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What remote YC demo day looked like

79 points by cheeseblubber 6y ago

telesilla 6y ago
FYI, a large portion of the links are broken. Lovely display of 2020-ness otherwise!
- cheeseblubber 6y ago
  Ooops I just fixed them. Let me know if you find any others!
  - gpas 6y ago
    hypotenuse.ai
    - cheeseblubber 6y ago
      Thanks! fixed that one too
davidedicillo 6y ago
Sadly, that's what 2020 looked for many people even outside of YC (the lucky ones who could just work from home)
- fabioborellini 6y ago
  Yes. Ergonomics and work-life balance are in worse situation than we could imagine a year or two ago. And some anticipate this appalling situation to be "a new normal" for years to come. Thought workers coming out of their dens in 2022 are hardly mobile and have anxiety for the rest of their lives. Young people's relationships are ruined for good.
Nullabillity 6y ago
Disappointing and telling that YC would use Zoom.
- flatulence 6y ago
  Your disappointment is noted
breck 6y ago
I thought this was going to be a long blog post, which also would have been cool. But it was way cooler than that—a dataset of zoom workstations! Thanks for putting this together. Definitely going to share with a lot of people that are always hacking on their zoom setups. "When I was a kid" we used to do our demo days in person, and showed a lot less creativity than the new batches. Well done!
BryanBeshore 6y ago
This post is prompting me to ask the HN community: do you have a camera/mic setup that you recommend?
- tasn 6y ago
  Webcam: Logitech C920 Mic: a <$100 USB mic, I don't remember the exact model, but it's by FIFINE Headphones: just standard ones Do everyone a favour and buy a good webcame and a USB mic. :)
  - umeshunni 6y ago
    Why a USB mic rather than a 3.5mm mic?
    - capeterson 6y ago
      In general, USB mics are assumed to be a little more featureful (e.g. they have an on-board sound card). This is mostly an assumption, though. For super low end microphones, it's kind of difficult to compare specifications, so I'd just rely on user reviews on YouTube and the like.
    - tasn 6y ago
      This is the advice I got. It essentially boils down to what capeterson said, but also because the 3.5mm mic jacks can be noisy, and laptops/computers don't have very good ADCs.
- capeterson 6y ago
  I run the production for a livestream and I use a Sony a6400 with a 50mm f1.4 plus a Shure SM7B. IMO this is about as high quality as you should go without real studio soundproofing and lighting. I chose the a6400 because it's not crazy expensive and has some of the best/fastest autofocus around, which is extremely important when you can't touch the camera. Here's a list anyways, though: Mandatory: Ring light and/or cheap amazon LED panels, proper placement and setup of lighting+mic+cam. Minor attempts at soundproofing are also encouraged. Low end: Logitech c920, random USB mic from Amazon Mid end: Sony a6000* (up to a6400* OK) with kit lens (or go body only and get a vintage manual lens for cheap), Shure SM7B (or Rode NT1/NT1-A). Blue Yetis are also okay but require moderate soundproofing. If you're getting a mic better than a Blue Yeti, you should also get mixing equipment of some sort. You can also just stick with a cheap microphone at this level as long as it doesn't sound awful. High end: Blackmagic pocket cinema*, Shure SM7B Highest end: Hire a production company, this is the big leagues now * = Requires capture card For lighting setups, soundproofing, and optimal cam+mic usage, you can maybe check out YouTube in order to learn a bit. You will probably need more than is just on this list, but this is just the bare minimum.
artsalamander 6y ago
Hey, papercups looks like something I was searching for the other night but never managed to stumble upon. I just checked my search history and maybe that will be useful for you to see. 'intercom', 'intercom alternative', 'intercom alternative producthunt', 'slack live chat integration' I remember that the majority of the producthunt recommendations were dead projects and the 'Top 5 intercom alternatives'(etc.) articles didn't seem to mention you. Hopefully this will help in some small way :)
- cheeseblubber 6y ago
  Thanks :D We are both engineers so marketing is not our strong suit we gotta get better at letting people know about us.
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79 points by cheeseblubber 6y ago

telesilla 6y ago

FYI, a large portion of the links are broken. Lovely display of 2020-ness otherwise!

cheeseblubber 6y ago
Ooops I just fixed them. Let me know if you find any others!
- gpas 6y ago
  hypotenuse.ai
  - cheeseblubber 6y ago
    Thanks! fixed that one too

davidedicillo 6y ago

Sadly, that's what 2020 looked for many people even outside of YC (the lucky ones who could just work from home)

fabioborellini 6y ago
Yes. Ergonomics and work-life balance are in worse situation than we could imagine a year or two ago. And some anticipate this appalling situation to be "a new normal" for years to come. Thought workers coming out of their dens in 2022 are hardly mobile and have anxiety for the rest of their lives. Young people's relationships are ruined for good.

Nullabillity 6y ago

Disappointing and telling that YC would use Zoom.

flatulence 6y ago
Your disappointment is noted

breck 6y ago

I thought this was going to be a long blog post, which also would have been cool. But it was way cooler than that—a dataset of zoom workstations! Thanks for putting this together. Definitely going to share with a lot of people that are always hacking on their zoom setups. "When I was a kid" we used to do our demo days in person, and showed a lot less creativity than the new batches. Well done!

BryanBeshore 6y ago

This post is prompting me to ask the HN community: do you have a camera/mic setup that you recommend?

tasn 6y ago
Webcam: Logitech C920 Mic: a <$100 USB mic, I don't remember the exact model, but it's by FIFINE Headphones: just standard ones Do everyone a favour and buy a good webcame and a USB mic. :)
- umeshunni 6y ago
  Why a USB mic rather than a 3.5mm mic?
  - capeterson 6y ago
    In general, USB mics are assumed to be a little more featureful (e.g. they have an on-board sound card). This is mostly an assumption, though. For super low end microphones, it's kind of difficult to compare specifications, so I'd just rely on user reviews on YouTube and the like.
  - tasn 6y ago
    This is the advice I got. It essentially boils down to what capeterson said, but also because the 3.5mm mic jacks can be noisy, and laptops/computers don't have very good ADCs.
capeterson 6y ago
I run the production for a livestream and I use a Sony a6400 with a 50mm f1.4 plus a Shure SM7B. IMO this is about as high quality as you should go without real studio soundproofing and lighting. I chose the a6400 because it's not crazy expensive and has some of the best/fastest autofocus around, which is extremely important when you can't touch the camera. Here's a list anyways, though: Mandatory: Ring light and/or cheap amazon LED panels, proper placement and setup of lighting+mic+cam. Minor attempts at soundproofing are also encouraged. Low end: Logitech c920, random USB mic from Amazon Mid end: Sony a6000* (up to a6400* OK) with kit lens (or go body only and get a vintage manual lens for cheap), Shure SM7B (or Rode NT1/NT1-A). Blue Yetis are also okay but require moderate soundproofing. If you're getting a mic better than a Blue Yeti, you should also get mixing equipment of some sort. You can also just stick with a cheap microphone at this level as long as it doesn't sound awful. High end: Blackmagic pocket cinema*, Shure SM7B Highest end: Hire a production company, this is the big leagues now * = Requires capture card For lighting setups, soundproofing, and optimal cam+mic usage, you can maybe check out YouTube in order to learn a bit. You will probably need more than is just on this list, but this is just the bare minimum.

artsalamander 6y ago

Hey, papercups looks like something I was searching for the other night but never managed to stumble upon. I just checked my search history and maybe that will be useful for you to see. 'intercom', 'intercom alternative', 'intercom alternative producthunt', 'slack live chat integration' I remember that the majority of the producthunt recommendations were dead projects and the 'Top 5 intercom alternatives'(etc.) articles didn't seem to mention you. Hopefully this will help in some small way :)

cheeseblubber 6y ago
Thanks :D We are both engineers so marketing is not our strong suit we gotta get better at letting people know about us.

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