Amp your remote meetings with BWAMP

bwamp.me

23 points·patrick-fs··4 comments

This is a company-wide "show HN" for us here at FullStory. We had a workforce that was 80% office-based and went to 100% remote. There was a lot we lost in that transition, so a number of engineers started working on a tool that would give us back that interaction.

On our weekly company-wide meeting we've got 100-200 people joining into the BWAMP session alongside the hangout and it adds a ton of colour.

There's also a volume slider so you can get "just enough BWAMP" and not go crazy.

My experience: The first thing I see is a big in your face "please accept our cookies so that this will work!"

Uh, what is it? Do I want it to work? I tentatively click "YES COOKIES"

Big cookie plea is now replaced with a big "Sign in with Google/Slack"

Hold up! What the hell is this thing? I am not just going to potentially link you to my slack or gmail!

There is a sandbox mode button? What is this thing, why would I need to run it in a sandbox?!?!

The only way to know what this is or will do without actually trying it is to watch a youtube video and the explanation doesn't even come until 20 seconds into the video!

I imagine this would have gotten more traction on HN if your page contained even a single line of text explaining what this is: an interactive sound board. Rather than forcing users to watch a video or try out some unknown thing first.

The video gave a bit of an idea, but on your homepage it might be good to have more of an explanation.

Problem - Are your online meetings missing something?

How to BWAMP. Step 1. Do blah Step 2. Do another thing Step 3. Success!

Getting a short descriptor would help everyone grok what it does.

Can you solve the "calendar events not showing up at the right place at the right time" issue I'm having too? My google calendar seems a bit unreliable these days.

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