Randquist Rants » release http://randquist.us/blog Random ramblings of a Software Engineer and Entrepreneur. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:52:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 10/1 – Emergency Release and Build 2.0 of Projecturf.com http://randquist.us/blog/2008/10/01/101-emergency-release-and-build-20-of-projecturfcom/ http://randquist.us/blog/2008/10/01/101-emergency-release-and-build-20-of-projecturfcom/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:21:40 +0000 CobyR http://www.randquist.us/blog/?p=92 What a day… after a long deployment yesterday, we had a few issues that demanded correcting today and called for an emergency release for YPC.  It’s done things are good.

Been home about 90 minutes, in that time I helped my friends over at Rareview deploy Build 2.0 of their project management application Projecturf.com.  This is a different role for me, I am not involved with the development of the software, just sysadmin functionality on their servers, and their source code repository.  So they have been working on an update to the site since May, it was great to see it launch with as little effort as was required.

Only six more days until I have to jump on a plan for Oslo, Norway to record Smidig ’08.  It’ll be fun, just have to get my YPC team going on the next release before I head out next week.

]]> http://randquist.us/blog/2008/10/01/101-emergency-release-and-build-20-of-projecturfcom/feed/ 0 YPC Home Page redesign launched to test audiences http://randquist.us/blog/2008/09/30/ypc-home-page-redesign-launched-to-test-audiences/ http://randquist.us/blog/2008/09/30/ypc-home-page-redesign-launched-to-test-audiences/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:59:36 +0000 CobyR http://www.randquist.us/blog/?p=88 After an all too long development cycle, we have successfully launched a new redesign for our home page, not just a redesign but four of them.  All being tested by randomly assigned samples hitting our site.  It’s been a lot of work getting an AB like testing infrastructure and reporting system in place, all in all I think it faired well.  Now we’ll collect data so we can launch the new page redesign that actually supports the improvements we are looking for in user behavior, and not just the one we THINK will do it.

If you’re interested hit YELLOWPAGES.COM, you have a one in 49 chance every time you hit the refresh button of getting a new variation on the home page.  Once you have a new variation you will be cookied and you’ll continue to get that page.  However we are only collecting users for a limited time.  (And no I don’t think me announcing this here will skew our numbers in any statistically significant way, if I did I wouldn’t post, but my blog has a fairly low readership level.)

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