[jkincaid]

I'm sorry you don't like the show. You seem to be in the minority, though.

FWIW there are some things I think we could improve on as far as polish goes (a title/intro sequence would be a start). But I'm not going to change my personality.

[brandnewlow]

Don't change a thing. So weird that someone on Hacker News is arguing to overdo something.

The videos are good enough. That means they're great.

[benologist]

They don't need gimmicky intros or polish to sell them because they're interesting as hell, I love watching them and seeing how other startups are doing, especially ones that are all ghetto and scrappy like the rest of us instead of 'normal' offices.

[5l]

I'd leave it as is or keep it short; intro sequences are pretty tedious especially if you watch several videos one after the other.

The best thing you could do to improve this show is to do more of them, because they rock.

[kerryfalk]

I like them.

Are they a little rough around the edges? Yes. But aren't the software and companies we're creating from scratch also a little rough around the edges? It gets better with time as it evolves.

Some of it seems a bit staged/awkward but the majority of it seems authentic, off-the-cuff, which is good. Being able to easily pick out the staged parts is good, too.

Thanks Jason, keep them coming!

[knowtheory]

Then i would really like to never see one of these posts make hacker news ever again.

This video was an unlikeable, meandering, and largely contentless mess. If your goal is to inform hackers and geeks about interesting workspaces and/or the workspaces of real programmers, i can't say that you've achieved your purpose. If on the other hand your goal is just to bother employees with a camera and tell pointless anecdotes about yourself in a variety of settings, then i question the entire endeavor, even beyond the unpalatable packaging (cribs? seriously...?).

tl;dr: Not enough lifehacking/productivity investigation, way, way, way too much jkincaid.

[zacharypinter]

Hi Jason,

I ended up going through several of the TC Cribs videos last night and really enjoyed them. Not sure why others are being so negative, but keep up the good work!