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Basecamp to launch email competitor

95 points by omarchowdhury 7y ago

ColinWright 7y ago
That's ... content-free. Email was great, is still great, but these days is a chore. We'll fix all that! But we're not going to tell you how!! Give us your email address and we'll let you know when we have something ready. We won't misuse your email address ... promise.
Dirlewanger 7y ago
Another company promising to revolutionize and fix email...yawn. Wake me when an actually useful product is launched.
slimed 7y ago
Typical Basecamp. Lots of hype with little substance.
hrnnvcnt2 7y ago
Interesting, I hope the best for this new Basecamp's venture! I'm still using Basecamp :D
johnkarahalis 7y ago
For years, I have been using the Inbox Zero method (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9UjeTMb3Yk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9UjeTMb3Yk) to stay sane. It really does help. I regularly empty my inbox while others seem stuck in the hell that is 9,000 unread emails. I have known people to declare email bankruptcy. Why should anyone have to declare defeat to a productivity tool, let alone one that didn't exist when my parents were born? Insanity! Even with my successes reigning in email, I realize that I have it backwards. Technology should adapt to us, not the other way around. I'm interested to see what Hey is all about.
- soapboxrocket 7y ago
  I worked in a company who's culture was to collect unread emails and then brag about how many they had. I never understood it.
snake117 7y ago
The only other company I know attempting to revolutionize email is Superhuman [0]. It will be interesting to compare these services. One thing I can say is that Basecamp will certainly be competitive if they can offer their service for less than $30 per month, which is how much Superhuman charges currently [1]. [0] - https://superhuman.com/ https://superhuman.com/ [1] - https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/27/my-six-months-with-30-month-email-service-superhuman/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/27/my-six-months-with-30-mont...
- davidivadavid 7y ago
  I don't think Hey.com is supposed to be an email client, though, is it?
  - omarchowdhury 7y ago
    Not enough information provided to determine that.
christefano 7y ago
But will it have the “cool” or “fave” button? https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/375660/email-is-ruining-us-a-simple-solution/ https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/375660/email-is-ruin... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/the-email-fave-button-could-actually-happen/375610/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/the-e...
alexmingoia 7y ago
I hope their hot-sauce is to thread emails by sender, sorted by last email. Just like a chat app. Amazingly this simple feature isn’t available in any popular email client I know of.

95 points by omarchowdhury 7y ago

That's ... content-free. Email was great, is still great, but these days is a chore. We'll fix all that! But we're not going to tell you how!! Give us your email address and we'll let you know when we have something ready. We won't misuse your email address ... promise.

Dirlewanger 7y ago

Another company promising to revolutionize and fix email...yawn. Wake me when an actually useful product is launched.

slimed 7y ago

Typical Basecamp. Lots of hype with little substance.

hrnnvcnt2 7y ago

Interesting, I hope the best for this new Basecamp's venture! I'm still using Basecamp :D

johnkarahalis 7y ago

For years, I have been using the Inbox Zero method (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9UjeTMb3Yk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9UjeTMb3Yk) to stay sane. It really does help. I regularly empty my inbox while others seem stuck in the hell that is 9,000 unread emails. I have known people to declare email bankruptcy. Why should anyone have to declare defeat to a productivity tool, let alone one that didn't exist when my parents were born? Insanity! Even with my successes reigning in email, I realize that I have it backwards. Technology should adapt to us, not the other way around. I'm interested to see what Hey is all about.

soapboxrocket 7y ago
I worked in a company who's culture was to collect unread emails and then brag about how many they had. I never understood it.

snake117 7y ago

The only other company I know attempting to revolutionize email is Superhuman [0]. It will be interesting to compare these services. One thing I can say is that Basecamp will certainly be competitive if they can offer their service for less than $30 per month, which is how much Superhuman charges currently [1]. [0] - https://superhuman.com/ https://superhuman.com/ [1] - https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/27/my-six-months-with-30-month-email-service-superhuman/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/27/my-six-months-with-30-mont...

davidivadavid 7y ago
I don't think Hey.com is supposed to be an email client, though, is it?
- omarchowdhury 7y ago
  Not enough information provided to determine that.

christefano 7y ago

But will it have the “cool” or “fave” button? https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/375660/email-is-ruining-us-a-simple-solution/ https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/375660/email-is-ruin... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/the-email-fave-button-could-actually-happen/375610/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/the-e...

alexmingoia 7y ago

I hope their hot-sauce is to thread emails by sender, sorted by last email. Just like a chat app. Amazingly this simple feature isn’t available in any popular email client I know of.