Two weeks and counting…

We crossed our fingers (and our toes—the more limber ones among us) that Alpha launch would take off without any enormous glitches, and luckily it seems to have gone pretty gosh darn well. As far as we can tell, there have yet to be any huge screen meltdowns or system failures, and people are getting the hang of how to use profiles and post services and service requests. We couldn’t be more thrilled at the way Alpha has gone, and we thought we’d share some vital statistics on myJambi so far:

Major Breakdowns: Zero (at least technically speaking)
Cups of coffee consumed by myJambi Team: Approximately 144, give or take 100
New service categories suggested: 17
Fan mail received: Not enough. Parents and friends do not count, as much as we love you. That is called “biased fan mail.” We’re talking bona fide fan mail here.

There’s nothing quite like that first moment when the community activity feed on My Home starts magically populating with content (‘magical’ for some of us, but we know it was really more like ‘headache’ and ‘pass me that liter of caffeine’ for certain heroic developers). We can now look back on all those late nights and cocktails of diet coke and corner store cappuccinos (not to mention the odd cupcake for an afternoon pick-me-up) with sentimental sighs at bygone days. We like to refer to them fondly as “B.M.A” or “Before myJambi Alpha.” But we have set our sights even further into the future, to even grander eras to come, namely the more enlightened days of “M.B” or “myJambi Beta,” which promises even greater rewards. Cheesy? Yes, but let’s face it, our lives now revolve around release schedules so reevaluating our relationship to time is not so far-fetched…

We’ve seen the site take shape in a way that we could only dream about when we were lost in the thick shuffle of page designs, use cases, functional requirements (if you don’t know what any of those documents are, then consider yourself lucky; unless you are also launching a start-up company, in which case you have a lot to look forward to. Really. We mean it. A LOT.)

In all sincerity, our hearts did collectively flutter when we got the first stories of connections that were made on myJambi. It’s one thing to say, “Now, imagine you were a French major in college and you want to make some extra cash on the side by tutoring, but you don’t know where to start?” and it’s another to see your friend’s friend post a French Tutor service, and then suggest that service to another friend who is about to move to Paris for the summer and needs a crash course in the language.

And that’s just one story of so many. There’s the practical: A student in med school finds a babysitter from her classmate’s sister’s friend. And the whimsical: A user hires a friend of a friend to paint a map as a gift. These are just a few examples of how myJambi is quickly making people’s lives easier by connecting talented providers with buyers.

Now, on to more important things, like for instance…WHO WILL GET US FROZEN YOGURT?!?! Ruthy posted a service request for a Delivery Pro to fetch frozen yogurt for everyone at the office, and we haven’t had any serious responses yet. Come on! Where is the love, guys? Let’s negotiate…send Ruthy an e-mail and we’ll see if we can’t work something out.

And keep those comments coming! We love to hear from you…whether it is good or bad or you are just plain bored. As always, you can e-mail us at feedback@myjambi.com

The myJambi Team