February 13, 2008
The Next Update
After a little over a month, we're starting to pick up momentum with the issue tracker, and launching our new company site is the first outwardly visible step of that progress.
We’re launching our new company and site today. Everyone, meet Next Update. Next Update, meet everyone. We’re still working on a name and domain for the issue tracker, but getting the company site up was an important step that couldn’t wait for that to get worked out. Besides, I wanted to have a more appropriate place for sharing information about the issue tracker and our progress.
I’ll still be blogging here, but from now on, all of the updates for the issue tracker will end up at NextUpdate.com. We’ve also setup a Twitter account, and even the requisite email signup form.
The Name
I’ve had the domain for Next Update for quite some time, and the original plans for it had nothing to do with building a company. However, I always knew that I really liked the name and the URL. With software, there are several layers of meaning within the name that I think really work for what we’re doing. I’m not going to go into them all, but suffice it to say I’m really happy with it.
The Site
It’s still really rough around the edges, and it should definitely be considered a work in progress. The goal was to get something workable up and running as fast as possible so we can stay focused on building the actual application. Plus, we’re big proponents of getting the basics down and then worrying about fine-tuning over time. So despite a plethora of additional ideas, we only have a blog and comments for now. Oh yeah, and an email signup form.
That’s all for now, but we’ll be sharing plenty more in the coming months.
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Hi. I’m Garrett Dimon, a freelance designer/developer in Dallas, TX. This is my site about people, design, and technology. I designed and built a bug and issue tracking application called Sifter. Still have questions? Feel free to .