I have a Matrix installation with bridges to WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram and Signal. All the conversations are done in a single app, my Matrix client.
I also prefer this approach but the biggest difficulty lies in integrating Gchat esp after it's latest security policies (https://github.com/mautrix/googlechat/issues/115). Do you also face this issue? Any tips/ suggestions for me
I have one problem with matrix: I have yet to find a solid mobile client. Do you have one?
My client conversations are spread across different messaging platforms, and sometimes important or more detailed discussions just get buried or overlooked.
Yep, I have exactly this problem too. Instructions/feedback are spread across Teams messages, phone calls, video calls, and email, between and across multiple clients.
To bring it all together we tried using Trello - and now instructions/feedback are spread across Teams messages, phone calls, video calls, email and Trello.
It's basically XKCDMultipleStandards.jpg ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That’s the tricky part, right? Most tools organize tasks, but the actual conversations and context still stay scattered. Have you found anything that even partially reduces that?
Sadly not! 😁
I go the opposite route and only give clients a few contacts: work email and phone number
I’ve thought about doing this as well. It feels like the simplest solution, but in practice, I find clients naturally drift to whatever is most convenient for them.
I don't have an answer, but I at least feel your pain. My personal email has too much traffic, so I miss things. My corporate email is now flooded with corporate drivel and timecard reminders (because I'm at what used to be a small company that got acquired by a big company). I also have SMS, Signal, and three different customer IT systems that I have to log into. There's also a project-specific Mattermost server that I ignore. It's painful.
Same here. I’ve had moments where I only find something important hours later just because it came through a channel I hadn’t opened yet.
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Couldn't be me
That’s rare these days. Would be interesting to know how you’re managing it without things slipping through.
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