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They're all different when it comes to communication bandwidth and effectiveness.

We need to discuss something visual as a five-person team? A phone conference is the wrong medium.

We need to collaborate on a significant technical document? Slack is the wrong medium.

We need to have a searchable back-and-forth discussion, interleaved with other things that are vying for our attention? We should probably use a chat tool.

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> We need to have a searchable back-and-forth discussion, interleaved with other things that are vying for our attention?

This is email.

> We need to discuss something visual as a five-person team? A phone conference is the wrong medium.

Shared desktop conference, such as gotomeeting.

If those work for you and your team, that's great!

However, the growing number and popularity of alternatives should be a strong signal that they do not work for every team.

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