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Re:Mmhmm by Brajeshwar on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @10:41PM (#25216611)
MmHmm is by Phil Libin, the erstwhile founder/CEO of Evernote[1]. I stumbled on it when looking up old connections for something I'm doing now. Here is a video of Phil introducing MmHmm[2]. In my very limited and a few interaction with him, I found him to be a kind person, and was super responsive to a small guy when he was very busy, and around its peak with Evernote (2010-2011).

While waiting for MmHmm's invite, I got invited to try Around[3]. I haven't tried MmHmm but it seems to share similar features with Around. I find Around nifty while pitching prospective customers but rather too-much-ado for, say, our team meetings - face-to-face visual meetings with audio.

After a while, all the bells and whistles wares down and we want to just stay at the basics. Just my thoughts from our small team's experience.

1. https://evernote.com

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8KhKBLoSMk

3. https://www.around.co

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Re:Mmhmm by michaelcampbell on Thursday November 26, 2020 @08:32AM (#25219859)
At a recent video-only conference I "attended", one of the presenters used what I only now see is the Around software.

It /sounds/ neat, and the AI framing is interesting, the presenters head bobbing around was so distracting that I could barely keep focused on the content. It was recorded, so sadly he could not do anything about it as we were seeing it, and the chat box was full up with people asking him to turn it off.

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Re:Mmhmm by baebeegeezus on Thursday November 26, 2020 @06:39AM (#25219074)
I don’t think the two are comparable. Around is a video conference app. Mmhmm is a virtual camera with some nifty effects for presentations.
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