Alpha version successfully released on Android & iOS
Today is a landmark day for us!
Yes, after many trials, tribulations, team changes and burning the midnight oil we have released a solid working version of our app that can be downloaded and tested...but that's just the tip of the iceberg. We have done it both on iOS & Android with an absolute consistent look, feel & functionality supported by a solid back end. It's time for celebrations......................
But we are not celebrating, we patted ourselves on the back for 2 minutes and have decided to head back to the trenches to fight it out.
Before we head back, a few key mentions:
Prince Nishchal, iArchitect & Head of Engineering for his never give up attitude and cool head. His undying energy and efforts have taken this app to places we never thought we could a month ago.
Additional mention for mentoring and conjuring up a technical team to build the new web components to be released soon.
Siddharudh P.T., Backend Engineer for believing in new technologies, giving up his bias for his favorite technologies and taking the time to learn and implement it successfully.
Our Alpha Team of Testers:
Sushmitha HC
Keerthy M
Vinay Nag
Our first customers who's initial feedback and love motivates us through the hard times:
Lindy
Jason
Team MMoon
Lady Leet
Tarik
Tristan Kromer
Santiago
Arturo
David Andujo
Jorge Zvala
Brian Fitzgerald
Amazing support from these Good Samaritans on Twitter:
Jesse Maddox @onwardly (for amazing article on launching)
Van Nguyen @thegoleffect (for encouraging us to take road Node.JS)
Tech BA SV @techbasv
Santiago @dfect
HelpDojo @heldojo
Hiten Shah @hnshah (for super insightful tweets & blog posts)
Karthik Rangarajan @krangarajan
The Appcelerator Gurus -
Kevin Whinnery #kevinwhinnery
Dawson Toth @dawsontoth
Bill Dawson @billdawson
Daniel Tamas @dan_tamas
Raul Riera @raulriera
Pedro Dias @pedromdias
Tony Guntharp @fusion94
Chad Auld @chadauld
Giancarlo Nicolof @GiancarloN (for teaching me pattern creation in Photoshop)
Friends without whom we wouldn't make it:
Rajv Jayant (my mentor, friend and guide)
Vinay Nag
Ashish Kaimal (who introduced me to Tech Ninja Prince Nishchal)
Anup Negi
Luis Carranza
Dineshwar Mahant
Santosh Koti (for sharing his ideas)
Anirudh Mannan
Nathan Welsch (who's ideas, encouragement & coffee keeps us going)
Our Competitors for keeping that torch burning and proving a market exists:
Hipster (usehipster.com)
LocalMind.com
Loqly.me
CrowdBeacon
Loopt Questions
Loqize.me
Last but not the least:
Our families, for supporting the crazy schedules and life in the trenches. It inspires us and keeps us moving forward through the crests and troughs of our endeavors.