We did generate most of the prompts ourselves but there's a pretty broad range:
- Getting to know each other better through sharing funny weird stories, music that's shaped you, stories from childhood, etc
- Sharing small moments in your day-to-day life: things that made you smile, times you were frustrated, weird morning routines, etc
- Improving mental wellness by reflecting on your priorities, how you take care of yourself, or things that you're worrying about these days
The name is short for "homeskillet," which is a colloquial term of endearment for a good friend. I met my cofounder on an airplane 7 years ago and developed our friendship while each living in distant cities (SF, Taipei, Berlin, London). I called him homeskillet once but he didn't understand the meaning since he's French, so it randomly became our placeholder project name as we bounced around ideas for cool things to build.
Thanks for the explanation. Further feedback though, I've never heard this term before, and I consider myself to have a relatively good vocabulary. Here in the UK, "skillet" isn't the most common word either (it's not uncommon, some people do use it, especially referring to cast-iron skillets specifically, but less common than in the US).
At the very least you've got to add the name of the company to the website so that people know it's not just some random letters.
Honestly though, I'd feel silly having to explain this name to anyone so probably just won't.
Hey everyone - we're working on Hmsklt.app to help friends form deeper relationships and more authentic connection.
- Join a small group of friends for a 7-day "bonfire" centered around a theme like Daily Gratitudes, Small Moments in Your Day, Weird Fun Stories, Self Love, Childhood Memories, or Highlights + Lowlights.
- Each day, the group will get a prompt to respond with short videos — a chance to reflect on the topics and small moments that you wouldn’t normally ask about. After the 7 days, you can choose to have the videos disappear or save them to celebrate your friendships.
We want to make it less awkward to be vulnerable and build authentic connections with the people who matter to you. No influencers, no posing, no filters -- just sharing small moments and good stories with your friends.
It sucks to be connected to thousands of people on social media but still feel so lonely. Having been personally affected by loneliness and mental health, we wanted to build tools to boost mental wellness that are less intense than therapy/medication.
We're currently in private beta and would really appreciate any feedback to help us make the app a warm and supportive experience.
"Daily Gratitudes", "Self Love"... This sort of curated communication reminds me a lot about how it feels to be around believers... It makes me shiver. Authentic communication cant be based on a framework of acceptable topics preselected by, well, whom? Besides, less screen time is the only way to go to strengthen friendships.
Agreed, I just had a strong stomach churn thinking about the slightly crazy eyed, chipper, vision board writing, medium article writing, HR types who who act like they're some kind of middle school camp counselor..."Today, tell me three things that made you sad, silly me..it's the 2021? Take a selfie of yourself telling your friends what makes you sad" f'ng yikes.
Good luck, but I have to say this is one of the weirdest sounding apps I have heard of, and something I (and probably most of my friends) would never use. I don't see how forcing conversation around some kind of "theme" produces "authentic" and "deep" connections - those are things that only come organically
The stories prompted by this app will be very personal. Shouldn’t they be protected from third parties? Encryption with a shared symmetric key sounds reasonable?
> It sucks to be connected to thousands of people on social media but still feel so lonely. Having been personally affected by loneliness and mental health, we wanted to build tools to boost mental wellness that are less intense than therapy/medication.
I'm struggling to see how to bootstrap this. Like if one guy in a groups says "hey let's use this new app to become better friends" and the others are just fine with the status quo, won't it be very awkward?
And if the group has decided "hey let's do this to become better friends", do they really need this over a discord, hike or some other activity?
I found it was enough to just talk to people... but I guess my experience is not universal.
Personally I'd find it very awkward to use such an app, it would feel very forced and artificial, but if it helps someone then I say awesome!
That seems like a pretty big oversight, particularly for an app that's intended for bringing people together. Now my first discussion with my friend group isn't "who wants to use this new app," but instead "who has an iPhone and wants to dogfood this person's social media app without the rest of our friends?" It's an awful lot of friction for a medium that relies on viral propagation.
Project Rōnin | Product Managers, Product Designers | San Mateo, CA | ONSITE
We are on a mission to transform cancer intelligence by providing access to all the best clinical knowledge contextualized for the oncologist, truly personalized choices & shared decision making for every patient, and a dynamic deep learning data analytics engine fueled by real-world evidence.
You’d be an early member of the product team, working on building our flagship product and helping steer the strategy for the future of oncology. At Project Rōnin, product managers and designers build 10X-100X products that ambitiously change how medicine is practiced. We are relentlessly passionate about designing and building a better world for patients and clinicians; are insatiably intellectually curious about the most important problems to solve and solutions to build; thrive in ambiguous, chaotic situations that we manage with ease and optimism; and have a fearless bias towards action that is data-driven, purposeful, and focused.
Oxeon | Product Designer, Sr Product Manager, Director of Business Strategy, and Executive Recruiting Associate | San Mateo, CA Onsite only | https://www.oxeonpartners.com
OXEON PARTNERS: Part venture capital, part management consulting, and part new company incubation, Oxeon builds and scales companies in healthcare. Oxeon conceives, designs and validates new business concepts to then create and launch new healthcare technology and services companies, either in partnership with a strategic partner (e.g. large health systems) or as an independent de novo company. Our team is small, moves quickly and works with our network of the nation’s leading healthcare executives to source innovative ideas, hone them into compelling new businesses. Example companies we've built/scaled: Cityblock, Flatiron Health, Bright Health, Neurotrack, Empiric Health, Risalto, Genome Medical, Syapse, Cota, Omada Health, Landmark health, Quartet, and many more.
PRODUCT DESIGNER: Oxeon is looking for experienced hybrid product designers to help create beautiful and highly functional products for our clients and their users. As a product designer at Oxeon, you’ll be part of the entire project lifecycle from start to finish, for both new startups and established healthcare institutions. Expectations include contributions to all aspects of the design process including research, wireframing/prototyping, and visual design.
SR PRODUCT MANAGER: Oxeon is looking for an innovative, entrepreneurial, and UX-focused product leader with a demonstrable pedigree of delivering business-impacting products built with best-in-class design. In this role, you will be part product lead, part entrepreneur-in-residence, and part management consultant - working alongside incredible cross-functional colleagues to build and scale companies across the healthcare landscape.
DIRECTOR, BUSINESS STRATEGY: You will manage a small team through the validation and business plan process, presenting your findings with internal and external stakeholders, and then shaping the product and technology roadmap, driving the sale of anchor clients, fundraising, and early team build-out. As our startups begin to take shape, our you will be charged with owning all startup operations and early success.
ASSOCIATE, EXECUTIVE SEARCH: Oxeon’s Invested Search practice recruits the senior leadership teams to fast-growing, transformational companies in the healthcare industry. We work exclusively in healthcare technology and services, conducting over 100 searches per year across all key functional executive roles. Our partners range from de novo and early venture-backed through Private Equity growth stage as well as For Profit/Public and Not For Profit companies.
We did generate most of the prompts ourselves but there's a pretty broad range: - Getting to know each other better through sharing funny weird stories, music that's shaped you, stories from childhood, etc - Sharing small moments in your day-to-day life: things that made you smile, times you were frustrated, weird morning routines, etc - Improving mental wellness by reflecting on your priorities, how you take care of yourself, or things that you're worrying about these days