Basecamp has launched Hey, a new email platform with a strong point of view. It's also one of the stupidest things Basecamp has ever attempted. Co-founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson talk about the philosophy around time, attention, and privacy that forms the backbone of Hey, why Inbox Zero is a tyrannical scam, and what Hey does differently.
Show Notes
Hey.com | the Hey manifesto - 00:14
Jason Fried on Twitter - 00:34
DHH on Twitter - 00:48
Jason and Ryan Singer discussed Hey's origins in Highrise in this product strategy Q&A - 3:20
"Highrise is back with Basecamp" (Signal v. Noise) - 3:44
Our previous episode about pixel tracking - 20:04
Our previous episode talking about Superhuman - 24:01
Ian Malcolm's "Your scientists..." clip from Jurassic Park - 30:45