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Archive for February, 2009
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The LetMeGo Business Plan… Revealed!
Posted on February 27, 2009 | No CommentsEasy as pie! Okay… this is not our business plan – It is a collection of random thoughts we had while German and I were discussing the best methods and algorithms we could use to predict the prices that a lodging could charge... -
We Just Upgraded to CakePHP 1.2.1
Posted on February 27, 2009 | No CommentsThe Merrcury Engine, the software that will be behind LetMeGo.com, is based on the CakePHP framework. When we started work in the LetMeGo Project a year ago we used CakePHP 1.2 beta. A few months ago German upgraded the Merrcury Engine to CakePHP 1.2 RC2... -
The LetMeGo Immersion Has Started!!! The Webcam Is Now Live
Posted on February 23, 2009 | 5 CommentsThe LetMeGo Immersion has started!!! You will be able to check us out live, all the time, via the webcam player embedded below. I will continue providing updates here in my blog and via twitter @torrenegra. Update 1: Today, June 6th, the LetMeGo Immersion has satisfactorily ended. The live... -
The LetMeGo Immersion
Posted on February 18, 2009 | 14 CommentsThe LetMeGo Immersion is an effort to release LetMeGo on time. Six developers will be coding 24×7 (minus sleeping time) for over three months. They will be living together in an undisclosed location in or near Bogota, Colombia. Why are we doing such a crazy thing?... -
Cockerr, Our Ticketing System, Reaches Alpha… Again
Posted on February 17, 2009 | No CommentsBack in August I had an “aha” moment about our CRM strategy. As a consequence, we decided to update the Cockerr Scope (the sub-system in charge of tickets and interaction with human reps of LetMeGo). I decided to develop the update myself as it wasn’t... -
LetMeGo Has 146 Documented Use Cases. Here Is One.
Posted on February 12, 2009 | 3 CommentsDuring the past few weeks, I have had several dialogues about user stories and use cases with other people involved in web development (coders, product developers, project managers, etc.) The conversation tends to be controversial as many people adore Agile Development and, as it is,... -
Musica Maestro!
Posted on February 11, 2009 | 2 CommentsThis message is not about the lodging industry, or technology, or anything else that I usually write about. This message is about the new music album that Maestro, our awesome web designer, just released. Please excuse me if you don’t find this post useful, but... -
Expedia.com, Priceline.com, and Orbitz.com… All Wrong.com’s
Posted on February 9, 2009 | No CommentsSimply put… All of the above mentioned sites (and many others) have their lodgings pre-arranged in geographical areas. Travelers are forced to browse through these categories. It shouldn’t be that way. Why? I hate imaginary boundaries (“Imagine there’s no countries – It isn’t hard to do” ♫) The... -
When It Comes to Innovation, Less People Is More
Posted on February 3, 2009 | 5 CommentsToday Voice123 is saying ‘good-bye’ to its most senior developer, Javier Acuña. Voice123 is another Torrenegra Labs venture I preside over. Javier is one of the best software architects, developers, and loyal professional I have ever met. I am going to miss him, but...
