With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work
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#4My prediction on this: people will create videos, people will stop attending meeting because "I'll just watch the video offline", people will get crunched and not watch the videos before finally re-scheduling meetings where the authors will step-by-step in the videos and present the content as we used to do with slides.
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#5Loom is one of the best tools for remote work.
If this is free and in Google Docs, I won't need Loom anymore. Loom should be terrified.
This will probably also be added to YouTube, so CapCut and the like are about to be checkmated too.
The biggest worry for this product is that it's from Google and we know how they are about products.
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#6My prediction on this: people will create videos, people will stop attending meeting because "I'll just watch the video offline", people will get crunched and not watch the videos before finally re-scheduling meetings where the authors will step-by-step in the videos and present the content as we used to do with slides.
Before any of that happens it will be renamed and branded so somebody can get promoted, closely followed with canceled to make way for the next big thing.
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#7My prediction on this: people will create videos, people will stop attending meeting because "I'll just watch the video offline", people will get crunched and not watch the videos before finally re-scheduling meetings where the authors will step-by-step in the videos and present the content as we used to do with slides.
Before any of that happens it will be renamed and branded so somebody can get promoted, closely followed with canceled to make way for the next big thing.
Cynical but on point. My thought is I unfortunately don't trust Google for product launches because of exactly this. And I know anyone at startups might be thinking similar things.
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#8There is an associated problem we've seen in screencasting
For every minute of screentime, there is time requirement for writing, practicing, filming, editing, fixing bad takes, etc.
While I can whip up a presentation quickly, videos take quite a bit more.
The pros make it look easy, but it isn't
Re: With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work
#9There is an associated problem we've seen in screencasting For every minute of screentime, there is time requirement for writing, practicing, filming, editing, fixing bad takes, etc. While I can whip up a presentation quickly, videos take quite a bit more. The pros make it look easy, but it isn't
I feel the opposite though for lots of internal communication. I often see so much time that (to me) feels wasted when employees do tons of "polish" for slide decks for internal teams. Like you're just communicating to other employees, the goal is just to get the information across, not make it a work of art.
With a video I can quickly just say what needs to be communicated, but then with some highlighted bullets (which I'm assuming Vids will make it easy to timestamp) to make it easier to reference.
Again, I think it really depends on the audience and purpose, but if used efficiently I think lots of time wasted on slide deck prep could be regained.
Re: With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work
#10My prediction on this: people will create videos, people will stop attending meeting because "I'll just watch the video offline", people will get crunched and not watch the videos before finally re-scheduling meetings where the authors will step-by-step in the videos and present the content as we used to do with slides.
> people will create videos, people will stop attending meeting because "I'll just watch the video offline"
This is why I have a strong “no recordings” rule for any meeting that benefits from back-and-forth conversation. Especially if it’s a knowledge sharing opportunity like an internal tech talk, brown bag discussion, or similar.
Nothing sucks more than presenting a talk to 3 blank squares, getting no questions, and having 30 people ask for a recording. No.