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Niv Dror

Sortd for Slack - Get Trello-style project boards right in your Slack!

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Wayne Silbermann
Maker
@nivo0o0, thanks for the hunt! We’re super excited to announce the Sortd for Slack public beta release. Rod, Brad and myself are here to answer any questions. To give some insight into the origins of this product… Sortd for Gmail has become increasingly popular as an effective way to manage email. We’ve had tons of requests for the ability to share lists, tasks etc. Since privacy is a big deal when it comes to email we felt that it just made more sense to build on top of Slack for our team collaboration value prop (at least initially). The main idea behind Sortd for Slack is that it’s a Trello-like experience, but the communication component is Slack itself, so you can chat to your team and manage an action plan in the same app. There are some great innovations that allow people to action conversations, but the ‘mainstream’ communication apps like Gmail and Slack are like magnets - it’s just too hard to leave them. There are more integrations planned but Slack was an obvious fit to begin with. Hope you enjoy it, and really looking forward to your feedback!
Clark Valberg
@waynesilby - really exciting to see where you've taken Sortd!
Jevin Sew
@waynesilby Beautiful! I was sold at "Nope, it's not another bot... this thing has an actual interface!"
Wayne Silbermann
Maker
@clarkvalberg finally... welcome to the party ;-) Thanks for the vote of confidence. Love what you guys have been up to as well. Saw the Craft Freehand launch a few weeks back - legendary!
Ludovic Maillard
@waynesilby Is there a way to test it rapidly? I am in a need of a task management system in slack for a client and I am interested in testing your app! looks awesome. I have registered so I am in the queue already. thanks a lot
Niv Dror
Hunter
If Trello and Slack had a baby. The team behind the popular Sorted for Gmail extension just launched Sorted for Slack! 🤗
Joshua Gunning
I am getting this ASAP! Thank you!
Abbas Jaffar Ali
Where does your mobile fit into this? Can you access your tasks using your iPhone/Android?
Wayne Silbermann
Maker
@ajaffarali There's still some work to be done on that front but all of the Slack boards and tasks come up in the Sortd mobile app.
Abbas Jaffar Ali
@waynesilby Thanks! Also, can you be signed into multiple Slack teams using Sortd?
Wayne Silbermann
Maker
@ajaffarali The current version is single team only. There's a multi-team version in development.
Stowe Boyd
@waynesilby @ajaffarali I wrote about task management in Slack recently: http://sto.ly/2n5Xc4x. Sortd for Slack looks great.
Abbas Jaffar Ali
@stoweboyd @waynesilby Tasks was the biggest reason we moved from Slack to Glip. But the unmatched quality of app made us come back to Slack.
Tair Barkay
I wonder how Slack would react to this. It's VERY smart. I was part of a start up that created a messaging app that enabled users to turn chat messages to Action items. So this is very similar except leverages the Slack platform.
Arnaud Breton
I love it and I thought about the same ideas couple of times since Slack has definitely became a place which slowly replaces business email in our company. I'm using Todoist extensively since few months and I love it (it replaced Trello). An integration with todoist would make this product the perfect one for me or maybe I should consider switching over to Sortd? Is anyone using them as their main TODO list?
Wayne Silbermann
Maker
@arnaud_breton Yes, I am. Daily. And it's awesome. Switch! ;-) On a serious note, integrations like that are on the roadmap. For now I would say it depends on what Todoist features you use extensively. If you aren't doing anything too fancy then I think it would be viable to switch.
Frank Tabora
This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for recently
Katherine Krug
Wayne! I was JUST thinking about you guys. So excited to see this latest innovation. Checking out now. Sending big hugs!
Wayne Silbermann
Maker
@katherinekrug Hey Kathy! Glad you spotted it :) Hugs right back. Hope you are well!
Venkat Korvi
Probably a nice app if I can get over the fact that you need gmail access to read, send and delete my email?! Deal breaker.
Wayne Silbermann
Maker
@venkatkorvi You can sign in with any Gmail account if you are concerned about privacy. We just use it for authentication. The permissions are set this way because it syncs up with your Sortd for Gmail account (if you use Sortd for Gmail). Slack-only authentication will be an option at a later point.
Tyler Nieman
Sortd's client needs U2F support so that Google accounts using U2F can register/login/use their product. EDIT: and a way to switch Google accounts.. Now that I've logged into one, I can't log into the other (or switch Google accounts at all). Really messy account management going on with this. Now the app is unusable because I can't find a way to clear the Google account data.... (suggestion for @bradgreathead @waynesilby @rodneykuhn)
Dorell James
I have a couple of teams on Slack but I can't get to use this with multiple teams. Am I missing something?
Shay Bloch
Guys, I tried it, and uninstall it. It's far from ready to replace my current slack client. You should work more on the UI, Fonts, and the overall smoothness of the product.
Alex Flom
Exciting idea! Unfortunately, looks like there is not way to zoom in (text is too small on high res screens)
Wayne Silbermann
Maker
@alex_flom Noted, will add that to the backlog.
Alex Flom
@waynesilby Also I think that the permission request to access and read all emails is a conversion killer
Wayne Silbermann
Maker
@alex_flom We plan to make it possible to sign in with only your Slack account. To be honest we don't actually need those permissions for the Slack product itself - it was done this way to be able to sync with Sortd for Gmail. If you are concerned about privacy it doesn't matter what Gmail account you sign in with, we just use it for authentication. So if you want you can use a 'throw-away' Gmail address. Google will probably hate you for that but we don't mind ;-)
Lyondhür Picciarelli
Hey! This is mint!
Brandon
This is cool but I've been waiting on support tickets for your Gmail integration for months.
Wayne Silbermann
Maker
@getbrandflakes Please resend directly to me if you still have any record of them? I searched our helpdesk system and I couldn't find your tickets.
Hernán Romero
Thanks for creating this! I immediately recommended this to my team. Let's hope that there's a good response.
Cate Lawrence
great idea. If i could also incorporate evernote for mobile, I'd be all set :)
Wayne Slavin
Congrats on a great product launch @waynesilby
Carlos Carrillo Gutierrez
Yes!! I've been waiting for something like this. I like Slack but it's always been missing something, until now! Good job !
Daniel Larsson
I like this idea and would definitely use the app if it blended in with Slack more than it does now. Being on a 13" screen, I love the simplicity that Slack gives me (80% of my screen is the conversation). I don't love the 80px extra navbar in Sortd, and I would suggest using the same font as Slack does. If Sortd looked just like Slack but with a tiny button to toggle the tasklist on and off, I wouldn't hesitate paying for it.
Wayne Silbermann
Maker
@daniellarsson Thanks for the feedback, all points valid and noted. Re the font - we actually tried but it seems they have a custom made / tailored font. @slackhq want to lend us your font? :)