I've been following the Macro team since their first launch, and since the moment I saw the 'airtime' feature I knew I had to try it. We've been using it on our team ever since, and I love how it makes the formal feel of virtual meetings more human, inclusive and fun. I mean, the real world is not a neat little grid of faces! Macro brings so much more expressivity and ease of collaboration.
Excited to support them in the launch today! (full disclosure I am a tiny tiny investor).
Congrats @ankith, @rjkeck2, @hyumankind and team! Macro has single-handedly made attending Zoom meetings more fun again!! π Excited for everyone to try it out and to see what else they build in the future! ππΎ
After a few months of use I can honestly say it's the best upgrade to your video conferencing life. It's perfect for small meetings, when you need "floating heads" over Figma. It makes everything feel a little more natural and engaging, less formal and better for creative work.
The Ramps design team uses Macro almost exclusively for creative Jams and Crits. I cannot recommend it enough.
there are some things that redefine your relationship to everything else. meetings are too often a necessary evil and it's easy to get lost in an endless fog of zoom calls. macro brings people back to the forefront and pushes ceremony to the side. it's not a turnkey solution to revolutionize meetings or change the world or upend industries. i feel like this tool is at its best when we change one hour of your life and by giving you tools to see other people and be seen in a different way.
(i'm an engineer with these folks; sorry not sorry. but to be fair i'm like one wrong emoji away from being fired)
?makers Great product! So, it's a "personalized" zoom client for everyone, right? Why the emphasis on "creatives" in your tagline though? Just curious.
Also it took me a long time to figure out why it says - "Join any Zoom meeting with Macro even if everyone else is on Zoom." I guess probably because it wasn't the case before?
@sekhar_chandra We wanted to make it clear that Macro is a personal choice! Most other collaboration software requires everyone you're working/meeting with to all be on the same app as you!
my team has been using macro since the early beta. sit turns zoom calls into something you GET TO DO instead of something you have to do. the interface falls away and you focus on the collaboration and fun you can have with the team. It feels less like being on-the-spot glued to your chair pretending to pay attention and more like being present in a heightened conversation.
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