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Re: Talkshow – Team videos in non-real-time

#11

Post by fookyong » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 9:28 AM UTC

Hi everyone. Founder here. I'm flattered that this popped up on HN. I'm a long-time lurker and browse multiple times a day but seldom post.

For some context, you guys are looking at an MVP. It took me a month to build this. The marketing site was done in 2 hours (today, fuelled by coffee). I'm bootstrapping after leaving my corporate job last year.

Not trying to make excuses, but I think a lot of questions can simply be answered with "it's one month of work, by one dude, and it launched today" :)

It's live now. That's the easy part over with - the hard stuff begins now!

Re: Talkshow – Team videos in non-real-time

#12

Post by fookyong » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 9:29 AM UTC

paul1664 wrote: post #10

If ever there was a product that demanded an explainer video on the homepage... this is it.

I agree, it's pretty high up on my list of post-launch things to improve.

Re: Talkshow – Team videos in non-real-time

#13

Post by tomglynch » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 9:31 AM UTC

fookyong wrote: post #11

Hi everyone. Founder here. I'm flattered that this popped up on HN. I'm a long-time lurker and browse multiple times a day but seldom post. For some context, you guys are looking at an MVP. It took me a month to build this. The marketing site was done in 2 hours (today, fuelled by coffee). I'm bootstrapping after leaving my corporate job last year. Not trying to make excuses, but I think a lot of questions can simply…

Show HN is reserved for the maker to post what they have made [1]. Who posted this if it was not you? Seems like a marketing ploy...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

Re: Talkshow – Team videos in non-real-time

#14

Post by fookyong » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 9:36 AM UTC

tomglynch wrote: post #3

Love the idea and would have helped me in many remote work situations. Could also be good for documentation. However, from the home page I cannot determine what this really provides over recording a video and sending via slack, telegram, or other methods of chat - I mean, i guess it will allow you to label and comment and put the videos in a hierarchy, but anything else?

Hi Tom, nope you've pretty much got the gist of the MVP feature set right there.

This V1 allows you to set up channels, post threads and hierarchical comments, all with (or without) videos attached that you can record through your browser or phone. There's also a "play all" button that allows you to sit back and watch all videos in a thread in succession.

Discussion was an obvious place to start but I'll be looking into other areas next. For example presentation / persuasion - how do you present a deck and convince a remote team in non-real-time? Just blasting an email with an attachment never gets the point across properly.

Hope this sort of explains where my head is at!

Re: Talkshow – Team videos in non-real-time

#15

Post by fookyong » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 9:38 AM UTC

tomglynch wrote: post #13

fookyong wrote: post #11

Hi everyone. Founder here. I'm flattered that this popped up on HN. I'm a long-time lurker and browse multiple times a day but seldom post. For some context, you guys are looking at an MVP. It took me a month to build this. The marketing site was done in 2 hours (today, fuelled by coffee). I'm bootstrapping after leaving my corporate job last year. Not trying to make excuses, but I think a lot of questions can simply…

Show HN is reserved for the maker to post what they have made [1]. Who posted this if it was not you? Seems like a marketing ploy... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

I believe this gentleman did: https://twitter.com/DainisKanopa/status/1113351502175834112

I really don't have the resources for the level of conspiracy you are implying :)

Re: Talkshow – Team videos in non-real-time

#16

Post by RootKitBeerCat » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 9:44 AM UTC

terhechte wrote: post #6

There's also https://standups.io which has been on the market for over a year, has traction, lots of cool features, an iOS app an Android app, and Slack integration.

There’s also... just sending video files back and forth via SMS, Slack, Email, Facebook, Google Photos, or shared iCloud albums.

But this service is free so that’s a big plus to just give it the old “try”!

Re: Talkshow – Team videos in non-real-time

#17

Post by RootKitBeerCat » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 9:48 AM UTC

olalonde wrote: post #9

VvR-Ox wrote: post #8

This is a perfect example for software that tries to solve a problem that doesn't exist. It can be done with whatever: - record video (notebook / smartphone / ...) - send / share / embed into some other software (messenger / wiki / ...) You are obviously good at marketing stuff (to people who don't know better) and monetizing stuff that is basically free. That cries for an award with a title like "silver ferengi meda…

This is a perfect example of a comment that undervalues simplicity and ease of use ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 is another one).

I don’t think it gets much simpler than “open camera app” > “press record” > “press ‘send video’”

Re: Talkshow – Team videos in non-real-time

#18

Post by RootKitBeerCat » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 9:55 AM UTC

RootKitBeerCat wrote: post #17

olalonde wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a perfect example of a comment that undervalues simplicity and ease of use ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 is another one).

I don’t think it gets much simpler than “open camera app” > “press record” > “press ‘send video’”

But the service is free, so it’s definitely worth a try

Re: Talkshow – Team videos in non-real-time

#19

Post by subsubsub » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 10:08 AM UTC

For context yongfook is one of the origional 'digital nomads' from before people started calling themselves that with a straight face. He did the excellent opensourcefood.com and i suspect he has more of an idea of what makes a good product than the majority of clichéd responses on this thread.

Re: Talkshow – Team videos in non-real-time

#20

Post by jcims » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 10:55 AM UTC

tomglynch wrote: post #13

fookyong wrote: post #11

Hi everyone. Founder here. I'm flattered that this popped up on HN. I'm a long-time lurker and browse multiple times a day but seldom post. For some context, you guys are looking at an MVP. It took me a month to build this. The marketing site was done in 2 hours (today, fuelled by coffee). I'm bootstrapping after leaving my corporate job last year. Not trying to make excuses, but I think a lot of questions can simply…

Show HN is reserved for the maker to post what they have made [1]. Who posted this if it was not you? Seems like a marketing ploy... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

I’ve been using the site for a while now and wasn’t aware of that rule for Show HN. It’s clearly articulated, but I could see someone that didn’t RTFM just using it to amplify their post of something cool.