Chime

Group video conversations with your friends & community

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Group video conversations with your friends & community

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Team collaboration software

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Video and Voice calling

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big congrats to @jjflex and team - i've loved using Chime primarily for the serendipity it introduces - my favorite one was when i recorded a random guitar riff one sunday morning, and that turned into a big game of guitar telegram with friends i didn't even know played instruments

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11yr ago

Chime

Maker

@anjneymidha thanks! I remember that specific Chime with you and the guitar - and it inspired a whole series of karaoke and lip dubbing Chimes. So good.

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11yr ago

I've had lots of fun playing around with Chime while in beta. It's a fun, lightweight yet surprisingly intimate way to stay connected to friends.

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11yr ago

Chime

Maker

@msquinn chime me back already! :)

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11yr ago

Postmates

Huge congrats to @jjflex, @themindsymbol and team! Been a String/Chime user since beta and I've been incredibly impressed by how far it's come. Excited to finally see it out in the wild.

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11yr ago

Chime

Maker

@sirbenlee Thank a lot Ben! I'm actually typing this from your monitor from the early days!

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11yr ago

Chime

Maker

@sirbenlee flipcam!!!!

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11yr ago

Terrible horrible no good very bad ideas

Good Shit @jjflex! I dig the concept & want to see this get adopted. It's one of those things that's "awesome when it's awesome" but hard to get any value from it before my friends are on the network. The UI is a bit too crazy for me as a new user, but the vibe is definitely fun.

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11yr ago

Airtable

Maker

@shaanvp Glad you like what we're doing! Was there anything in particular that you found difficult to figure out as a new user?

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11yr ago

Backchannel

congrats @jjflex! :) How did you settle on a name change?

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11yr ago

Chime

Maker

@eriktorenberg that was a real crisis. We were taken out of the app store - unexpectedly - though not without warning, and had to scramble to decide what to do, including not picking another name that would lead to trouble. It was a very emotional time for me, sitting at my computer, no less than 20 splash pages with different names and logos staring back. Writer's block. I remember one day where @patdesantis really stepped up - pulling the team outside and leading a name brainstorming session. I was set on some concepts and was trapped in my own head. The team pulled me through here. We knew we wanted a name that was an object that reminded you of childhood, could be a noun (Chimes) and a verb (Chime In), was one syllable, and focused on inclusiveness. @jb_bakst came up with Chime. And in that moment / week, the app went from being Jared's String app to our Chime. Looking back on it, it doesn't feel as bad as it was, but it was a rough rough week. I wrote a blog post about the ordeal, including what not to do, here: https://medium.com/@chimewithus/... @brandonmbrock @themindsymbol @jb_bakst @patdesantis @dave_canada how do you remember it?

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11yr ago

Airtable

Maker

@jjflex @eriktorenberg Definitely the most stressful week that I've experienced during my time at Chime / String / Stitch / Thread / Twine / Toy / Telly / Camp / Loop / Warlord (per @dave_canada's request). On the one hand, trying to continue pushing forward to build a product that we're proud to share with you all today, but on the other, feeling almost paralyzed, knowing that every minute we spend without settling on a name is another minute that we are out of the App Store, unable to sign on new users and confusing our existing ones. It just felt like our whole identity was being stripped from us, right as we were starting to figure out exactly who / what we were. We were in the thick of finishing what is now Public Chimes, so a LOT was changing, all at once. But now that we're out other end of it, I couldn't be prouder of our whole team for enduring it all, for checking each other's egos while we were deciding on a new name, and for not settling for something mediocre just to try to bandaid the problem. And at the end of the day, I think we settled on a great name, and I can't wait to develop a whole new identity and culture around it!

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11yr ago