PingPong

YC W21. Better collaboration for product teams in multiple time zones. Exchange video, voice, and screen recordings with your team at the tap of a button.

[Jeff Whitlock @JeffreyWhitlock]

We just shared PingPong 2.0 on Product Hunt. Check it out!

https://t.co/ls6MtXXcYK

[PingPong @getpingpong]

We were nominated for a Golden Kitty Award!

Give us an upvote! Thanks! 🏓

https://t.co/UGf8uLBwDm

[Jeff Whitlock @JeffreyWhitlock]

According to RescueTime, the average knowledge worker checks Slack every 5 minutes 🤯

What a recipe for deep thought and productivity.

Really excited about some of the changes we're working on at PingPong to take this head-on.

https://t.co/XLSkSeLqCr

[PingPong @getpingpong]

That's a wrap! We finished our first launch week. We're excited to do the next one in December!

https://t.co/PsCQXdOerZ

[PingPong @getpingpong]

Thanks, @ColinDMcIntosh!

[Colin McIntosh @ColinDMcIntosh]

One thing that gives me continuous joy is how fucking awesome our entire @Techstars Boulder 2019 class seems to be doing.

Everyone is going to the moon – both literally and figuratively 🚀

@AtomosSpace
@soonastudios
@shipveho
@getpingpong
@CometChat
@JoustBanking
@SheetsGiggles

[Colin McIntosh @ColinDMcIntosh]

One thing that gives me continuous joy is how fucking awesome our entire @Techstars Boulder 2019 class seems to be doing.

Everyone is going to the moon – both literally and figuratively 🚀

@AtomosSpace
@soonastudios
@shipveho
@getpingpong
@CometChat
@JoustBanking
@SheetsGiggles

[PingPong @getpingpong]

More feature announcements from the team today!

A new web app! Read more here: https://t.co/d8VXFnM1Vj

[PingPong @getpingpong]

We're going to be announcing several new product improvements this week to cap off our team's 3-month internal accelerator.

Follow along here: https://t.co/PsCQXdOerZ

#PingPongLaunchWeek

[PingPong @getpingpong]

People spend more time communicating at work than almost any other single activity. Don't let network effects decide what's the best solution for your company.

[Jeff Whitlock @JeffreyWhitlock]

Slack is awful, and it's only getting worse as they load more and more features in it.

The problem is that Slack's essential philosophy is transparency, which is a good philosophy for documentation, not for messaging.

[PingPong @getpingpong]

As an early #startup, we greatly appreciate your feedback and would love to hear your thoughts! https://t.co/yTJQoeTc1M #remoteworking #distributedwork

[PingPong @getpingpong]

When we first started, our name was Girbil. The first version of the site is laughable: https://t.co/QSGjTUWXF1. @othercrimes helped make our #brand 100x better!

[PingPong @getpingpong]

Today, we use https://t.co/yTJQoeTc1M for 50-75% of our team #communication. When we have to send a file or structured text, we use Slack. We love using our own #product to collaborate as we work on it together. #remotework #asynchronous

[PingPong @getpingpong]

Check out our product demo and let us know what you think! https://t.co/PtXtR4eCA2

[PingPong @getpingpong]

We wanted to build a communication product that better meets the needs of #distributed product teams like ours—designed first for #asynchronous teams across multiple time zones where it can be hard to get face time. Check it out and give us feedback! https://t.co/yTJQoeTc1M

[PingPong @getpingpong]

In #synchronous work cultures, workers are used to having large portions of their day plugged into a flow of just-in-time information like a network. With #asynchronous cultures, workers are used to having large swaths of uninterrupted time to work deeply.

[PingPong @getpingpong]

In #synchronous work, people expect contextual understanding in interactions as everyone absorbs context by osmosis in meetings/informal chats. In #asynchronous, it's better to assume little prior context in every communication and refer to documentation/lay it out specifically.

[PingPong @getpingpong]

Check out the article on @TechCrunch by @lucasmtny on the story and vision behind PingPong. 🏓 https://t.co/HEhU05wnHV

[HN Front Page @hn_frontpage]

Launch HN: PingPong (YC W21) – Video messaging for remote teams
C: https://t.co/8umTGkF3fG

[PingPong @getpingpong]

Slack & Teams are not built for #asynchronous teams. You can see this in #design decisions that promote a flow of shallow, quick-scan info demanding immediate responses: 'Enter' sends a message instead of line-breaking; notifications for every message can override do-not-disturb.