http://www.brianjeremy.com/2007/10/02/soft-launch/ who am i, what do i do, what have i've done? Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:14:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.brianjeremy.com/2007/10/02/soft-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Rachel Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:58:33 +0000 http://www.brianjeremy.com/2007/10/02/soft-launch/#comment-18 In my experience a soft launch could mean either launching a new site to the public but not really announcing or promoting it; or it could mean launching it internally or to a small group and not making it public. However nowdays it seems like everyone just holds a "public beta." In my experience a soft launch could mean either launching a new site to the public but not really announcing or promoting it; or it could mean launching it internally or to a small group and not making it public. However nowdays it seems like everyone just holds a “public beta.”

]]> http://www.brianjeremy.com/2007/10/02/soft-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Tim Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:18:41 +0000 http://www.brianjeremy.com/2007/10/02/soft-launch/#comment-17 I am pretty sure that the term is actually used to refer to a "private" launch, a private one for a specific set of control users (who are also aware of their role as "testers"), so you can work out the sort of bugs that can only be found this way. The term was stolen from th restaurant biz, where it is commonplace to open for a private group of people, for the same reason, find the bottlenecks and problems with your process or product service that can only be found by operating that actual test subject. I am pretty sure that the term is actually used to refer to a “private” launch, a private one for a specific set of control users (who are also aware of their role as “testers”), so you can work out the sort of bugs that can only be found this way. The term was stolen from th restaurant biz, where it is commonplace to open for a private group of people, for the same reason, find the bottlenecks and problems with your process or product service that can only be found by operating that actual test subject.

]]> http://www.brianjeremy.com/2007/10/02/soft-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Joel Helin Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:33:25 +0000 http://www.brianjeremy.com/2007/10/02/soft-launch/#comment-16 Wow. I must say that this is one of the best designed wordpress sites I've ever seen. I didn't really see any other forum to say this other than this field, so sorry for posting it here. I never trusted Wikipedia that much either. ;) Wow. I must say that this is one of the best designed wordpress sites I’ve ever seen. I didn’t really see any other forum to say this other than this field, so sorry for posting it here. I never trusted Wikipedia that much either.

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