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Not really. Calendar and email are 2 separate tools that can be bundled together (Gmail) or unbundled (Superhuman for email, maybe Reclaim for calendar).

IM, email, calendars, to-do lists, PM tools... are all orthogonal tools. Great for managers (who need a cross-sectional view of product, tech, ops, sales, marketing, etc). Not so much for "makers" who mostly work in 1-2 tools.

You're right. I like the concept of "orthogonal tools" (definitely better than cross-sectional).

I see Makers' tools as "vertical" (niche, contextual, expert tools) vs Managers' tools as "orthogonal".

All company workers use Slack (or Jira or email) but many hate it (mostly Makers). Managers, on the other hand, have no better tools to align with Makers.

I appreciate your suggestions. I will tone it down, simplify it and try to repost it again.

awesome explanation of a half-broken feature and a job-to-be-done. We're working hard to fix that.

Steve Butterfield (founder of Slack) half-jokingly said he wanted to kill email. Despite their massive success, they failed at it. Email is Lindy. Hence, by piggybacking on Gmail's robust features, our bet is to help coworkers solve email-led tasks without relying on other tools (like Slack): less context-switching, less emails, more spare time.

I've put together a list of websites where to launch your beta. Feel free to use it, share it and improve it