[kazinator]

Why would you do standups on Zoom if you have Slack? Is it because you're running into the 15 person limit and need video (so cannot use huddles)?

[bennathanson]

Great question! We do use huddles sometimes, especially when a Slack thread starts to get too deep. They're wonderful for pairing on problems. I'm sure we could migrate to huddles for standups if we really wanted to, there's just more momentum in Zoom meetings.

But I will say that Zoom integrates nicely with Google Calendar, offers video, and like you said has a higher limit.

We're also experimenting with doing standup three days a week so we can have less time spent in meetings each week.

[heretogetout]

Slack huddles have poor ergonomics what with their use of global keyboard shortcuts. I avoid them whenever possible.

[CharlesW]

Have you tried async standups via something like Geekbot? https://geekbot.com/

[heretogetout]

I haven't been in a position to proscribe process, I'm just a consumer. We have tried leaving messages in Slack but that process always ends in a matter of days from disinterest.

[krsrhe]

If it’s async, it’s not a standup, it’s something different, and far far better.

[CharlesW]

What do you call that? “A-sync-up”?

[kazinator]

The lack of a detached floating window for huddles compared to Slack calls is a big regression in functionality for me.