November 9th, 2006
It LIVES!
We’re up, we’re live and folks are talking!
There’s been a ton of sleepless nights, some serious head scratching and a few profanities shouted (anyone out there who’s had to do browser compatibility testing knows what i’m talking about (although we did get to try the site out with really old versions of Flash - so that was fun in a nostalgic kind-a way)). But the site went live quietly late last week and after a few more bug fixes it went live loudly this past Monday. (And we’re still squashing bugs as we speak - if you do see anything funky and not working the way you expected please let us know info@ziddio.com.)
I say loudly since we got not one, but TWO mentions in the Wall Street Journal this past week! (Including a sweet screenshot on the front page of the marketplace section! (WSJ Article 1, WSJ Article 2) Oh and all the chatter being tracked by digg and Technorati doesn’t hurt either…
A few of us are off to go storm City Hall across the street - there’s a crazy huge Star Wars event taking place (for those of you paying attention its tied into our Join the Jedi Order competition) going on - and there are rumors of a photo opp with Chewie…
