onskateio

Not really. Calendar and email are 2 separate tools that can be bundled together (Gmail) or unbundled (Superhuman for email, maybe Reclaim for calendar).

IM, email, calendars, to-do lists, PM tools... are all orthogonal tools. Great for managers (who need a cross-sectional view of product, tech, ops, sales, marketing, etc). Not so much for "makers" who mostly work in 1-2 tools.

You're right. I like the concept of "orthogonal tools" (definitely better than cross-sectional).

I see Makers' tools as "vertical" (niche, contextual, expert tools) vs Managers' tools as "orthogonal".

All company workers use Slack (or Jira or email) but many hate it (mostly Makers). Managers, on the other hand, have no better tools to align with Makers.

I appreciate your suggestions. I will tone it down, simplify it and try to repost it again.