![]() While we wrote an entire guide on How to Set Up Slack for Focus, your settings can’t change your team’s culture. Build team connection (and fight interruptions) by showing teammates what you’re working on Don’t have one? Try RescueTime Premium for free for 14 days. With the new integration, you can tell RescueTime to set your Slack status to Away whenever you go into a FocusTime session.įocusTime and the Slack integration require a RescueTime Premium account. But websites aren’t the only things you want to block when you’re trying to focus. Block Slack notifications when you start a FocusTime sessionįocusTime blocks distracting websites for a set period of time when you need to focus. But one also gives you the choice to focus when you need to. Both give you the opportunity to engage and communicate with your team. We like to think of it as the difference between working in an open office and having the corner suite. This gives you the chance to truly focus and get into a state of flow without worrying about a teammate accidentally interrupting you. ![]() When the RescueTime for Slack integration sees that you’re focused on a writing app, it can automatically trigger DND mode in Slack for the remainder of the time you’re focused. Let’s say your most important work is writing. With our new integration, you can automatically enable Do-Not-Disturb mode when you’re getting into flow on important work. There’s nothing worse than getting distracted just as you’re focusing on important work or getting into a state of flow. Trigger Do-Not-Disturb mode when you’re focused on your most important work You can even set custom emoji to be displayed along with your status. With our new integration, you can set custom Slack statuses (and emoji!) for different activities.įor example, you can tell people you’re “drowning in your inbox” when you’re focused on email, or “data crunching” when you’re working in specific apps. Slack statuses do a good job of telling people what you’re working on, but they can be pretty dry. Important: RescueTime will only update your Slack status during Work Hours (so you don’t have to worry about teammates seeing you binge watch Netflix when you’re at home!) Customize your Slack statuses for different activities (plus emoji!) That’s why we included the function to only broadcast certain activities or even toggle all status updates on and off. Of course, you don’t want your teammates to know everything you’re working on. The RescueTime for Slack integration automatically updates your status when it sees that you’re focused on a certain activity (as well as display it in the text box of your private messages). (Like when you’re working together in a shared space.) The first thing we wanted to do when re-imagining RescueTime for Slack was to make your current focus more visible to coworkers. Automatically update your status when you’re focused on specific tasks ![]() Find out more about adding the RescueTime for Slack integration into your Slack workspace. With the new RescueTime for Slack integration, we’ve created a way for Slack teams to get more visibility into what their coworkers are focused on and give you more ways to protect your focus and attention, no matter where you’re working from.īefore we dive in: Slack integrations might need to be approved by your workspace admin before they can be installed. While some people might say you should have control over how distracted you are by notifications, we think it’s equally as important to have a culture of clear communication and trust. Without being able to see what your coworkers are doing, it’s easy to interrupt them or knock them out of a state of flow with a simple request. Slack loves to say they’re “where work happens.” Unfortunately, that statement is truer than they want it to be.Īlong with all its great features-facilitating conversation, communication, and collaboration-Slack has a few bad ones as well.įor remote teams especially, it’s hard to create a sense of “togetherness” during the workday. It’s our water cooler, conference room, and place to share personal updates. Like many other remote (and co-located) companies, the RescueTime team lives in Slack.
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