92: Slack Leaves the Market

The world received amazing news in the form of a great gift: Slack is making a major change in the market—it’s leaving! Ben and Derrick share their thoughts on Slack’s reasonable and rational decision to remove remote control functionality. What happens now? Try Tuple! Just sayin’, actually that’s what Tuple customers are suggesting. Today’s Topics Include: Improve Slack Calls: Reason for removing rarely used remote control feature Kicking marketing machine into gear: Customers’ kind words generated surge in requests for access to Tuple Slack and Screenhero Saga: Complete story of acquisition and pair programming will probably never be told Keep shipping, swinging, and taking shots by increasing luck surface area and learning from previous successes and failures Dear Dvorak user, is it time to switch? Tuple’s shipping international keyboard support Big deals keep coming in for Ben; it’s great to sometimes say, “No” Derrick’s writing cadence continues; flattered by onslaught of positivity from people Product/Founder Fit: Be passionate about product or business before building it Pressure to be Perfect: Don’t sweat the small stuff, just the details Links and resources: Art of Product on Twitter Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter Just Keep Shipping by Derrick Reimer Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Tuple Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide Level Level Retrospective Slack Removal of remote screen control in Slack calls Screenhero Drip Zoom GitHub The Dvorak Keyboard Adam Watham