92: Slack Leaves the Market - a podcast by Ben Orenstein and Derrick Reimer

The world received amazing news in the form of a great gift: Slack is making a major change in the market—it’s leaving!
Ben and Derrick share their thoughts on Slack’s reasonable and rational decision to remove remote control functionality. What happens now? Try Tuple! Just sayin’, actually that’s what Tuple customers are suggesting.Today’s Topics Include:
Improve Slack Calls: Reason for removing rarely used remote control featureKicking marketing machine into gear: Customers’ kind words generated surge in requests for access to Tuple
Slack and Screenhero Saga: Complete story of acquisition and pair programming will probably never be toldKeep shipping, swinging, and taking shots by increasing luck surface area and learning from previous successes and failures
Dear Dvorak user, is it time to switch? Tuple’s shipping international keyboard supportBig deals keep coming in for Ben; it’s great to sometimes say, “No”
Derrick’s writing cadence continues; flattered by onslaught of positivity from peopleProduct/Founder Fit: Be passionate about product or business before building it
Pressure to be Perfect: Don’t sweat the small stuff, just the detailsLinks and resources:
Art of Product on Twitter (https://twitter.com/artofproductpod)Derrick Reimer (http://www.derrickreimer.com) Website
Derrick Reimer on Twitter (https://twitter.com/derrickreimer)Just Keep Shipping by Derrick Reimer (https://www.derrickreimer.com/essays/2019/05/31/just-keep-shipping.html)
Ben Orenstein (http://www.benorenstein.com/) WebsiteBen Orenstein on Twitter (https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en)
Tuple (https://tuple.app/)Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide (https://tuple.app/pair-programming-guide)
Level (https://level.app/)Level Retrospective (https://www.derrickreimer.com/essays/2019/05/17/im-walking-away-from-the-product-i-spent-a-year-building.html)
Slack (https://slack.com/)Removal of remote screen control in Slack calls (https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/360022908874-Removal-of-remote-screen-control-in-Slack-calls)Screenhero (https://screenhero.com/)
Drip (https://www.drip.com/)Zoom (https://zoom.us/)
GitHub (https://github.com/)The Dvorak Keyboard (https://www.dvorak-keyboard.com/)
Adam Watham (https://adamwathan.me/)

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