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A new generation of functional apps have risen, with messaging and collaboration built directly into them as first parties. And with them it becomes increasingly clear that Slack isn’t air traffic control for every app, it’s 911 for when they fail.

Today, the agglomeration is no longer on physical soil. It is shifting with an extraordinary pace to its digital counterparts: internet communities, social media sites, search engines and membership marketplaces (Amazon Prime, Walmart +). We live in a new, digital country without borders. To think that eCommerce will not become the preeminent form ... See more

That’s why there’s a social tech product I expect will emerge: the availability indicator — a way of knowing which friends and acquaintances are free to hang out synchronously. That could be for a quick phone or Zoom chat, a gaming or co-watching session, or an IRL rendezvous (in masks at distance for now). It’d be an evolution of the old green ‘on... See more

College isn’t going anywhere. If anything, the pandemic has reminded Americans of how much they value the “college experience.”

Slack, on the other hand, doesn’t look quite as good on paper. It is not quite doubling year-over-year, it’s not profitable yet, and it’s growing more slowly than Zoom is.