Basecamp co-founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson held a recent livestream session where they answered questions about HEY, the company's new email service. You can
listen to Part 1 or
watch the entire livestream on YouTube.
Show NotesQ1: What's the timeframe on new features? -
00:38HEY for Work -
00:50Shape Up -
1:13Apple vs. HEY -
4:33It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy At Work -
6:07Q2: How did you get HEY.com? -
7:12"How we acquired HEY.com" (Signal v. Noise) -
7:30Q3: When would you say you've taken on Gmail? -
9:53Q4: What's the environmental impact of HEY? -
14:14Data analyst Jane Yang's
SvN post on carbon negativity -
15:45Q5: It's been crazy at work for the last couple weeks. How do you get back to normal? -
15:52Q6: Now that you have two products, are you concerned with context switching in the future? -
17:38Q7: What's the problem with "inbox zero?" -
20:04Q8: How could I possibly move to HEY with 16 years of emails in Gmail? -
24:10HEY's guide for moving from Gmail -
24:10