Stories, protips, field notes, and all the things you can’t say while eating.

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The out-of-office (OOO) world comes with freedom. The OOO loop is a virtuous cycle that grows quality of life alongside quality of work.

Why we’re building tools for the out-of-office world

See the new November rooms for mmhmm for Native American Heritage Month, Dia de los Muertos, Diwali, Shichi-Go-San

Rooms to try this week: Native American Heritage Month, Dia de los Muertos, Diwali, and Shichi-Go-San

See the new mmhmm rooms for Thanksgiving and Hanukkah

Rooms to try this week: Thanksgiving and Hanukkah

We’re thrilled to announce the acquisition of Macro!

Macro joins mmhmm to help supercharge self-expression in OOO for web

mmhmm is now in 12 languages

mmhmm will soon be supported in Arabic, Chinese (traditional and simplified), English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish

mmhmm will be available in 12 languages (with more on the way)

Chunky recording is now available for mmhmm for Windows

Windows users can get in on all the presentation-perfecting fun by joining the mmhmm for Windows beta.

Join the beta: Chunky recording is now available for mmhmm for Windows

This week we have rooms with views and backgrounds to celebrate Golden Week in Japan and AAPI Heritage Month.

Rooms to try this week: Golden Week and AAPI Heritage Month

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Ask Phil Anything

Each week Phil will create a new video full of (sometimes accidentally) entertaining and (sometimes intentionally) thoughtful answers

Ask Phil anything: A weekly series where mmhmm CEO Phil Libin answers your questions

September kicks off the start of National Hispanic-Latino Heritage month here in the U.S., and Jewish people around the world celebrate Sukkot, a feast to enjoy the harvest.

Rooms to try this week: National Hispanic-Latino Heritage month, Sukkot, manga and more

Roxana Jullapat, head baker at Friends and Family Bakery in Los Angeles, CA, shows us the double-crimp, or Roxana crimp pie technique.

We’ve added four new rooms with abstract backgrounds in cool shades

Rooms to try this week: We've got the blues

Introducing mmhmm TV beta

With our work video hub, staying up-to-date with your team is as easy as getting caught up on your favorite TV shows

Cancel your bad meetings and watch mmhmm TV instead

Sign up now for the mmhmm for Windows private beta

mmhmm Windows beta has arrived! Here’s how to sign up

We kicked off our mmhmm Summer season of content with a keynote preview of “Chunky,” the next iteration of mmhmm.

mmhmm for Mac 2.0 introduces library and presets 2.0

This week we’ve added rooms for some of February’s big celebrations.

Rooms to try this week: Black History Month and Lunar New Year

mmhmm works with or without a green screen, and here’s how to set up both

You don’t need a green screen to use mmhmm (but here’s why you might want one)

Build the best office for your virtual presentations

In this 45-minute webinar video, the mmhmm team discusses their trials and tribulations of setting up our own working space in our own home.

Webinar recap: Building your best virtual office

Add some rainbow brights to your week with this week’s room additions.

Rooms to try this week: Love in the time of color

mmhmm Chunky for Mac 2.1 is live!

mmhmm 2.1 for Mac: enabling the future of OOO (out-of-office) work through improved recording and sharing

Available now: mmhmm 2.1 for Mac revolutionizes recording 

Virtual Costume Contest

Join our virtual halloween costume contest for a chance to win a year of mmhmm Premium.

We’ve added 36 (!) static and animated backgrounds in the past two weeks for International Women's Day, the Cherry Blossom Festival, Hinamatsuri, and more.

Rooms to try this week: Celebrate spring and International Women’s Day 

Around May 12-13, depending on the moon, the month of Ramadan comes to an end with Eid al-Fitr

Today we’re celebrating the public launch of mmhmm

mmhmm Human Risk promo

Christian Hunt, compliance expert, shows through mmhmm that while compliance is serious business, teaching it doesn’t have to be.

Christian Hunt: How mmhmm helps bring behavioral science to compliance

On May 27, we’re kicking off a summer series to help you get even better at being on video—stay tuned

Every week we add new rooms so you never have to get caught wearing the same thing two meetings in a row.

Rooms to try this week: Be Punxsutawney Phil

We’ve added 12 rooms for kids’ celebrations, Pi Day, St. Patrick’s Day, and more.

Rooms to try this week: Kids’ rooms and St. Patrick’s Day

This week we have added rooms to celebrate May the Fourth, Mother’s Day, and Mental Health Awareness Month

Rooms to try this week: May the fourth be with you

Introducing... OOO for iOS

Introducing OOO, our new iOS app for video calls to casually connect you and a friend in a custom environment.

OOO for web

The OOO app for web banishes stale and ineffective video meetings by putting you and your colleagues into interactive environments to match the kind of conversations you want to have.

OOO for web replaces boring video meetings with interactive conversations

See the new rooms we’ve added a touch of movement to in mmhmm: Dark Scallop, Space Shuttle, Turquoise Drift, and Morning Sun.

This week we have rooms with views and backgrounds to celebrate the month of Ramadan.

See the new Halloween rooms we’ve added a touch of movement to in mmhmm.

Rooms to try this week: Halloween zombies

The mmhmm for Mac 2.1 beta release is here!

mmhmm for Mac 2.1 beta: Record, playback and share in new ways

Three video setups for any space

Our team shares three video setups, from nimble to permanent. Whether you work from home or on the road, this video equipment overview is for you.

DOG HUGS SEASON 2 starts APRIL 6

Larry Kay of Positively Woof used mmhmm virtual backgrounds, slides, and presenter effects to turn their remote operation into a full-fledged show

How Larry Kay co-created the Dog Hugs video show with mmhmm

DIY Electric Skateboard #PandemicProject

Michael Buffo has transformed live performances into virtual events with mmhmm

Health, mindset and tools #PandemicProject

Enriquez, a Pandemic Project winner, began creating video "self-therapy sessions" to connect with others who were similarly having a hard time

How Jorge Enriquez helped others through his self-therapy videos

mmhmm for Windows is available to all! Download mmhmm for Windows for free and start having more fun with video.

We’ve opened mmhmm for Windows to everyone

Opening Keynote

To kick off our summer celebration, we’re excited to preview the new mmhmm Chunky features

Introducing mmhmm 2.0 Chunky: Make video work for you

We just raised a $100 million B round led by SoftBank Vision Fund to help mmhmm transform human communication through video

To see more of the options we’re offering, go to the Rooms tab, click on ‘+ More Rooms…’ at the top, and add these to your list.

Rooms to try this week: Fourth of July and rainy season

mmhmm for educators

We’re giving students and educators a year of mmhmm Premium for free.

Students and educators get a year of mmhmm Premium for free!

Back to School with mmhmm

How university professors and primary school teachers are using mmhmm to inspire creativity and active learning.

How teachers use mmhmm to engage students and transform their lessons

New gradient rooms in the mmhmm room catalog: Parallel Purple, Aquamarine Hex, Kaleidoscope Blur and more.

Here’s a small sample of the assortment of fun backgrounds we’re adding this week, including Tiger Tails, Sushi Go Round, and more.

Rooms to try this week: On air with mmhmm

The mmhmm Summer daily giveaway drawings, contests for the most compelling tweets, and surprises we haven’t announced yet

Summer vacation for school kids in Japan starts on July 20 and ends on August 31, so we’ve created some rooms to celebrate that school's out for many students

Our first year in review

Here’s a recap of our first event and what’s in store for mmhmm for the rest of the year.

Steven Lai: The power of the wet suit

Joshua Seth: Warm Up Your Voice

Roselyn Chin: DimSum Puppets

Move away from division and toward unity through WE building with Laura Kriska

Jim Van Wyck: Meditation

5-Slide Challenge: Larry Weaver

Sudarshan Mahajan - Pandemic Playspaces

Victoria Cogswell: Summer Fun!

Laura Kriska: 3 Tips Successful return to Office

Max Ziebell: Declare Variables Not Wars

Announcing the winners of the mmhmm 5-Slide Challenge

Announcing the 5-Slide Challenge contest winners!

This update adds a customizable away screen and pointer features we’re debuting in the Windows version of mmhmm before they come to the Mac

mmhmm for Windows 1.1: BBRB (Beyond be right back)

This summer, we’re unveiling mmhmm’s biggest update ever, with a new way to remix reality on video.

Great Scott! mmhmm Summer begins next week

Windows Beta Getting Started with mmhmm (Webinar recording)

Mmhmm for Windows Open Beta 3 has arrived and we are opening our doors to everyone, with the ability to import slides and enhanced performance.

What’s new in mmhmm for Windows Beta 3: Speak, Friend, and Enter

We surveyed 1,000 people in the U.S. to find out what they’re really doing on video calls, and the results were revealing

1 in 10 People Not Wearing Pants on Your Video Call

Music with Drew - #PandemicProject

Mad Science and a vegetable garden #PandemicProject

Announcing the winners of the mmhmm #PandemicProject contest

Announcing the #PandemicProject contest winners!

How Bayka Magendans employed green fabric and mmhmm’s tools to shrink himself to gopher-size in his winning video.

How Bayka Magendans used green fabric to shrink down in his winning video

The new dotcom boom, Collision Conference 2021

At the Collision Conference, Phil Libin and Julia Hartz experimented with mmhmm's teleport feature (coming soon!) and discussed the change in virtual events.

UPDATED: Watch CEO Phil Libin and Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz Discuss The New Dotcom Boom

Welcome to mmhmm

Meet the mmhmm interface

Connect mmhmm to Zoom and other platforms

Get a room

mmhmm slides tutorial

Use real backgrounds in mmhmm

Using a green screen with mmhmm

Presenter effects and controls

Powerful mmhmm presets

Recording a video with mmhmm

How mmhmm makes money

mmhmm for Mac 1.4 includes interactive recordings of tutorials to help you learn about everything

mmhmm Business enables group accounts for organizations ready to be on brand on video.

Introducing mmhmm Business: Professional video presence for the whole team 

mmhmm has integrated GIPHY search, so you can add slides from the world’s best selection of gifs.

mmhmm for Mac 1.3: Show ‘em how you feel with GIPHY Slides 

Andy Nulman uses mmhmm

The successful writer, producer, and businessman dishes on the importance of honing one’s virtual presence—for teaching, performing, and more.

Andy Nulman: Navigating a new role with mmhmm by his side

Joyce Matthews mmhmm

Scotland-based facilitator shows how to remaster an IRL workshop to the virtual world.

Joyce Matthews: How a trainer of teachers moved her in-person, analog workshops online

Share your #PandemicProject using mmhmm

#PandemicProject: Crafting in Quar with Annie Pennell

#PandemicProject: Genius Lounge with Matt Troutman

#PandemicProject: Parenting with Mary Pendleton

Tell us your #PandemicProject story for a chance to win $1,000 of home studio equipment; plus four more winners to win a year of mmhmm premium

Join us on March 25 for The Essential of our new Hybrid Reality: Better Videos, a masterclass on how to make better videos

Join Us March 25: Phil Libin on Making Better Videos, co-hosted by APX

We're getting Windows ready for release to everyone. Here’s what we’ve added for Beta testers.

mmhmm's latest update is all about adding slides and importing decks. Style your presentations with more flexibility and higher-level production.

New mmhmm for Mac 1.2: Slides just got way better 

Hal Tasaki, who started with audio-only online classes, says he puts his students first.

Hal Tasaki: How an old-fashioned college professor transitioned from audio to online learning

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culture gaps not just nationality

The Business of WE author Laura Kriska on why cultural empathy and connecting across differences matters now more than ever, and how mmhmm has helped her bring her consulting online

Laura Kriska: The Business of WE and how technology can build bridges between “us” and “them”

We’ve released the 1.1.1 update to mmhmm for Macs to give you more control over green screen, filters, and more.

mmhmm for Mac 1.1.1 Update: You’re in control

Phil Libin and the Chainsmokers on Remixing Reality: The DJ-ification of the World.

mmhmm founder Phil Libin recently sat down with the Chainsmokers at Web Summit on Remixing Reality: The DJ-ification of the world.

Phil Libin talks to the Chainsmokers at Web Summit

Preschool teacher Andrew Ghe-Huang uses mmhmm to show a simple STEM activity with a cut out pizza

When business school professor Junichi Kawaminami had to switch to teaching online, he used mmhmm to make better connections with students

Junichi Kawaminami: How he evolved online classes to keep business school students engaged

Austin-based fifth grade math teacher Lorrie Salome on how mmhmm is making her teaching life so much better, and what she will take with her once remote learning is done.

Lorrie Salome: How mmhmm helps this math teacher remake classwork quickly and easily

Award-winning coder Kaya Thomas on bringing joy and engagement to virtual work through mmhmm.

Kaya Thomas: Reading, writing, and coding for a better tomorrow

How to connect the mmhmm app with Zoom, how to disconnect, and how to share screens in Zoom.

With mmhmm, you can make a live or recorded presentation featuring anything you can run in a desktop window

A Halloween Story for ESL Students

Çağrı Menteş discusses how mmhmm helps translate ESL instruction in Istanbul to a virtual classroom.

Çağrı Menteş: Teaching ESL in a virtual world

Remarkable, a disability tech accelerator, shows how we can change work to be more inclusive and how to rebuild tech to reach all

Remarkable is on a mission to accelerate accessibility 

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Geography

Happy Holiday Trivia

3 free video quizzes: a word game, geography, and holidays -  to use as icebreakers

3 Free 5-Minute Trivia Games for your Next Video Call

Richard Schave and Kim Cooper on how mmhmm is helping Esotouric give unique and fascinating virtual historical tours.

Richard Schave and Kim Cooper of Esotouric: How tour guides for hidden L.A. have gone virtual

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