Busy Bar

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Post by jbernardo95 » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 1:23 PM UTC

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Post by duxup » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 1:36 PM UTC

That's pretty neat, although $250 feels like a lot for that at first glance. I get it has a lot of features but it's hard to get past the "it's a $250 busy indicator".

Not that I'd spend $250, but even something like that sold more as an open device to be used for a lot of different things changes (for the better) the value proposition in my mind a little than just sold as a busy sign with lots of integrations. Granted ... this appears to be that too. That's more a of a commentary on perception.

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Post by kahrl » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 1:44 PM UTC

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Post by evanwalsh » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 1:49 PM UTC

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Post by spIrr » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 1:50 PM UTC

This feels like something one could easily procrastinate with (customizable, developer-friendly...).

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Post by Chris2048 » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 1:50 PM UTC

duxup wrote: post #2

That's pretty neat, although $250 feels like a lot for that at first glance. I get it has a lot of features but it's hard to get past the "it's a $250 busy indicator". Not that I'd spend $250, but even something like that sold more as an open device to be used for a lot of different things changes (for the better) the value proposition in my mind a little than just sold as a busy sign with lots of integrations. Grant…

It does have multiple uses - it communicates both your busy status, and your excess of disposable income.

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Post by HeadlessChild » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 1:53 PM UTC

That is probably the coolest sales pitch page I have seen. Love the design and animations.

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Post by ddtaylor » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 1:54 PM UTC

Neat. I have something I use that was $25 on Amazon. It's not as fancy and has a crappy app, but it works for what I want with displaying something to others while I stay focused.

The other features are interesting, but software features that may not warrant a hardware.

This also doesn't seem bigger than a phone and makes me wonder why not use a phone mount.

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Post by nimbius » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 1:54 PM UTC

If you can afford a $250 light up piece of plastic nonsense to taunt and gatekeep your coworkers with, chances are you can probably spend $20 on a time management book.

this seems like an actively hostile narcissistic addition to a collaborative workplace that would get you fired in a week.

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Post by _joel » Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 1:55 PM UTC

I'll wait for the £30 knock offs, pretty cool though.