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Re: Mmhmm

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Post by radley »

throwaway201103 wrote: post #57
AlexTWithBeard wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It took me a while to figure out what this product is. Much more time than I was willing to spend on it. - Be the star you are! - Level up your presentations! - Make high-quality video content in minutes! - Direct everyone's attention! What do you guys offer? Bullhorns? Public speaking training? Pro camera rental? I feel like an old fart.

I guess I'm old too. Unless you're presenting to children, I'm not sure who wants this. Adding funny visual gags to your content isn't going to do much for me except make me annoyed with you. If you have something worthwhile or compelling to say, that will stand on its own.

The gags are placeholders for actual presentations. Essentially the service allows people to watch you and your presentation at the same time, which is superior to only one or the other.

In time, it should allow you to present a more professional presentation. It's essentially the difference between 2010 & 2020 YouTube videos.

Re: Mmhmm

#132

Post by jelling »

On a business level, the only happy future I see is if they can eat into Zoom’s market share by giving away a superior presenter tool and then switch to being a conferencing platform themselves.

If they can’t, Zoom and others will add the same features if a large number of people find them valuable.

So I’m baffled that they are trying to monetize this already especially since they recently closed ~$30mm. Happy to hear other opinions.

Re: Mmhmm

#133

Post by Brajeshwar »

MmHmm is by Phil Libin, the erstwhile founder/CEO of Evernote[1]. I stumbled on it when looking up old connections for something I'm doing now. Here is a video of Phil introducing MmHmm[2]. In my very limited and a few interaction with him, I found him to be a kind person, and was super responsive to a small guy when he was very busy, and around its peak with Evernote (2010-2011).

While waiting for MmHmm's invite, I got invited to try Around[3]. I haven't tried MmHmm but it seems to share similar features with Around. I find Around nifty while pitching prospective customers but rather too-much-ado for, say, our team meetings - face-to-face visual meetings with audio.

After a while, all the bells and whistles wares down and we want to just stay at the basics. Just my thoughts from our small team's experience.

1. https://evernote.com

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8KhKBLoSMk

3. https://www.around.co

Re: Mmhmm

#136

Post by floydnoel »

lotyrin wrote: post #119
AlexB138 wrote: post #74

I played with Mmhmm during beta. It's a simpler to use OBS, from what I can tell. It's good for some laughs. They just came out of beta and announced that it would cost $9.99/month. I was pretty shocked to see a recurring fee for such a simple app, which, from what I could tell, offers nothing new over a long establish FOSS project. It strikes me as more of a one time $10 purchase. Would really like to hear how they…

I'm sure they justify it with a pile of evidence that people are willing to pay that much. Folks here are probably just not the target market (would just use OBS and hack together whatever, or be confused about what value having our face on top of our slides would even have...).

Very apt observation, I am quite confused why anyone would want their face on slides!

Re: Mmhmm

#137

Post by purplecats »

monkpit wrote: post #9

The music on the demo video sounds really off, like it’s coming from a cheap radio. I’m watching/listening on my phone, but other things don’t sound that way on these speakers. It sounds shrill and tinny.

Your comment is negative and not good for this advertisement on HN, and thus has been downvoted (by them), as will mine once it is noticed.

Re: Mmhmm

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Post by hammerbrostime »

gtsop wrote: post #69

Am I the only one who thinks this is a terrible name to help a product spread? I can't even imagine myself saying "I am using mmhmm for this effect" to my colleagues. They would be like "what was that you said?"

Ha ha you are exactly who they are targeting. Check out this video they posted on their name: https://share.mmhmm.app/6b8de3d05cd74eb4a03168ef0bcc9b5c

Re: Mmhmm

#139

Post by codetrotter »

lotyrin wrote: post #119
AlexB138 wrote: post #74

I played with Mmhmm during beta. It's a simpler to use OBS, from what I can tell. It's good for some laughs. They just came out of beta and announced that it would cost $9.99/month. I was pretty shocked to see a recurring fee for such a simple app, which, from what I could tell, offers nothing new over a long establish FOSS project. It strikes me as more of a one time $10 purchase. Would really like to hear how they…

I'm sure they justify it with a pile of evidence that people are willing to pay that much. Folks here are probably just not the target market (would just use OBS and hack together whatever, or be confused about what value having our face on top of our slides would even have...).

OBS performance on my 2018 model MacBook Air is so horrible that I never use OBS on it.

But I think that is only a temporary problem kind of. And don’t know if Mmhmm would perform any better on it.

The new MacBook Air and Pro models with the M1 chip on the other hand I think from what I have heard make video encoding really fast. Would love to hear from anyone using OBS on one of these models, which machine you have and how OBS has been for you.

Re: Mmhmm

#140

Post by codetrotter »

floydnoel wrote: post #136
lotyrin wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sure they justify it with a pile of evidence that people are willing to pay that much. Folks here are probably just not the target market (would just use OBS and hack together whatever, or be confused about what value having our face on top of our slides would even have...).

Very apt observation, I am quite confused why anyone would want their face on slides!

Because communication is more than just words and voice. Seeing the person that is talking is valuable.
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