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Velocity0.0

Project management and team communication tool

Steady small-surface polish across Basecamp and HEY, with no directional move.

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Current state
Output is a stream of contained feature additions split across the two products. HEY gets a Power Through New flow for the unread pile, quick access to Previously Seen emails, a full-year calendar view, calendar search, location lookup, event creation from an email, and infrastructure work improving speeds outside the primary region. Basecamp gets Hilltop View and client-access settings on templates.
Where it's heading
This is maintenance-cadence product work: each release removes one specific friction rather than opening a new capability. Nothing in the current entries points at a platform, AI or integration direction — the investment is in making the existing surfaces less annoying.
Prediction
The entries support no confident call on direction; on this evidence the next releases are more of the same contained per-product improvements.

Recent moves

  1. 4mo ago

    New in HEY: See your entire year at a glance

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  2. 4mo ago

    HEY: faster delivery rolled out worldwide

    HEY rolls out faster delivery worldwide. Performance work on the email product, the surface 37signals seems to be investing in most heavily.

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  3. 4mo ago

    New in HEY: Power Through New

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  4. 4mo ago

    New in HEY: Quick access to Previously Seen emails

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  5. 4mo ago

    New in HEY: Calendar Cover Art

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  6. 4mo ago

    New in Basecamp: Set client access on templates

    Basecamp templates can now carry client-access settings, so agency workflows don't reset every time a project is spun up. Small but useful for the multi-client crowd Basecamp serves.

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