This is really cool! I've been a heavy Arc user essentially for this exact use case but I like the idea of having it computer-wide.
I see it is free, any plans to open source or eventually monetize?
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I see it is free, any plans to open source or eventually monetize?
But truly, I appreciate the follow-up and will work on adding some counterpoints / historical context to future posts.
But for some reason, when things go online everyone becomes obsessed with data and productivity. Are you transcribing your meetings? Did you optimize your note-taking workflow? What keyboard shortcuts are you using? This leads to the sterile, generic software tools popping up every day optimized for eking out that last bit of output. Humanity is completely traded for efficiency.
Over the last year and a half, it's become apparent to me (and to the team here at Macro) that what we need more authentic, human connection not ultra-productive work streams. We need more people feeling like they can bring their full selves to work. We need to realize that burnout is a much bigger problem than remote workers not getting things done. We need to bring empathy and emotion into the virtual world we now work in.
We completely rebuilt Macro over the past year to focus on doing just that. It's a Zoom client (so you can join any Zoom meeting with it) that is completely redesigned for expression and inclusion. We subtly show you how much you're talking so you can pull in people who have trouble joining in the conversation. We let you change the shape and color of your video stream to feel more comfortable with people staring at your face every day. We let you organize your window that way you want so you can feel most at home in a meeting with your team. We optimize for fun and hopefully help reduce some Zoom fatigue.
It's been a tough road technically to build Macro with the level of reliability and feature parity people expect from a new videoconferencing client. We've been frantically writing Typescript, Obj-C, Swift, and everything in the middle to bring a client that delights without sacrificing functionality. Because of that, we're macOS only for now (let's just say there's a lot of native code that has to be written for each platform) but we're actively working on adding more support! I'd love to hear your feedback :)
If you've got any suggestions on how to debug client-side issues with more transparency in mind, I'd love to hear them!
My co-founder Ankith and I both realized how unproductive most meetings were while working everywhere from startups to Fortune 500 companies. As engineers, we thought we could use technology to fix that. We started gathering data around meeting effectiveness last year using a Slack integration at over 250 companies and found that people were having the most problems in virtual meetings (and this was before COVID and before the entire world was WFH!). Specifically, people felt like their voice wasn’t heard and they were missing next steps (or the entire point of the meeting). They felt that video meetings were frankly getting in the way of work instead of augmenting it.
We decided in December 2019 that we should use these customer learnings to build a new video interface that would fix the biggest issues. Instead of reinventing the wheel, we chose to build on top of the new Zoom SDK so we could piggyback on the best audio / video infrastructure around. Our initial launch focuses on showing airtime distribution in real time, giving users the ability to take GDoc-synced notes directly from the Zoom UI, and allowing users to pick different video modes for different meetings (like a mode with small bubbles at the top to pair program or design on Figma together).
It’s our first day live to the public and we’re excited to share the product with HN without any recently popularized ‘exclusive waitlist’. You can check us out and download (macOS only at the moment) at https://macro.io or just see more on Product Hunt and TechCrunch. We’re a small company of 5 and we’re rapidly iterating on the product every week so we’d love any and all feedback from the HN community!
At Marlo, we are building software tools to bring meetings into the 21st century. From our Net Meeting Score algorithm to diagnose unproductive meetings to NLP models giving custom recommendations for meeting facilitators, we are shipping exciting new features to our customers every week. We are looking for a full-time backend developer to join us in our quest to make meetings the best they've ever been.
What You'll Do
-Work directly with the CTO on building new features for our many microservices
-Develop new endpoints and backend functionality for our web applications
-Build for reliability and uptime as we quickly scale our product to thousands of users
-Have the opportunity to work on infrastructure, DevOps, and/or data pipelining if interested
About You
-You love learning. You enjoy experimenting with new technology, including areas with which you might not have experience with yet.
-You have experience in Python web development. Our entire stack is Python-based (Django and Flask) and we want to make sure you can hit the ground running.
-You feel comfortable working as a full-time contributor and can be successful with significant autonomy.
-You want to rid the world of meetings that suck.
Why Marlo?
As Marlo originated out of the MS/MBA program at Harvard, the team has a solid technical base on top of significant business talent. We will always be an innovation-focused organization and will continue to build the best software tools to quantify and improve the meeting space. If you're interested in joining a fast-growing startup that will change the way people view meetings, Marlo is the place for you!
Apply here: https://angel.co/l/2gU2rq or apply directly by emailing your GitHub link or a piece of interesting code to info (at) getmarlo (dot) com
At Marlo, we are building software tools to bring meetings into the 21st century. From our Net Meeting Score algorithm to diagnose unproductive meetings to new third-party integrations for data collection, we are shipping exciting new features to our customers every week. We are looking for our first full-time engineering hires to join us in our quest to make meetings the best they've ever been.
We're a venture-funded startup out of Harvard's MS/MBA program and are looking for a senior frontend engineer and senior backend engineer to help us build out the tech team. These roles would have the ability to morph into tech leads / engineering managers very quickly as we hire more junior developer.
Backend: Python, Django, Flask, Postgres
Frontend: React, Redux, CSS
DevOps: Docker, Google Cloud Platform
Apply on AngelList at https://angel.co/l/2gpw6U or email us directly at john(at)getmarlo(dot)com
At Marlo, we are building software tools to bring meetings into the 21st century. From our Net Meeting Score algorithm to diagnose unproductive meetings to NLP models giving custom recommendations for meeting facilitators, we are shipping exciting new features to our customers every week. We are looking for a part-time backend developer to join us in our quest to make meetings the best they've ever been.
What You'll Do
-Work directly with the CTO on building new features for our many microservices
-Develop new endpoints and backend functionality for our web applications
-Build for reliability and uptime as we quickly scale our product to thousands of users
-Have the opportunity to work on infrastructure, DevOps, and/or data pipelining if interested
About You
-You love learning. You enjoy experimenting with new technology, including areas with which you might not have experience with yet.
-You have experience in Python web development. Our entire stack is Python-based (Django and Flask) and we want to make sure you can hit the ground running.
-You feel comfortable working as a part-time contributor and can be successful with significant autonomy.
-You want to rid the world of meetings that suck.
Why Marlo?
As Marlo originated out of the MS/MBA program at Harvard, the team has a solid technical base on top of significant business talent. We will always be an innovation-focused organization and will continue to build the best software tools to quantify and improve the meeting space. If you're interested in joining a fast-growing startup that will change the way people view meetings, Marlo is the place for you!
At Marlo, we are building software tools to bring meetings into the 21st century. From our Net Meeting Score algorithm to diagnose unproductive meetings to NLP models giving custom recommendations for meeting facilitators, we are shipping exciting new features to our customers every week. We are looking for a summer intern to join us in our quest to make meetings the best they've ever been.
What You'll Do
-Work directly with the CTO on building new features for our microservices
-Build and test new NLP models for synthesis of employee feedback
-Analyze feedback data and use it to help scope new features
-Have time to work on new ideas and/or our skunkworks projects
About You
-You love learning. You enjoy experimenting with new technology, including areas with which you might not have experience with yet.
-You have experience in Python. Our entire stack is Python-based (Django and Flask) and we want to make sure you can hit the ground running.
-You want to rid the world of meetings that suck.
Email us at info@getmarlo.com or apply at https://angel.co/l/2fDoqc if you want to be part of this Harvard-based team for the summer!