{"id":14322,"date":"2016-03-11T14:46:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T13:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14322"},"modified":"2016-03-11T12:50:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T11:50:22","slug":"controlling-spotify-with-slack-and-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14322","title":{"rendered":"Controlling Spotify with Slack and a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d2c87l0yth4zbw.global.ssl.fastly.net\/i\/_global\/open-graph-default.png?resize=560%2C294\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"294\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brandfolder.com\/slack\/logo\/slack-primary-logo.png?resize=560%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma-based Aaron Krauss works at <a href=\"http:\/\/staplegun.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Staplegun<\/a>\u00a0where they have just\u00a0moved floors to an open-plan office. 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