Used to use a similar product called HeyTell a few years back. Surprisingly, a lot of my "normal' friends and family used it as well, but we all fell out. I wonder whether this concept is due for a resurgence—Phone Tag's beautiful design and photo incorporation can definitely help.
Great question, Ryan, and I'm not sure my answer is the "right" one. But we're working on solving a single, very hard problem and I don't think our first (or maybe even second, third, etc.) stab at answering it will be the right solution. I think if you look at the most successful social products (Twitter, Snapchat, etc.) they all had these random attributes that serendipitously made them really special. Building smaller experiments around the core products (Branch and Potluck) allows us to get closer to things like follow/140 char and ephemerality/doodles (we think). See: https://medium.com/musings-about...
Awesome idea. I had a similar idea written down awhile ago for asynchronous voice chat. Something I thought would help communications with remote work. Looks like the first focus is on general consumers, but I definitely see a great enterprise use case.
Looks pretty neat. I see what they are going for. I just really love the idea of asynchronous voice communication like PhoneTag is doing. I think "phone calls" are frowned upon at most startups I know. At least internally. They are usually viewed as time wasters. People often opt for IM or email. Sqwiggle is trying to solve this by making face to face/voice communication much less burdensome. I think there is potentially a place for asynchronous voice due to its low burden and speed.
@nbashaw & @joshm totally agree with phone by ear problem. I see myself using this when I walk. I want to text most when I'm walking but due to people, trees, posts, I don't.
Want to click on a name, raise, talk, put down, BOOM. Done.
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