Building Public Slack Communities - Slackvite Launch

June 28, 2016

development projects

I had the urge to build and ship something since I gave Hey Kramer to the world. Bot Slack RTM API Something ... useful. Since I was already elbows deep in the Slack API, I decided to build a thing that lets you "launch and manage public Slack communities in 30 seconds". I say "manage" liberally because at this point it does none of that (the ideas list is already getting long). But, you can launch a fancy pants landing page that pulls beautiful background photos from Unsplash to gather invites for your public Slack community. So, that's a start I suppose. Public Slack Community Invite Is this a new idea? No. There are a couple excellent solutions for building a public Slack community platform. For instance if you are reading this you've probably already stumbled on Slackin. It's a great solution, however I built Slackvite for those of you that get scared away by landing on a Github page. If seeing '.travis.yml' and 'app.json' files frightens you then you might like this. There's also the also very capable and popular Typeform hack for creating a Slack community. But again - if code scares you it's not for you. With Slackvite you just 1) register 2) connect with Slack 3) select your team 4) launch your public invite landing page to the world. Here's a demo for an Iowa State Cyclones Slack community. Slackvite Public Slack Community Invite Landing Page


Active Projects

Here are some of the projects I am currently working on. Some are side projects, some are client projects, and some are just for fun. I like to build things and I like to share what I learn along the way. If you have any questions about any of these projects, feel free to reach out.

📦 Flow Export

Export Salesforce Flow to Miro to collaborate with your team. Read more about the launch of Flow Export on the Salesforce AppExchange.

🤖 Make Storytime

Personalized children's stories generated by AI. This is an app I am building with my kids.

📠 Fax Online

Yea, I know. But there is a long tail for everything and believe it or not there was an underserved market for people that need to send a fax online. Some people (like me!) just need to send a one time fax.

Read more about this micro Saas project in a blog post about building an online fax service.

📱 Cloud Number

Cloud Number is a virtual phone app that helps you protect your privacy online. Use it to receive SMS online and keep your phone number private. It's also a great service for a freelancer or entrepreneur that wants to have a separate phone for their business for SMS and voicemail.

🥑 Free URL Indexer

Free URL Indexer is a free tool to help you index your backlinks and get them into Google faster. It's a simple tool that I built to help me with my own SEO efforts and I decided to share it with the world. It's a free tool and I don't even ask for your email address. Just paste in your URL and click the button.

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