This is a trivial/tangental observation, but I really appreciate that I can grasp the whole project from a 10 second glance at the readme. I wish more projects did that.
This does a very simple, visual thing. It doesn't require the summarizing and de-jargonizing work that most tech projects' README need for an effective 10-second pitch.
In theory this could be used to fake an emergency message to get out of a presentation... The text fields are fully customizable and it's probably not too hard to swap avatars.
I've seen a startup founder leave a meeting to take a call, indicating that it was someone important. His phone was on the table facing up, and we could see the contact photo of the caller - indeed worth taking.
A colleague heard him talking in the hallway. It was his wife on the phone, and once he was in the hallway he switched to their family language.
Ahh I see. Maybe it was a family emergency and he didn't want to have to explain, though.
I feel like this implicit judgment (by all of us) of which people this CEO wants to prioritize over work is exactly why he was right to change the photo.
Very much so. I have the daycare in my ring-through settings, they rarely call but if they do it's because there is something wrong. Most people understand that you want to take that call, but some don't. And those are the kinds of people I try to avoid doing business with, because it's a really good sign that they're going to be unpleasant in more situations.
If you need a translator to transact business and they only take cash you pick up the phone because lord knows that if they are calling you it's because there is a real emergency.
If it's one of those pad cell for toddlers type places that's harder to sign up for than a mortgage they can go to voicemail.
The French movie Nothing to Hide on Netflix is a great companion to this software. It shows just how bad things can get when messages come in at the wrong time.
i worked with some sales folks once that had an extension that would pop-up fake imessages and emails from other customers about how much they loved the product.
It's not clear from the description, but it seems like it's for "you got access to your colleague's computer" type of prank, so after your configuration, when they load a particular page the extension will trigger the popups.
I guess it won't work if they're presenting PowerPoint or some other app instead of a web page.
But a good target would be a Jira/Trello board, they often get presented...
I don't think it's meant to prank people (which honestly sounds like a terrifying prank, unless maybe the presentation is for a very small and really familiar audience), but to incorporate that into your own presentations to lighten it up. Like it used to be somewhat common to add a BSOD slide to your deck or similar things.
