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<p>OK, if you haven’t heard of it before <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://slack.com/">Slack</a> is kinda like IRC, kinda like Dropbox, kinda like a lot of things – it’s a neat place to bring together communications between your team or community, and the integrations allow you to pipe in external feeds like twitter activity or RSS. It’s a great way of collaborating online and I’ve found it especially useful not just within a company but within a global community.</p>
<p>I belong to a number of Slack groups which some of you may be interested in joining:</p>
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<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://sqlps.io/slack">SQL Server Community</a> is all about the Microsoft Data Platform and <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://slack-files.com/T1LTZ0BQV-F2LNNAEGY-3d115830a5">dog pics</a> (that may just be me <img alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" src="https://i2.wp.com/s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2/72x72/1f609.png?w=456&ssl=1" data-recalc-dims="1"> )</li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://slack.satrdays.org/">satRdays</a> for talking about satRdays including developing the site, events, etc</li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://azured.io/join">Rest Azured</a> is for talking Azure and is primarily a troubleshooting community with a bunch of active Azure MVPs helping out</li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://cardiffdev.herokuapp.com/">Cardiff Dev</a> for talking tech and having a laugh, aimed at local Cardiff techies</li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://confconf.typeform.com/to/vAE7sG">Confhouse</a> for discussing events you’re organising and getting advice off fellow organisers</li>
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<p>These are just a selection of the groups I’m involved in and it’s been extremely helpful extending my network outside of twitter in a more collaborative format. There are lots of community slack groups out there and I recommend you give Slack a go by finding some groups that fit your interests. If one of the above isn’t your jam, there a number of Slack directories out there, but my current favourite is <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://slofile.com/">Slofile</a>. If like me you have a lot of Slack teams you belong to then I recommend you start using <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://meetfranz.com/">Franz</a>, which if nothing else arrays Slack channels horizontally which works extremely well on my XPS13’s aspect ratio.</p>
<p>Have fun Slacking folks!</p>
<p><em>PS Any Slack communities you’d recommend for me to join?</em></p>
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