Q&A for Web Developers

Hey PH! So excited to show you something @seth_harris and I have been hacking on. Here is a new real-time, shared canvas where teams and friends can video chat, upload pics, decorate with GIFs, write, draw and screenshare -- all in a browser. In March, we were all thrown into sudden remote life, and our wellbeing and ability to connect on a human level took a big hit. We tried to get by on Slack and Zoom, and while talking to each other while remote is easy, actually working together to build something new is really hard! So - we built Here, essentially as a tool to build Here. Three important points about Here: 🧑‍🎨 It’s more than video: Decorate your room, draw, share notes, screens, and images, play games, and more. 🐣 It’s crazy easy: A few clicks on Chrome and someone is in a room with you on video. 🔒 It’s persistent: Lay out a room today and it will look just how you left it tomorrow. 💸 Bonus point: It’s free! So there’s no reason not to check it out. ;) What are our early users doing on Here? A few examples: ⚔️ War Rooms: You know that room we all had in our office plastered with charts, plans, goals and a big sign that said “Do NOT Erase!!!”? Build one in Here in minutes. 🎸 Jam Sessions: Brainstorming, working through killer calculus problems, or playing games all work better when you’re sharing a common canvas. 🍻 House Parties: Zoom happy hours are the least happy of all. Host on Here to traverse different rooms, co-watch videos, share, and hang just like the good old days. 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Normal, everyday meetings. The ones where you need to share, collaborate, see someone’s authentic reaction, or just express ideas clearly. Customize rooms for everything from 1:1s to sprint planning to a virtual graduation to a D&D game. Our ask to the community: - Try it! Go to here.fm and create your first room in seconds. - Share your room’s URL to get friends to join, or swap out a meeting in your calendar with a Here room and try it with your team. - Please send us feedback! In Here, Discord, or comments.

I have been chatting with Seth & Jesse a ton about here.fm Atm it's my go-to tool for crazy team happy-hours. To me personally, it's myspace meets whiteboard meets video party.

Reminds me of a similar bubble head app, With.so, but with more disco balls. 😄

It’s delightfully simple to engage with and so much more interesting than regular video meetings. Love!

We've been using Here for a few months for our standups, Friday team lunches and even bedtime chats with colleagues. The things I most value in Here are audio quality and concurrency: people can talk and listen at the same time with no order, so it's natural and fast. It felt so liberating after the Zoom prison. For a relaxing bedtime chat you can set the aura of a night time, e.g. candles, quiet ambient music, tranquil background of a night sky with stars, and it stays persistent! Playing Tic-tac-toe brings in some genuine smiles as well :) Here brought intimacy back! Thank you Here team!

Here is a fun way to hang out with friends, colleagues, and family online. Love the gifs! Very playful platform for group video chats. Lightyears of creativity beyond tedious Zoom/Teams business conference calls.

I've been using Here for a few months. A couple reasons why I think it's incredible: - It feels easy to make the space your own. The metaphor I'd use is feeling like you're stepping back into your own curated office space as opposed to a windowless, sterile conference room like Zoom - It's just fun. It's a delightful experience. I actually find myself smiling while using the product and having a great experience every time. - It's super easy to use, just as simple as Zoom.