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December 23, 2005
Iteration 6 signed off
Yesterday was a busy day, including signing off and putting iteration 6 online, and making plans for the holidays period here.
Iteration 6 brings one of the key features we envisioned: being able to link anything to everything. For any event, group, or resource you're looking at, there's a button to add it to "Your stuff". And if you have stuff there, to link that to what you're looking at. As with the tagging, this opens up a wealth of new opportunities. With all this tagging and linking now working, we've built the crucial ingredients of the platform, and in just seven weeks.
Additionally, once a group is "certified", the owners now can also show the group's endorsement for events and resources, by "certifying" it.
Preparing for the planning game, we went over all remaining stories, dropping 17 stories for this phase (hey, do we now have 'feature shrink'?). Mainly, we decided to leave out messinging within the system for now. And, as with the tagging, we're discovering the true potential of linking now that we're playing around with that: why not let you link your profile to someone else, thereby granting permission for that person to see your contact details?
Christmas is a time for reflection too. We just had a gathering at the office here, looking at footage of the Greenpeace vessels currently "Defending Our Oceans", and the horrific whaling they're trying to stop, while listening to Shane talk about the events onboard over there. Inspiring at the same time: we need new ways to let people join us to stop these crazy things from happening.
Most of us will be back in January, so wishing you all an insightful Christmas and New Year!
Posted by rolf at December 23, 2005 1:25 PM
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