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Commerce · July 16, 2020

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An easy way to do more focused work in Slack

The easiest way to describe Focus Mode is, ‘It’s the Pomodoro technique — designed exclusively for Slack.’ It lets users add the task they’re working on, set how long they’d like to focus on it, and how long the break should last between each focus period. In essence, it’s a nifty way to bring more focused work to the busy workspaces of Slack. The creators of Focus Mode are my team at Geekbot: the custom Slackbot that helps remote-first companies (including the likes of Zapier, Shopify, Zendesk) better manage routine tasks, like daily standups, in Slack. So to say we’re at home in Slack is…

An easy way to do more focused work in Slack launched on July 16, 2020 with 5 votes, #1,626 of 4,305 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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The easiest way to describe Focus Mode is, ‘It’s the Pomodoro technique — designed exclusively for Slack.’ It lets users add the task they’re working on, set how long they’d like to focus on it, and how long the break should last between each focus period. In essence, it’s a nifty way to bring more focused work to…

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