Michael Higgins ([info]sui66iy) wrote,
@ 2008-04-01 23:44:00
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Today we put our newest product into acceptance testing with our client. I spent part of the afternoon adding a little Easter egg --- I think it's the first time I've put an Easter egg into a piece of commercial software. It'll be interesting to see if any of the alpha or beta testers find it on their own (I think it's fairly well hidden, but not insane).

By the way, if you're interested in conservation science or GIS or web communities, or all of the above, let me know and we can talk about possibly being part of the alpha or beta testing rounds. We'll be talking more about the project in a tech talk at Google in two weeks, and I think we're also going to be giving at least a mini-demo at Where 2.0 in May.

Also: excellent front-end engineer wanted. Not that we have any cash to speak of this month. Start-ups rule.

Meanwhile, this weekend I plan to not work. It will be my first weekend off since January. Perhaps I'll clean the house. Perhaps I'll lie on the floor and vibrate. The possibilities are endless.


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[info]xthlcm
2008-04-02 03:58 am UTC (link)
Whoah, I missed this the first time around. Congrats on the launch! Looks fantastic.

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[info]xthlcm
2008-04-02 12:01 pm UTC (link)
Oh, also, I'll be happy to be a tester.

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[info]sui66iy
2008-04-02 02:39 pm UTC (link)
We're going to be using the first slots on people the client wants, since (a) they're paying, and (b) they know people who are actually conservation scientists and advocates. But, I'd like to get you in as soon as we can, since you have loads of visualization experience (both on the web and off) and I think your opinion would be really valuable.

... or, we might have you go a demo instance of the site that isn't geared to conservation stuff specifically. That way, you could upload your own data and not have to worry about it being appropriate to the conservation theme. (The product per se is topic neutral, but the particular instance that is the first deployment is a community for conservation scientists and advocates.) Anyway, as you can see, we haven't totally worked out the plan, so I'll keep you posted ;-)

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[info]xthlcm
2008-04-02 05:07 pm UTC (link)
That would be great, I'm happy to help if I can.

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[info]joe.retrovirus.com
2008-04-02 04:05 am UTC (link)
Congrats! Are you guys going to be a WhereCamp after the conference?

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[info]sui66iy
2008-04-02 02:46 pm UTC (link)
Honestly, I have no clue. I think we might just be part of the little "launch pad" demo-rama thing that they have in the evening. I'll have to check with Josh and see what's what. Do you know if WhereCamp is by invitation, or can interested folks just sort of show up?

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[info]joe.retrovirus.com
2008-04-02 11:36 pm UTC (link)
WhereCamp is definitely a "just show up" unconference thing: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/422904/

(It would require sticking around for the weekend, though.) I'm planning to go and talk about transit stuff like I did last year.

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[info]thompso2
2008-04-03 02:49 am UTC (link)
You finally get a weekend off and you want to clean the house? Call Merry Maids and take your lovely wife out for a while!

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[info]sui66iy
2008-04-04 09:48 pm UTC (link)
I'm too embarrassed by the house to let a maid into it. Yes, I'm neurotic enough to worry about what the maid thinks, and yet not obsessive enough to actually have cleaned up before now. It's sad, really.

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[info]b1uebutterf1y
2008-04-04 07:34 pm UTC (link)
That's the first I hear of any conference being held in Burlingame! You'll have to stop by the house. :-)

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[info]sui66iy
2008-04-04 09:49 pm UTC (link)
Indeed! I'll keep you posted.

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