Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Show HN: Pesto, a Digital Workplace

pesto.app

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

61–70 of 80 posts

Re: Show HN: Pesto, a Digital Workplace

#61

Post by steve_adams_86 »

This is meant to be constructive feedback: This almost looks like it's supposed to be a game for kids. I'm not seeing how it'll help me. I know it's intended to allow me to work with my remote team easier, but I don't see how exactly. I picked up something about rooms and possibly screen sharing (It gave me vibes of someone seeing my screen on demand though - I hope not?)

This "Present your authentic self" bit, showing a cartoon emoji; what is the appeal? Am I supposed to make a cartoon of myself? Do I have to?

Sorry if I could answer these myself if I read more. I suppose my feedback is that I don't want to read more because what I've seen isn't compelling enough.

Having said that, I'm glad to see work is being done in this space. Good luck pressing forward – there's a ton of progress to be made and real productivity gains to uncover.

Re: Show HN: Pesto, a Digital Workplace

#62

Post by emptysongglass »

steve_adams_86 wrote: post #61

This is meant to be constructive feedback: This almost looks like it's supposed to be a game for kids. I'm not seeing how it'll help me. I know it's intended to allow me to work with my remote team easier, but I don't see how exactly. I picked up something about rooms and possibly screen sharing (It gave me vibes of someone seeing my screen on demand though - I hope not?) This "Present your authentic self" bit, showi…

As a counterpoint to the extremely negative commentary I'm reading in this thread, I like "the present your authentic self without turning on your camera" bit. Sometimes I don't want to wear a shirt (or pants!) at home or don't want to be surprised absently rubbing my jaw in thought or making a weird face.

I love to see innovation in the space of remote work tools and I can confidently say Slack and friends ain't it. I want a experience of serendipity-making leveraging some of the same mechanisms physical office goers make use of.

Re: Show HN: Pesto, a Digital Workplace

#63

Post by ketzo »

I had some friends participate in a virtual hackathon run pretty much entirely over Discord. The final demos took place in a very "room-focused" fashion - each team/product had their own Discord channel, and people could pop in and out over the course of the 90 minute demo time.

It was very successful at replicating the feel of booths in an expo hall, and opened my eyes to how much I enjoyed the "audio rooms" concept. Right away, looking at the landing page, I love the idea of having my own little virtual "office" that people could pop in and out of. That's probably the thing I miss most about in-person work: informal, extemporaneous communication (that doesn't take place over text).

I get the feeling that the right audience would absolutely love this product. Good luck, folks!

Re: Show HN: Pesto, a Digital Workplace

#64

Post by dsaffy »

ketzo wrote: post #63

I had some friends participate in a virtual hackathon run pretty much entirely over Discord. The final demos took place in a very "room-focused" fashion - each team/product had their own Discord channel, and people could pop in and out over the course of the 90 minute demo time. It was very successful at replicating the feel of booths in an expo hall, and opened my eyes to how much I enjoyed the "audio rooms" concept…

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Pesto, a Digital Workplace

#65

Post by dsaffy »

emptysongglass wrote: post #62
steve_adams_86 wrote: post #61

This is meant to be constructive feedback: This almost looks like it's supposed to be a game for kids. I'm not seeing how it'll help me. I know it's intended to allow me to work with my remote team easier, but I don't see how exactly. I picked up something about rooms and possibly screen sharing (It gave me vibes of someone seeing my screen on demand though - I hope not?) This "Present your authentic self" bit, showi…

As a counterpoint to the extremely negative commentary I'm reading in this thread, I like "the present your authentic self without turning on your camera" bit. Sometimes I don't want to wear a shirt (or pants!) at home or don't want to be surprised absently rubbing my jaw in thought or making a weird face. I love to see innovation in the space of remote work tools and I can confidently say Slack and friends ain't it.…

Appreciate it!

Re: Show HN: Pesto, a Digital Workplace

#66

Post by dsaffy »

steve_adams_86 wrote: post #61

This is meant to be constructive feedback: This almost looks like it's supposed to be a game for kids. I'm not seeing how it'll help me. I know it's intended to allow me to work with my remote team easier, but I don't see how exactly. I picked up something about rooms and possibly screen sharing (It gave me vibes of someone seeing my screen on demand though - I hope not?) This "Present your authentic self" bit, showi…

I understand the cartoony feedback. We're working on improving the quality of the avatars to be more adult / work focused. We do believe in avatars - they are one of the key points in our product - because we believe that being on video all day is soul crushing, but audio-only feels disconnected. The avatar provides privacy and personality at the same time. FWIW, you can turn on video if you want it too, we just default to the avatar.

Re: Show HN: Pesto, a Digital Workplace

#67

Post by TIPSIO »

dsaffy wrote: post #15
vincentmarle wrote: post #8

Looking at the GIF demo, am I correct to understand that you can view Katherine's screen by clicking a button, even if she's not voluntarily sharing? That seems to be a violation of privacy…

Hey Vincent - the GIF is supposed to show Katherine joining a room and sharing her own screen. You cannot force Katherine to share her screen.

I think about this new industry a lot.

Whoever solves the problem of socializing in digital work place is going to make out like a bandit and change the world and open up new biz analytics/metrics, gamified pay structures, and more.

It is definitely coming and will be the new normal. Especially as the generation of Fortnite concerts, Halo forge custom discord game meetups, and whatever other freemium games people play get jobs.

Meta knows this as everyone laughs at the billionaire and his virtual world dream.

What you all have here looks a bit boring through that lens. I’d want to test this to see for sure, but why not make this a total blast to use? The GIF looks just like Slack and another miserable work thing.

You’re not competing with Slack. You’re competing with Xbox+Microsoft Office.

I’d shift gears and make the highest priority goal just making literally everything ‘fun’.

When Katherine joins that room it should feel exciting and rewarding and not just another page tab refresh like GIF.

Congrats and great job! Looking forward to seeing your success.

Re: Show HN: Pesto, a Digital Workplace

#70

Post by egfx »

dsaffy wrote: post #66
steve_adams_86 wrote: post #61

This is meant to be constructive feedback: This almost looks like it's supposed to be a game for kids. I'm not seeing how it'll help me. I know it's intended to allow me to work with my remote team easier, but I don't see how exactly. I picked up something about rooms and possibly screen sharing (It gave me vibes of someone seeing my screen on demand though - I hope not?) This "Present your authentic self" bit, showi…

I understand the cartoony feedback. We're working on improving the quality of the avatars to be more adult / work focused. We do believe in avatars - they are one of the key points in our product - because we believe that being on video all day is soul crushing, but audio-only feels disconnected. The avatar provides privacy and personality at the same time. FWIW, you can turn on video if you want it too, we just defa…

Believe me being an avatar all day is more soul crushing. Actually I cannot see how being face to face can be referred to as soul crushing. That’s a pretty said commentary on the target audience.
Post reply on HN