hey folks, i'm the head of product at http://branch.com/company - the group of folks who built PhoneTag, among other conversational products. What's up?
Yoyo, @joshm! First off, love the design of the app. Beautiful. Just did my first phonetag w/ @joshelman and love the experience.
Where did the inspiration come for PhoneTag and is this another short hack like Friendlib or something you plan to invest in longer term?
P.S. would love to hear @joshelman & @willydennis' take on this.
Definitely a hack, Ryan.
Basically, we wanted to challenge ourselves (product-wise) in a new way. I realized I hated "calling" my mom, gf, etc. yet I have to do it a lot, so we thought, "Why do phone calls/VMs suck and how can we make them better?" Things like it being synchronous, lacking images, etc. immediately came to mind.
@joshm - The feed of messages reminds me of @bencera_'s Context (http://trycontext.com). Which (if any) apps did you take inspiration from in the design of PhoneTag?
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