is...
Asana vs Trello: Which Tool Is Better? Projects, Boards, Tasks And Other Features Review
So, you consider using Asana or Trello as a project management tool? If on the fence, you’ve come to the right place. This review will assist you in making the best choice. Welcome! At Chanty, we love exploring different tools. Learning about the...
Working with Millennials: Expert Tips, Stereotypes and Pure Facts
My close relative (a baby boomer) works in the concert business. He says he’s hired plenty of millennials – and they are all useless. ‘Hard to please’, ‘impossible to understand’, ‘lazy’ and ‘entitled’ ‘job hoppers’ – these are just a few epithets...
Flowdock vs Slack: Comparing Two Long-Standing Rivals on the Team Chat Market
Flowdock is one of the oldest team collaboration tools on the market. Announced in July 2009, the app launched public beta in March 2010 – more than three years before Slack! Unlike its more famous competitor, Flowdock was initially designed for...
Slack Review: Messaging, Calls, Integrations and Other Features
On August 14, 2013, the world media scene became flooded with publications about a new team chat. “An email killer’, ‘the newest enterprise social network’, ‘the next act of Flickr’s co-founder’ – this is how observers tagged Slack. On the landing...
How Workplace by Facebook is Taking on Slack? Comparing Chat, Call, Notification and Other Features
Launched in 2013, Slack continues to grow at a heady pace, boasting 10 million daily active users and 85,000 paid customers. Despite Slack’s blatant success, quite a few tools are breathing down its neck. Workplace by Facebook is surely one of them...
I Switched from 9 to 5 Job to Flexible Working Hours. Here’s What It’s Really Like
Sitting in the office from 9 to 5 made me sick. In the mornings, I worked quite efficiently but after 2 p.m. it was all downhill. My attention would start to scatter. I would open my Facebook Newsfeed and news websites, feeling guilty about not...
Slack vs Basecamp – Who Is to Win?
When I first read about Basecamp I got carried away. The company behind the famous project management tool offers impressive perks to its employees – from flexible work to $5,000 for a vacation. It looks like Basecamp team is living la dolce vita...
