anitaklose,
August 18, 2009 – 5:24 pm
We want to thank everyone who has sent us suggestions and comments for their ongoing contribution to improving our service.
In July we started on a revamp of the admin interface and have added some exciting new features. The most prominent of these are:
Admin
added:
- You will now be able to block users under the tab “users”
- Easy access to widget documentation under the tab “widget” (view)
- Easy access to API under the tab “API” (view)
- You can now Export to Excel admin data (view)
- Add your own “internal comments” on suggestions – not visible to users (view)
fixed:
- default forum set up – long list went off screen
- comment/internal comment count was broken
- link to customized SSO login page goes to your customized login page
- “internal comment” delete button is working again
- admin couldn’t add suggestion with 0 votes when he ran out of votes – works fine again
- billing info displayed wrong “next payment” dat – shows now the correct payment date
- set default forum tab on “new” – works fine now (view)
- create forum that was already created and deleted – works fine now
- delete forum button – works fine now
- xls files are no longer triggered when clicking on “tabs”
End-User
added
- Syndication to Facebook and Twitter, url shortener (view)
- You can delete your own posted comment (view)
improved search (minimum word length, blacklist)
Translation
improved German, Spanish and French translation
danielkan,
August 7, 2009 – 11:55 am
Camp BizSmart is not your classic summer camp. There’s no swim test, fire buckets or bad food. What they have instead are 80 very sharp 12-15 year olds who will spend two weeks building a company from scratch. It’s a camp for budding entrepreneurs, how cool is that?
I had the privilege of spending an afternoon with these young entrepreneurs to discuss the value of knowing your customers and explaining how they could use UserVoice to do market research.
*Here’s where you come in. They need your feedback.*
There are 4 sponsoring companies that have provided a problem for the campers and there are 2 teams attacking each problem. Each team has brainstormed some solutions to the sponsor provide problems and setup a forum to collect your ideas (and see if you like theirs). Now they need your input.
If your birthday year is odd please leave feedback for group A:
seriousmaterials.uservoice.com
harateam1.uservoice.com
valenceenergy1.uservoice.com
frs1.uservoice.com
If your birthday year is even please leave feedback for group B:
kevinjobs.uservoice.com
harateam2.uservoice.com
valenceenergy2.uservoice.com
frsteam2.uservoice.com
On behalf of all of the campers, thanks for your help!
danielkan,
July 29, 2009 – 9:46 pm
Whatup Los Angeles,
Daniel here, just checking in from Hollywood. For those of you who don’t know me, I just graduated from Claremont McKenna College and joined UserVoice a couple weeks ago. It’s really good to be a part of the team (take that economy) and we are going to take it to a whole new level. But enough about me, on to something more exciting…
UserVoice just touched down at LAX and is getting ready for a big day tomorrow at Twiistup 6, where Rich will be speaking. After the trek down to SoCal and a nice ride to the Universal Hilton, we are ready to hit up Twiistup. Being back in LA is excellent and an 80 degree weather break from San Francisco is exactly what the doctor ordered (yes, I am used to the heat, having gone to school in Claremont).
This conference is going to be awesome, with 12 companies showcased, us included, and discussion topics with a lot of relevance to young entrepreneurs. With so many cool companies down here, we are looking forward to getting to meet the next generation of promising startups.
If you are going to be there, come find us! We will be setting up a table and Rich will be the one in orange. Also, shout out to Francisco and Jeremiah for setting this up. It’s gonna be great.
- Daniel
Richard White,
July 20, 2009 – 1:05 pm
I’ve heard people caution fledgling entrepreneurs that building a business is a marathon, not a sprint.
There’s certainly some truth to that, but I believe it’s more aptly described as a relay race, an especially grueling relay race where the course itself changes dramatically with each hand off of the baton. Each leg brings new obstacles, and demands that the runners develop skills they didn’t even know existed.
It’s with that in mind that I sit down to write a farewell note to my friend, co-founder and eternal optimist Marcus Nelson as he leaves the UserVoice team to pursue his next dream.
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