Clockwise
Productivity
meeting cost calculator
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How HN took it
1 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 18 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.49.
Idea: 1 for, 17 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun personal-use idea
From 1 comment
Fun app for personal use, but it seems rather passive aggressive to display this in Zoom if you aren't the one who called the meeting. Voice a concern if you think a meeting…
slg on HN
Objections
Calculator is passive aggressive and undermines meetings
From 4 comments
Fun app for personal use, but it seems rather passive aggressive to display this in Zoom if you aren't the one who called the meeting. Voice a concern if you think a meeting…
slg on HNThis is incredibly passive aggressive lol.
beardbandit on HNIf you think a meeting is pointless, say so. And don't attend. Yes, sometimes that's hard due to being in a toxic environment, but in that case, a passive-aggressive measure like…
groby_b on HNThese kinds of snarky calculators actually make meetings worse, I think. There’s lots of people who I think enjoy meetings because it demonstrates power. Calculating how much…
prepend on HN
Snarky cost display may make meetings worse by showing power
From 1 comment
These kinds of snarky calculators actually make meetings worse, I think. There’s lots of people who I think enjoy meetings because it demonstrates power. Calculating how much…
prepend on HN
Assumes a default $150,000 salary that does not fit all countries
From 1 comment
"averageSalary defaults to $150,000 and can be modified by using the set subcommand." While in my country, engineers are paid around 50k$...
Hypergraphe on HN
Name overlaps with existing Clockwise calendar product
From 3 comments
Looks interesting! You may want to consider renaming the tool, it's overlapping with getclockwise.com, which is quite popular.
phgn on HNThere is also a "smart assistant" rescheduling service by the same name[1] that I used to great effect at my last employer 1: https://www.getclockwise.com/
fire on HNthere is already another calendar management app called Clockwise, maybe try a different name to avoid confusion?
muhammadusman on HN
Requests
Post-meeting feedback on learning and participation
From 1 comment
I would love to see a feedback feature (not necessarily for this app but just in general) where meeting participants can answer: 1. Did I learn anything new at this meeting? 2.…
wpasc on HN
Outlook plugin that estimates cost at scheduling time
From 1 comment
This should really just be an outlook plugin that estimates the cost of a meeting at the time of scheduling.
travoc on HN
Rename the tool
From 2 comments
Looks interesting! You may want to consider renaming the tool, it's overlapping with getclockwise.com, which is quite popular.
phgn on HNthere is already another calendar management app called Clockwise, maybe try a different name to avoid confusion?
muhammadusman on HN
Questions
Should Zoom build this in as a feature?
From 1 comment
Should Zoom build this in as a feature? Why or why not?
seriousquestion on HN
Alternatives named
Clockwise calendar rescheduling service (getclockwise.com)
From 2 comments
Looks interesting! You may want to consider renaming the tool, it's overlapping with getclockwise.com, which is quite popular.
phgn on HNThere is also a "smart assistant" rescheduling service by the same name[1] that I used to great effect at my last employer 1: https://www.getclockwise.com/
fire on HN
Bufferi.ng
From 1 comment
You could always use bufferi.ng
galuggus on HN