Has anyone used Remarkable (2) before? Is it worth the price? I struggle to see it's full value and every-day usage. What are your thoughts?

I like to capture the "delightful" touches in products, but usually they're in a folder somewhere that I'll come across only once in a while. I'm thinking I'm not the only one in this group, so I'm offering this thread as a repository for the little delights in products that may not be big enough for their own post. I'll start... This chatbot message caught my eye as something I may like to incorporate for my facilitation business. With the addition of the name, "we're away right now" explanation, and link to schedule a meeting, it feels like a personal invitation to connect, rather than being offloaded to a chatbot.

What's up everyone, was chatting with @Amr Khalifeh this morning about Product Intuition and he came up with a great idea for the community. So let me introduce you to... Product Bets! What's Product Bets? Every few months I'll start a thread where we can all share our bets on some of the more buzzy products that have made their way into the world. In the thread we'll share where we think they'll be in six months time. Then, in six months we'll hop on a call (it's already in the calendar!) and review how we all did! Why? Because we're all cast judgement on products, telling others how we think things'll play out, and this is an opportunity to reflect on if you were right or not! I think this is a great opportunity to see how well tuned our Intuition for space really is, and to improve it again in the future. This round's products will be: - The Rabbit R1 - Apple's Vision Pro - ONCE - Campfire I'll get us started 👇 _____ Rabbit R1: I think the Rabbit R1 will have a strong niche group of enthusiasts, and there'll be a lot of cool use cases for the little device, the over-riding sentiment will still be 'why isn't this an app?'. There's a good chance that Google will release a competitor that does everything the R1 does but is native to Android, and I wouldn't be surprised if they've been acquired by a large tech company six months from now. Apple Vision Pro: I think in six months time, it'll be way too soon to see if the Vision Pro has got any broad market appeal. It's going to continue being heavily meme'd on, as it rolls out in Europe, skepticism will reach a fever pitch and we'll see plenty of people calling the Vision Pro a failure. By this time we'll have seen at least a couple of really compelling use-cases for the technology, but most people still won't have had the chance to try it yet. ONCE - Campfire: Six months from now I think we'll have a clearer picture on if this is actually an applicable solution for product companies. We'll have a solid understanding of the economics and practicalities of rolling this service out. Because it's 37signals it'll probably have a small but highly enthusiastic group of users.

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you all had a great holiday break and are raring to go for 2024! Here's this week's weekly synthesis! This week we talk about; - Tech Market outlook for 2024 - signs of recovery? - How you can get $1 million from OpenAI - Some very exciting keyboard new (lol) - A trend away from Saas dominance in 2024? - Apples bad month(s) - A small product that makes me unreasonably happy! Hope you all have a great start to the year!

Ever look at a product and feel immediately underwhelmed? You know when you get the sense that something just isn’t going to work from the get go? Of course the opposite is true too, where you hear an idea, download and app, or find a physical product you’re immediately sure it's going to work too. I’ve been thinking a lot about intuition this week, and what the component parts of ‘product intuition’ might be. For me I think the starting point is the offer (what is it, who’s it for), the experience, and the business model - if any of those feel out of whack, then I’m immediately skeptical, but what do ya’ll think? What triggers your spidey sense for products?