Alpha Testing Effort Underway
At long last, the Alpha testing effort for Swirl Connect, including the My Swirl online control panel, is underway. We’re keeping our testing group very small, so that we can provide adequate support for testers, because we’re not yet running in a production environment, and because we expect to perform usability testing with a subset of testers.
The only phones supported during alpha testing are Nokia Series 60 2nd Editions and Sony-Ericsson Java Platform 5 and above. Ideally, you’ll live near us, so we can peer over your shoulder as you perform some operations.
So what do you get (aside from our eternal gratitude) for your help? Probably some schwag, including a limited edition Swirl testing team t-shirt, some member account perks with the new service, and the opportunity to help shape our service. If you’d like to be involved in the testing effort, please drop me an e-mail.
In other news, Happy Holidays! Best wishes for a perfectly adequate 2007.
Thanks for your posts about startups. I found them informative and valuable.
As a business systems analyst and project manager, I have been solving problems for large corporations for more than 20 years. A lot of my spare time is spent reading and listening to National Public Radio, both of which have fed me information that gave me ideas for startup companies.
I have made the big decision to go for it: If I can pull it off, I am going to start creating some of the businesses I have been thinking about for years, so please keep writing about your experience.
May your testing go well and may your business succeed! I will be following along, wishing you the best…and learning about startups from your well written startup saga.