So this is just Amex Plat/Centurion concierge for people who prefer to text than call?
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#42Episode 5 of Rick and Morty's first season is relevant (the Mister Meeseeks episode).
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#43Out of my world, but I could see why the super-rich might like something like this. But I guess they have their own personal assistants for this stuff anyway.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for the feedback. Magic has been in an interesting position as a startup ever since our website went viral in Feb. 2015. Starting then, we've had more demand than supply for our product every single day. That's why we never iterated our original landing page -- marketing was never our biggest problem, in fact it was our smallest. That said, I completely agree with you, that there would be much more powerful wa…
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Currently these reports are sent via email. We may have an app at some point in the future, but currently SMS and email are more than sufficient.
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#45I thought this was satire. Came here to see the jokes. None of you seem to be treating it like satire though.
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#46I really am not a fan of the hyperminimalistic "we can do anything trust us!" landing pages that every text-for-personal-assistant seems to think is brilliant marketing copy. There are examples of Magic+ requests , but no real-world examples of outcomes and whether the request was filled successfully to the customer's satisfaction. Relatedly, the $100/hr is suspicious because it's impossible to audit the time spent b…
I feel like the whole thing is being oversold. They're making huge claims on this page and I have no idea whether or not they're true. > Never says no > Hits 100% of promises and expectations I'm sure these are achievable...
Yeah, pretty hyperbolic. There are a lot of cases where they will have to say no or "sorry, we'll have to set that up for another time". Some requests are simply not always possible.
To pick one of their examples:
"I need to rent out the Exploratorium this weekend."
What if someone already rented it out? Or it's under construction? Or there's a special event? Or *?
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#47It reminds me of the old Heinlein story "We also walk dogs."
The $100/hr rate bugs me a little. Some people's time is worth more than that and other is less.
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#48“Find someone to train me like Jason Bourne.” “Get me a mobile dentist to my office ASAP.” “I want to meet Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.” “I need to rent out the Exploratorium this weekend.” “I need 6 convertibles tomorrow for rent.” “Organize my team for a town hall tomorrow.” “My 1 pm ran over. Bump my meetings back 1 hour.” “I’m out of the office today. Check my email and let me know if there’s anything urgent.” They'…
These are all real requests that our users have actually used Magic+ for. We obviously cant divulge their identities, or show photographs, etc. (since these are personal things), but it's important to convey how people really use the service. I'd love ideas on how we can communicate this point better. Part of what our users love about Magic+ is that you truly can do some pretty amazing things with it.
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#49I really am not a fan of the hyperminimalistic "we can do anything trust us!" landing pages that every text-for-personal-assistant seems to think is brilliant marketing copy. There are examples of Magic+ requests , but no real-world examples of outcomes and whether the request was filled successfully to the customer's satisfaction. Relatedly, the $100/hr is suspicious because it's impossible to audit the time spent b…
Thanks for the feedback. Magic has been in an interesting position as a startup ever since our website went viral in Feb. 2015. Starting then, we've had more demand than supply for our product every single day. That's why we never iterated our original landing page -- marketing was never our biggest problem, in fact it was our smallest. That said, I completely agree with you, that there would be much more powerful wa…
Demand for your service that exceeds your capacity to deliver is a high class problem :)
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#50Out of my world, but I could see why the super-rich might like something like this. But I guess they have their own personal assistants for this stuff anyway.
I'm far from super rich, but I make a small multiple of most senior dev salaries, and I could see this being useful