#83 - Launched! 🎉
How our launch went — the good and the not so good — and what's next! Another launch, of course. 😅
#82 - Behind Schedule
We're running out of time to do everything we want to for launch, but...there's still a lot of time left! 😅
#81 - Two Launches
The second 'product' we'll be launching in February and the social media love and excitement we've received over the January launch!
#80 - Secret, Internal Deadlines
A secret launch date, an update on our two big projects, and another feature that needs rethinking.
#79 - From Early Adopters to Mainstream
(Potentially) Breaking up with your early adopters, fixing the new recommendations page, and big, scary tasks still outstanding for launch!
#78 - One Month To Go!
It's surprisingly calm at TSG's HQ given how much we still have to do. Oh, and we have a new recommendations page! 😁
#77 - Why Did You Buy?
Customer research findings from Early Bird Plus customers, app and reading challenge updates, and looking ahead to a new recommendations page!
#76 - One-Stop Shop
Protecting our simplicity whilst making our users happy, reading challenges and the behind-the-scenes database migration, and upcoming design tweaks!
#75 - I Just Don't Like It
Deciding on where best to invest energy, our updated stats section, and our next round of customer interviews.
#74 - What Works For Now
Two exciting product updates: one very much behind-the-scenes and another eagerly-awaited one. Also — we don't have much time until launch. 😅
#73 - When Stats Get Personal
Learning about our community members' lives via our stats, figuring out a colour scheme for 60 genres, and an exciting upcoming, long-awaited feature!
#72 - People Can Wait
On not getting stressed around replying immediately to customer support emails, an update on editions and new tracking features, and news of Stats V2!
#71 - The StoryGraph Plus
We have a paid plan available for pre-order! Find out how it's being received and how figuring out the editions/ISBN thing is our next big project!
#70 - So...when are you launching?
Discussing when we hope to launch and some of the things you can expect to see in the product by that time!
#69 - On the roadmap...honest!
The challenges of an always-changing roadmap, the sort options on the Browse All Books page, and upcoming work on duplicates and language preferences.
#68 - All In One
Findings from the first round of my customer interviews, some more StoryGraph social media attention, and why this week is called "The 3 B's"!
#67 - Indirectly Trending
Discussing our little burst of Twitter fame, revamping the revamped recommendations page, customer research, and maintenance tasks!
#66 - Every day? Why?
Announcing our new, highly-personalised, recommendations search engine and discussing the importance of knowing who your most engaged users are!
#65 - The Benefits of Beta
Discussing the reception to our app and the upcoming work on content warnings. And, what exactly is "Your StoryGraph"? 🤔 😁
#64 - Problematic Language
On handling complaints about language on the site and introducing a first draft of our mobile app... 👀
