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About the beta (and me)
Well, now that the launch is behind us and we have things more or less under control, I thought it was time we gave a little bit of information about the beta and where we’re heading.
But before I do that, I should introduce myself. My name is John Martin, and I’m CEO and co-founder of Crowd Science. I’ll be posting here along with the rest of the team about the product and the research/analytics industry and maybe a little about building the company, but you can also follow me on my personal blog or on Twitter.
So, last week we opened the public beta of our first product, Crowd Science Demographics. As part of the coverage from TechCrunch and Mashable, we gave away a few hundred invitations. Apart from some traffic-induced hiccups on the morning of the launch, we’re doing pretty well capacity-wise, and with a little luck we’ll open up some more spaces later this week.
What are we working on right now? Apart from some amazing new reporting features that we can’t talk about just yet…
- We realize that the application is pretty thin on documentation, and are in the process of filling in all of the various nooks and crannies with instructions and descriptions and are working on a proper help system.
- We have some new tools for testing and customizing invitations in the works.
- We’re just about ready to switch on the inline survey system that we’ve hinted at on our website.
And, of course, we’re doing lots of research on research, trying to figure out what’s working in the field (and more importantly, what isn’t) and why.
As always, feedback is very much appreciated. You can leave a comment here or send us an email or start a thread over on our Get Satisfaction page.