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Re: Magic+

#51

Post by ethbro »

BookmarkSaver wrote: post #27
ethbro wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is this that different that Google Now? Except there are actually people (at least some of the time) at the other end, rather than massive amounts of logged data and code?

...because you are paying them? Quite a bit? If you are paying $100/hr for something, it is probably pretty important. I really don't see the comparison to Google Now at all.

My comment was in reply to the original "you can trust us" bent. Money paid is kind of immaterial to trust.

Well, other than as an inversely related quantity. I'd probably be more likely to trust someone I was paying $100/hr.

Re: Magic+

#53

Post by [deleted] »

patmcc wrote: post #40
seangrant wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

Given unlimited funds, anything possible is easy for the guy writing the cheque. If I was willing to foot the bill, you could probably do any of the example magics listed (assuming you had my details/logins to email/calendar) in an hour or two.

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Re: Magic+

#54

Post by ethbro »

cmikec wrote: post #48
habosa wrote: post #35

“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.

If there's a way to anonymize data (or even just flag requests as anonymous in content), it'd be nice to have a bit more of a randomly picked live feed.

I think some of the incredulity is that there's... an authenticity skepticism as to how much these represent average requests (and therefore responses). But like you said -- if you don't have a marketing problem, who cares what the HN peanut gallery says. ;)

Re: Magic+

#55

Post by [deleted] »

Reedx wrote: post #46
seangrant wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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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Re: Magic+

#57

Post by Albright »

cmikec wrote: post #48
habosa wrote: post #35

“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.

How much would I have to pay you guys to keep Tina Fey and Amy Poehler the hell away from me?

Re: Magic+

#58

Post by Nadya »

[deleted] wrote: post #55
Reedx wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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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>Anything you want. As long as it’s not illegal. Seriously.

I think murder falls under the illegal category of exception.

Re: Magic+

#59

Post by derefr »

stephenc_c_ wrote: post #41

So this is just Amex Plat/Centurion concierge for people who prefer to text than call?

That's exactly the comparison I wanted to make as well. I thought of the original Magic service as "a Visa Black Card concierge-service automated and scaled enough to target the middle class"; this just returns it to the parent concept.

Re: Magic+

#60

Post by kilroy123 »

$100 an hour? Fuck that.

I'm currently living abroad and don't speak the language very well. So I hired a virtual assistant who speaks the language and English. He charges $7.50 USD an hour. I only pay him for time it takes to complete my tasks. I rarely even pay $100 for the whole month.

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