One of my main problems with Slack (as opposed to email) is that I can’t seem to find a reasonable way to deal with messages later. The reminder approach doesn’t do it for me at all. How do you handle todos?
38
8
2
42
Slack is not a todo list. Create a task in an actual todo list, copy the link to the slack message into the task for context.
1
1
2
Replying to @cweagans
Makes sense. How do you actually handle that while, say, on the road and reading a slack message on your phone?

Feb 13, 2020 · 5:12 PM UTC

4
2
Replying to @stilkov @cweagans
When I get a message which ends in a to-do for me, but I have no time to put it in my to-do-list then I just mark the received message as unread. When I open Slack later again I go through unread messages and find the one I marked before and create a to-do out of it.
2
2
I’ve used and failed at that approach, mostly because messages change from unread to read accidentally all the time
2
2
more replies
Replying to @stilkov
On Android at least, Todoist has a quick-add thing that will sit in the notifications bar. Copy the link to the message, swipe down, click the button, type what you need to do, paste the link, save.
Replying to @stilkov @cweagans
I sometimes tell the other end, that they should write me later or send me an email (or create a ticket if it is a teammate). I know I will loose the information otherwise after I have read the message.
1
Replying to @stilkov @cweagans
I use Slack reminders for this, and only this kind of one-off postponing.
1