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by achen187 6y ago
We totally understand that this product isn't for everyone. Sidekick works best for teams that actually want to feel like they're in the same room with an always-on video. These are really fast-paced teams like cofounders or opera
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by achen187 6y ago
Whoa that's a super cool setup, and one I haven't seen before. I'd love to learn more if you have a writeup anywhere? And how many teammates do you have? It seems like 10?
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by achen187 6y ago
Following the speaker is a really cool feature, and is something we might get to at some point. Sidekick is built to be always-on so teammates can feel like they're in the same room. Many teams we spoke to have tried doing it with Zoom
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by achen187 6y ago
Whoa, that's an awesome setup. Do you still have this or is your office closed?
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by achen187 6y ago
- Can I still share my screen? We recommend all our customers to try using https://screen.so/ It's awesome, in slack you type /screen and immediately start a multiplayer screen share. Here's a video fo how it
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by achen187 6y ago
Thanks for the feedback and it's awesome to hear that you experience the problem we're trying to solve. From our early users, the screen is awesome - it's the closest thing that exists to sitting in the same room. The idea of
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by achen187 6y ago
Zoom and Facebook Portal are still just trying to make meetings marginally better with a dedicated device. We're going after a different niche where teams need to actually feel like they're in the same room with an always-on call.
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by achen187 6y ago
Thanks for the heads-up. We'll take a look.
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by achen187 6y ago
We totally agree that this would be terrible - any company listening to their employees goes against the mission of the company. We built Sidekick for the subset of teams that actually want to feel like they're in the same room. They a
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by achen187 6y ago
I totally understand and agree that there are a ton of awesome remote companies that were able to do it with mostly async communication. We built Sidekick for the subset of newly remote teams that actually need to be in the same room to get
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by achen187 6y ago
This is great feedback. We wanted to make all communication on Sidekick bi-directional -- if I can see you, you can see me. This is to prevent any abuse of the product. The idea makes sense though, and it's something we'll definit
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by achen187 6y ago
Thanks for the feedback. We're still really early so it's great to understand what people's reactions are. We understand that Sidekick isn't for everyone and that's totally cool! We built it for those teams that wor
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by achen187 6y ago
We're still really early on, so we're also trying to figure out what that missing "something" is. We're totally in the same boat. From interviews, our theory is that it's because most of the time, the Hangouts
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by achen187 6y ago
Thank you!
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by achen187 6y ago
Thanks!
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by achen187 6y ago
That's a great point. We actually haven't run into that issue yet, but it seems like it could very easily happen. Thanks for the idea!
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by achen187 6y ago
The frosted glass is a great idea! We'll definitely give it some thought. Regarding portability, we were actually pleasantly surprised to learn that a lot of our users took Sidekick with them when they found different homes to shelter
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by achen187 6y ago
All of our current customers wanted to try the experience without actually having to purchase and own a new expensive device. We really wanted to lower the barrier for anyone who wanted to give us a chance. We also handle all shipping/
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Launch HN: Sidekick (YC S20) – A hardware device to connect remote teams
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