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Bon Voyage German. You will be missed!
Posted on January 6, 2011 | No CommentsThree years ago, as we started the development of the Merrcury Engine, I decided that I wanted to start building work relationships with an end date in mind. Today, for the first time, a member of my team reaches such an end date: German. German was... -
When AJAX sucks and good ol’ web 1.0 performs better
Posted on December 22, 2010 | No CommentsAJAX is good, but in many instances it sucks. Case and point: the listings of the Merrcury Engine (for example: http://nacho.letmego.com/). We wanted visitors to be able to send a message to the hosts without having to leave the listing. We did this via modal... -
Video: And the winner of the LetMeGo Challenge in Spanish is…
Posted on November 10, 2010 | 3 Comments -
Video: The finalists of the LetMeGo Challenge in Spanish arrive to Bogota
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And the winner of the LetMeGo Portuguese Challenge is…
Posted on November 5, 2010 | 11 CommentsThe LetMeGo Challenge in Portuguese was an eight-month contest designed to help us find the person who will lead the Portuguese version of LetMeGo. The winner receives a long-term management contract, a yearly salary of USD48,000, bonuses, and stock options worth 20% of the... -
The LetMeGo I18N Challenge is about to end… with surprise trips!
Posted on October 25, 2010 | 5 CommentsEight months ago the LetMeGo I18N Challenge started. These are two experimental contests, one for Spanish and one for Portuguese. The purpose is to find the entrepreneurs that will lead the localized versions of LetMeGo in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal (more details).... -
Log into LetMeGo with Facebook: We can haz it!
Posted on October 22, 2010 | No CommentsYou can now use Facebook to sign in to LetMeGo. If you use the same email address for both your LetMeGo and Facebook accounts, we will automatically connect them when you sign in for the first time. Otherwise, a new account will be created for... -
Starting working relationships with an end date in mind
Posted on October 12, 2010 | No CommentsWhen I started LetMeGo back in 2008, I decided that I would simultaneously conduct an experiment. For this new venture, I would hire new team members in a relatively unique way: by setting an end date for our agreement right from the start. In practice,... -
TheRealHosts network is now live!
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 2 CommentsTheRealHosts is a network of four sites: RealVacationRentals.com, which we announced a couple of weeks ago, and TheRealHotels.com, RealBedAndBreakfasts.com, and TheRealHostels.com, which went live today. Each site targets a different niche. They all use the Merrcury Engine, which is the same engine that powers LetMeGo.... -
Our web designer is also a music designer
Posted on September 8, 2010 | 3 CommentsWe are proud of our geekiness at LetMeGo, but we also possess other passions. Several members of our team are musicians. “Maestro”, our web designer, is one of them. This video, “Eres”, is one of his takes on jazz and world music. Enjoy!
