Bench - Rapid fire meetings to get shit done

@fredrivett we are already there. [bench] team is spread across Los Angeles, Poland, Estonia and New Zealand. We are working remotely for years and decided to create a better tool for us. Good luck with your future remote work Fred.

@augenblick75 Scratching your own itch is a classic move! Congrats on getting this out there 👏

@augenblick75 congrats on the launch - great to see that you're enabling remote workers around the world!

@olly_wilson @augenblick75 absolutely! hear hear!

@tomcharde We love your imagination Tom. Free bench upgrade is coming your way :)

@kzynakamura thanks for jumping on a demo with me Kazuya. Things got a little wild on this bench. But loved the creativity from Ryun. :)

@gabrielreynard Thank you for your feedback. It's awesome to see hundreds of people using bench and setting up accounts :)

@as_austin thanks for the input Austin. The massage is still challenging to us even at this stage.

@augenblick75 Completely understand! Best!

@vartikamanasvi thank you Vartika, please tell us in a few weeks how it changed the way you work :)

@augenblick75 @vartikamanasvi the change is already happening...new doodle art created by my dev team and powered by Bench ;)

@robertoscaccia @augenblick75 @vartikamanasvi share that doodle with us, I would love to see it! :D

@karolina_krolicka I surely will Karolina ;) negotiating the acquisition of the content with the creators at the moment...

@leftearpod you made my day Jake. As the UX people we almost never get appreciated. When UX work is done correctly nobody notices it, they just use the product. I plan on posting on our design/product philosophy in the near future. Thanks for the encouragement. Cheers!

@abe_storey really appreciated your time on the demo. Loved how you understood we were a complement to slack users. Something that can give you an edge in collaboration. :)

@abe_storey @entrepreter I love when people pick up on the notion that cameras are distracting in 98% of collaboration meetings. [bench] is about stuff you need to discuss not about people faces.

@augenblick75 @entrepreter Yes yes and yes!

@osakasaul Thanks for the epic feedback session, your insights into your world are invaluable, and I really respect how open you were in where [bench] fits and doesn't Thanks for the extra support and encouragement!

@afhill Yes, you are right Andrea. We need to do a better job explaining how secure the service is. The whole connection between users and server is encrypted. The only way to access your bench is with the link. If you don't want others to have access to your bench any more you can 'reset' the bench. It will kick them out and change bench URL to a completely new one. Also the whole voice communication is peer to peer, it's not going through our servers at all - no recording there. And finally when you delete file from your bench or delete bench the content is erased from our servers. There is no way to recover it, even if that was a formula for converting coal into gold :D On the other hand we are working on the recording feature so users can record their conversation for a future reference.

@afhill a couple people have mentioned that isn't clear, so we'll bring that into our messaging. Your [bench] a permanent space for your files and conversation. The only way anything disappears is if you delete it. Glad you had a play and got deep enough into the product to ask this question. Let me know if you want to jump into a deeper demo and I can show you some of the more advanced (and waaaaaay cooler features).