Zoomies

I decided to expand Zoomies' capabilities by integrating with other popular video-conferencing platforms like Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex, GoToMeeting, etc.

The current version supports Zoom and Microsoft Teams with others scheduled to onboard one by one on a weekly basis.

Zoomies actually caters to a wide range of audience. Managers and school kids are using it the most. They seem to have the most number of calendar events these days.

Its been one week since launch and Zoomies has helped 80 email accounts manage their meetings better :)

For an Indie developer like myself who doesn't go a long mile marketing his work, ProductHunt has always been the go-to place for seeking some pat-on-the-back feeling. My last project called Unshakespeare was featured two years ago in the top 5.

Zoomies got featured and got over a 100 upvotes. This little heap of love and feedback made the weekend toil worthy.

I launched Zoomies. I wrote an email to the principal of my niece's school proposing to try out the product with a sample of teachers and students for feedback. I shared it with some of my colleagues over Slack too.

Meanwhile, I got some unexpected attention from a VC on LinkedIn.

I spent the weekend making the project from start to finish. I wanted the design to look simple and cute for the kids. I sat down with my niece aka The Test Manager and spent a day addressing her questions in the form of bug fixes.

I submitted the chrome extension for approval and waited for it to be published while I created a demo video for my early audience.

In the time of the pandemic, as schools went online, I saw my little niece struggling to find the Zoom link to her online classroom. She was certainly not able to tune-in to this change. I realized how e-learning must have been a challenge for the teachers and students w.r.t. technology and access.

I decided to simplify the accessibility to online lectures by developing a speed dialer to remote meetings.