Now that barenakedapp.com is closing, I figured I’d use this chance to do a quick, “what’s next”.
Well, obviouslly I’ll still be working on Amigo with the team, but as I’m a freelance developer there’s always another project to work on. I’ve got a few of those going on, Dexmo should go live next. I’ve also got a few of my own projects (kapoddo might be next on that front), if anyone listening has a site with 5k+ visitors monthly please get in contact (dave@builtbydave.co.uk).
It’s been a great time sharing info here, the ups, the downs, even the moon on a stick! If I’m ever at a conference/event near you please come and say “Hi”. Until next time, signing off..
Well everyone, it’s been an amazing ride on the Bare Naked App Express. Thank you for joining us along the journey. Gill and I have sure enjoyed sharing all of the victories, defeats, and craziness that has gone along with building Amigo.
We’ve decided it’s time to focus on growing Amigo and really making it fly. In light of that, we’re going to stop posting to BNA and focus 100% on that.
Thanks so much for cheering us along - we couldn’t have done it without you!
(Thanks to Shaun Inman for the photo)
We’ve submitted Barenaked App (the figures behind top web apps) as a proposed panel at next year’s SXSW interactive festival in Austin, TX. So if you’re going to SXSW, or you just think it would be a cool to know the figures behind other web apps then vote for us over at the panel picker (choose the Web 2.0 drop-down).
The guys at SXSW usually release the podcasts after the event so even if you’re not attending we think it would be a good panel to listen to.
Well, we were hoping for a ’soft’ launch but TechCrunch, as apparently avid readers of Barenaked App, had other ideas. Here’s what they said about Amigo:
“Simple but elegant”
“…much of Web 2.0 is about moving beyond email for communication with constituents - but a person can’t live on kool aid alone and Amigo is an interesting development.”
“All in all, it’s a nice clean, simple system that was developed in a transparent way by some people who are active participants in the Web 2.0 community.”
We’re overjoyed! Amigo is running steady, we’re on the front page of TechCrunch and the Summit in San Francisco is just around the corner.
Read the complete article here.
Holy heck! Amigo is alive and kicking!
You faithful BNA readers are the first to know. Please give it a good thrashing and email us if you find any errors. Please submit any bugs (with screenshots, what platform you’re on and what you were doing) to support -a-t- heyamigo d*o*t net
The above screenshot is me telling BitPusher to set it live :)
Thank you for all your support, feedback and encouragement. It means a lot to us. We’ll keep you updated on how it’s going.
Amigo is tantalisingly close to being ready. The copy for the site is written (I spent all weekend writing the help topics and last night putting together the ‘Learn’ section). Ryan is doing some last minute bug testing and Dave is having a cup of tea…or testing the invoices go through PayPal, one of the two. We’re just waiting for the drum-roll to start, the champagne corks to pop and Amigo will be live! Don’t go anywhere.
Poor Dave! He’s in bug-fixing hell with all the to-dos we’ve flagged for him on Basecamp (which we’ve dubbed ToDoCamp). Both myself and Ryan are testing Amigo and bombarding him with bug fixes. He’s been working solidly all weekend and we appreciate it. Ryan is better at describing bugs than I am (being more technically savvy than me) so his to-dos are very to the point, and minutely described. Mine are more along the lines of ‘the category picker is acting strange on this page’ - which I’m sure must drive Dave mad. But right now, myself and Ryan are the only bug-testers we have so we’ll have to plod on.