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Archive for February, 2009

23 Feb, 2009

The 200 Milestone

Posted by: kenny In: development

Seven days after releasing the beta version of MySnowBuddy, we cracked the 200 user milestone!!

The team met earlier this evening and we’re just thrilled with how the soft launch has turned out. We’ve taken some of the great feedback everyone provided and already started planning phase 2, and phase 3. We’ve also been [...]

16 Feb, 2009

Rideshare for skiers

Posted by: kenny In: media

More coverage on MySnowBuddy on Page 3 of 24 hours Newspaper - Feb 16, 2009
“A local team of developers launched a Facebook application allowing skiers to coordinate rides to local mountains and other services such as a buy-and-sell zone for used gear and updated weather conditions. The developers say the online tool makes the most [...]

14 Feb, 2009

Some positive publicity

Posted by: john In: media

BC’s local technology news/blog site, www.techvibes.com, has given us some positive publicity!
MySnowBuddy Hopes to Get More Lower Mainlanders out on the Slopes
Lets keep the ball rolling everyone! Our biggest hurdle right now is encouraging everyone to get out and start ride sharing. If you’re wanting to head up to the mountain and you realize “Hey, [...]

13 Feb, 2009

Facebook Application - Soft Launch

Posted by: kenny In: development

The official launch is on Sunday, but we opened the gates a little early. In just a few hours we went from 0 users to 40! I can’t wait to see the next few days as we get increased exposure from blogs, newspapers, and advertisements.
Test drive the application now, become a fan, and invite [...]

Tons of events and parties going off later today, it’s exactly one year until the 2010 olympics. Super Short post, its 3am and i’ve worked all day. Just finished 80% of the help section within the fb app. More ecological footprint digging tomorrow morning, and scrambling to finish the website with app launch. Super curious [...]

09 Feb, 2009

Crank it up

Posted by: kenny In: development

First update in a week, we’ve really really really really really cranked it up. We’ve hammered off a lot of stuff, but still quite a fair bit to go. We added some images into the app and you can feel the app coming to life, it’s pretty exciting. Dying to add some more screenshots and [...]

02 Feb, 2009

2 weeks until launch

Posted by: kenny In: development

With 2 weeks until official launch, things are definitely picking up. Working with Mike we finished off the marketplace where users can buy/sell ski and snowboard gear. The facebook api is pretty tricky and there are some limitations but we managed to make it work and keeping it inline with the facebook look and feel. [...]


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