On Wednesday, I made this chart of a day in Slack.
A Wednesday in Slack
I got a few interesting observations, even if my collection of data was quite inconsistent:
Personal interactions happened in the beginning, middle and end of my day. This matches a day at the office with the morning coffee, lunch and after work
The core of my work happened on company public channels.
Private conversations about work also happened beginning, middle and end of my day
There is a chunk of messages without interaction, for reporting. This is part of an imperfect process that we are working on improving.
I was fully present during a meeting
I was not so good during another meeting checking and writing on Slack. I will be more present next time.
I worked late
It was a fun experiment. I am looking forward to repeat it and collect other data.