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Re: Burnout – All-in-one workspace for startups

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Post by vnchr »

tablet wrote: post #29
breakingcups wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In that case, please consider not using emoji's so heavily. I'm not 100% your target audience so my opinion should probably not hold a lot of value to you but they feel obnoxious and interrupt the flow of sentences instead of adding to them.

Thanks, we wanted to create something "on the edge". But it seems quite many people take it as a satire. In the next version we will cool down a little bit.

I really liked the content, but at some point it felt too good to be true. Links to feature screens or walkthroughs might quell that doubt without compromising on messaging.

Re: Burnout – All-in-one workspace for startups

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Post by scottndecker »

tyleo wrote: post #18
tyleo wrote: post #4

I see some other comments have also mentioned the name, “Burnout”. I don’t typically find myself bothered by product names, even ones that may be disliked. However, the name “Burnout” just seems really distasteful to me. I don’t know what it is about this particular name. I’m also not sure whether my distaste is bad or good. It’s off-putting, sure, but I will certainly remember the product now.

Taking a closer look at this it appears that the word “burnout” is being used incorrectly: “Estimate stories and plan iterations or go with the flow. Analyze burnout chart or obsess about cycle time.” These sorts of charts are called “burndown” charts in my experience, not “burnout” charts.

Agreed. Feels like something got lost in translation and they meant for the concept of burndown.

Re: Burnout – All-in-one workspace for startups

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Post by brianprovost »

tablet wrote: post #29
breakingcups wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In that case, please consider not using emoji's so heavily. I'm not 100% your target audience so my opinion should probably not hold a lot of value to you but they feel obnoxious and interrupt the flow of sentences instead of adding to them.

Thanks, we wanted to create something "on the edge". But it seems quite many people take it as a satire. In the next version we will cool down a little bit.

The "diamonds in poop" emojis especially give the impression that it is not a real product. FYI you use "rodmap" instead of "roadmap"

Re: Burnout – All-in-one workspace for startups

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Post by tablet »

tyleo wrote: post #18
tyleo wrote: post #4

I see some other comments have also mentioned the name, “Burnout”. I don’t typically find myself bothered by product names, even ones that may be disliked. However, the name “Burnout” just seems really distasteful to me. I don’t know what it is about this particular name. I’m also not sure whether my distaste is bad or good. It’s off-putting, sure, but I will certainly remember the product now.

Taking a closer look at this it appears that the word “burnout” is being used incorrectly: “Estimate stories and plan iterations or go with the flow. Analyze burnout chart or obsess about cycle time.” These sorts of charts are called “burndown” charts in my experience, not “burnout” charts.

You are taking this chart too seriously. Burndown, burnup, burnout...

Re: Burnout – All-in-one workspace for startups

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Post by alunchbox »

How is your product different or competing against https://monday.com/?

It seems there's a lot of products that are tying to bring all these tools into one application but what benefits does this bring? Has there been any research that this helps productivity and not produce negatives? Slack, Teams, Google Docs etc.. all of these have tons of functionality which are million dollar plus programs why squish all this into something smaller with half the features?

Re: Burnout – All-in-one workspace for startups

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Post by Shaddox »

brianprovost wrote: post #33
tablet wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, we wanted to create something "on the edge". But it seems quite many people take it as a satire. In the next version we will cool down a little bit.

The "diamonds in poop" emojis especially give the impression that it is not a real product. FYI you use "rodmap" instead of "roadmap"

Considering how overworked start-up developers are, instead of calling it a feature roadmap a feature rodmap seems highly appropiate.

Re: Burnout – All-in-one workspace for startups

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Post by tshannon »

mantap wrote: post #7

If this is not satire I can only applaud the balls of the marketing. I am certainly not going to forget the name (reminds me of that airplane company "Boom"). On the downside all the HN comments will be about the name.

Half the comments think this is satire and the other half think it's serious. I honestly can't tell if it's naive marketing or tongue-in-cheek satire that's taking itself too seriously.

Re: Burnout – All-in-one workspace for startups

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Post by Confiks »

mantap wrote: post #7

If this is not satire I can only applaud the balls of the marketing. I am certainly not going to forget the name (reminds me of that airplane company "Boom"). On the downside all the HN comments will be about the name.

It is brilliant satire. See the apt use of Pied Piper, but more clearly the "But seriously, please take care" footnote.

Unless of course it satirizes product satire, in which case it actually turns out to be a product.

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