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What is the target market ? The last thing I want is voice messages - please just send me a text. Also as SE I have calls all day long so I definitely won’t g

What is the target market ? The last thing I want is voice messages - please just send me a text. Also as SE I have calls all day long so I definitely won’t get a device that makes it easier to call me - I want the opposite!

WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
> please just send me a text. Besides a speaker, I see a small text screen. When I'm pushing info, email works for some comms. But some emails require paragraphs to cover all possible understandings but only a few spoken sentences (bc tonals & instant feedback).
- pavel_lishin 2y ago
  > & instant feedback which doesn't work in a "record a message for someone to listen to" format.
  - WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
    Good point but walkie-talkie implies an instant comm ability.
    - pavel_lishin 2y ago
      That's a good point; I suppose #1 is the instant comms, and only #2 is voice messages.
    - portaouflop 2y ago
      I need instant comms in an emergency situation maybe but outside of oncall I don’t see it. But I’m not a gadget guy and it took me long to adopt smartphones
talksik 2y ago
Founders/leaders of funded startups (<100 people) who feel like their teams are stuck and the right stuff isn't being done. They pay thousands per employee on saas tools + remote office reimbursements + give iphones and cell plans to their employees. What flowy offers is (hopefully) priceless to them; that is, if the promise is fulfilled. They want to try it for a few teams for a couple months, and go from there. IMHO, we underrate how much we invest in commz. Human to human commz is worth more than any computing tool. What is an organization without people collaborating? A band where everyone's playing solo. This is part of our philosophy :)
talksik 2y ago
Re focus: yep I understand. I guard my own deep work time very well. Here are concepts of the protocol that we poorly explain on the landing page: 1. You tune into you're top-of-mind folks. This set of people is different for everyone and it changes project to project. But it's generally only 5-8 people. If your device is ON and you are not in another conversation, these people (and any combination of them) can get to you instantly. 2. Other people have to send you voice messages. 3. When you press the play button, you only go through all of your top-of-mind peoples' messages. Then there is a filter called "inbox" for "others". 4. If you press the flash button on the keyboard, you are OFF. Everyone sees a "-" for you. You don't hear anything. So in aggregate, although it doesn't seem so at first glance, I built flowy so that there is less noise. We following "less is more" principle a lot more than it seems. It's just the sound of your people: no notifications, no fake AI voice assistant sound. This being said, I realize that we do not do a good job of articulating how everything works, so we will make a full demo video at the end of the year.
- yodon 2y ago
  Please don't offer this product without including a way to just read the transcriptions. I don't want to have to listen to recorded voice messages coworkers send me, period. I don't think you're hearing how clearly people are trying to tell you they don't want this. We understand the product you are building. We actively don't want it in the places where we work.
  - BizarroLand 2y ago
    I disagree. Being able to send a quick voicemail to other people in a small, agile team with high interoperability and trust would be invaluable. For idea leader management types, this would be great for putting their inspiration down in concrete form and sending action items to their implementers. But for large, boring corporate teams with little to no autonomy and even a scintilla of micromanagement? This would be terrible. I would quit any company with more than 100 people in it that forced this on me on the spot.

WarOnPrivacy 2y ago

> please just send me a text. Besides a speaker, I see a small text screen. When I'm pushing info, email works for some comms. But some emails require paragraphs to cover all possible understandings but only a few spoken sentences (bc tonals & instant feedback).

pavel_lishin 2y ago
> & instant feedback which doesn't work in a "record a message for someone to listen to" format.
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
  Good point but walkie-talkie implies an instant comm ability.
  - pavel_lishin 2y ago
    That's a good point; I suppose #1 is the instant comms, and only #2 is voice messages.
  - portaouflop 2y ago
    I need instant comms in an emergency situation maybe but outside of oncall I don’t see it. But I’m not a gadget guy and it took me long to adopt smartphones

talksik 2y ago

Founders/leaders of funded startups (<100 people) who feel like their teams are stuck and the right stuff isn't being done. They pay thousands per employee on saas tools + remote office reimbursements + give iphones and cell plans to their employees. What flowy offers is (hopefully) priceless to them; that is, if the promise is fulfilled. They want to try it for a few teams for a couple months, and go from there. IMHO, we underrate how much we invest in commz. Human to human commz is worth more than any computing tool. What is an organization without people collaborating? A band where everyone's playing solo. This is part of our philosophy :)

talksik 2y ago

Re focus: yep I understand. I guard my own deep work time very well. Here are concepts of the protocol that we poorly explain on the landing page: 1. You tune into you're top-of-mind folks. This set of people is different for everyone and it changes project to project. But it's generally only 5-8 people. If your device is ON and you are not in another conversation, these people (and any combination of them) can get to you instantly. 2. Other people have to send you voice messages. 3. When you press the play button, you only go through all of your top-of-mind peoples' messages. Then there is a filter called "inbox" for "others". 4. If you press the flash button on the keyboard, you are OFF. Everyone sees a "-" for you. You don't hear anything. So in aggregate, although it doesn't seem so at first glance, I built flowy so that there is less noise. We following "less is more" principle a lot more than it seems. It's just the sound of your people: no notifications, no fake AI voice assistant sound. This being said, I realize that we do not do a good job of articulating how everything works, so we will make a full demo video at the end of the year.

yodon 2y ago
Please don't offer this product without including a way to just read the transcriptions. I don't want to have to listen to recorded voice messages coworkers send me, period. I don't think you're hearing how clearly people are trying to tell you they don't want this. We understand the product you are building. We actively don't want it in the places where we work.
- BizarroLand 2y ago
  I disagree. Being able to send a quick voicemail to other people in a small, agile team with high interoperability and trust would be invaluable. For idea leader management types, this would be great for putting their inspiration down in concrete form and sending action items to their implementers. But for large, boring corporate teams with little to no autonomy and even a scintilla of micromanagement? This would be terrible. I would quit any company with more than 100 people in it that forced this on me on the spot.