

Reluctant Cannibal on Congratulations Low-Power Winners.Shannon on Busting Wireless ESD Wrist Straps With LTT And ElectroBOOM.Chris Maple on There’s Cash In Them Old Solar Panels.Tim McNerney on Elegant Evening Dress Sports Servo-Actuated Flowers.Posted in how-to, Lifehacks, Microcontrollers Tagged ESP8266, rotary switch, slack Post navigation While we’re on the subject of Slack notifiers, how about a companion cat to wave when you’ve been mentioned? These of course match the emoji semi-circling the selector, which is a rotary switch with a really nice knob. This made it easy for to create a switch/case selector of statuses, and in each of these she can set the presence token as auto or away, and show a custom message with an appropriate emoji. Inside the box is a NodeMCU which is using ’s Slack API library for Arduino. decided that a physical interface would be a far more fun way to keep tabs on her status, and an excellent visual reminder to actually do it. If you need to make a sandwich or take the dog out real quick, but you don’t update your status to show yourself as away, you might come back to a string of increasingly concerned or frustrated messages with lots of annoying question marks and the occasional interrobang. Your status will always appear in your profile and in the message box of your DMs.Displaying an accurate status in Slack (or whatever other employer-provided collaboration program you may be forced to run) is crucial in 2020. If you didn’t select an emoji, we’ll automatically show 💬 so people know you’ve set your status to something. Slack hack: a quick hover over the emoji will display your status in its full glory. Your status will also automatically update when you’re on a voice or video call in Slack, then reset once you’re done.Īny emoji you choose is displayed next to your name in messages and in the left sidebar, giving teammates a quick read of what you’re up to without breaking your productivity flow or cluttering your conversation.

For example, Zenefits syncs your status with its time off tracking system so people know when you’re on PTO, while both Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar sync to show when you’re in a meeting (and when you’re free) in Slack. On our mobile apps, tap the You option on the bottom tab bar, then edit your status directly from there.Īpps designed to work with Slack can automatically set your status as well.

From your computer, click on your name in the upper-left corner of your sidebar, then select Set a status. It’s easy to set your status in all versions of Slack.
