> arguably, Slack is lending its voice to the conversation via our assertion that chat is the future of work communication.<p>> at many companies, more than three-quarters of an employee’s day is spent communicating with colleagues.<p>To do my best work, I mostly need people to stop <i>talking at me</i> and let me concentrate. It's getting harder to find opportunities to do this, and never getting into the zone is my idea of hell.<p>I think the author's observations about current trends are correct, but I don't see them making software better.