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I wouldn't use this.

One of the secret joys of working from home is being able to work in my boxers (or less) and not get in trouble. Some days I jump out of the shower and just don't bother to do my hair until I need to go out of the house, and if I don't style it I almost look like Lloyd Christmas from Dumb and Dumber. I move around, I nap, I eat like the 7 Habits of Highly Obese People is my bible, and I swear liberally; even if you can't hear it, you'd know it's happening. However, when I'm around other people, you'd never guess. Using this app would take out the best part of working by myself: no judgement!

(This comment's gonna come back to haunt me one day.)



Ditto, and even if I had the option of turning my camera off, it would still make me paranoid, no less be sort of awkward that I was able to see everyone but they couldn't see me. Cams are more intrusive than my actual office setup is, which negates why I enjoy working at home in the first place.


Hah definitely valid concerns. I actually prefer working in my underwear as well ;) We are actually working on some really intuitive privacy features which will hopefully make Sqwiggle an even better option for remote workers like us. Thanks a lot for the feedback!


Then (shameless plug) try Sococo Teamspace! You can turn camera on/off, and it includes app sharing, group and p2p chat.


Oh, I really like this concept although I'm a desktop Linux user (one of the few!) and couldn't use this unfortunately.


Dang. We have Win32, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android ... but not linux. Well, we do run on linux but only as a 'supernode' for media routing, no GUI there.




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