Ali Rayl

Ali Rayl

Feb
22
An early logo treatment for Slack

"You're calling it Slack?"

It kept coming up. Someone would be talking about the app and then shake their head at the name. Sometimes
4 min read
Feb
19
Stewart, Eric, Cal, and Johnny stand by the Glitch sign at the entrance of Slack's office

Building the Slack MVP

As we got started committing ideas to code, we already knew the utilitarian aspects of Slack would work — our own
8 min read
Feb
14
Stewart Butterfield and Eric Costello, lying on a beanba

Day 1

Eight of us sat around an old wooden table in Tiny Speck’s Vancouver office. Cardboard boxes and dead batteries
9 min read
Feb
12
A photo of Ali Rayl, Stewart Butterfield, and Johnny Rodgers

Stories worth telling

We're Ali Rayl and Johnny Rodgers, two of Slack's original employees. We both recently wrapped up
1 min read