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This morning we all got into the office and started the day as usual. Get in around 9, get the day started with review of actions (sharpen the saw) and meetings that need to happen, then the daily SCRUM (yesterday, today), then get to it… We knew there was an important press release going out today, but we didn’t know what was going to happen or how it would be reacted to.
Then in the space of a few minutes we’re on the front page of TechCrunch UK, US and France.
We’ve followed a deliberate and intentional strategy (which is obvious by us having 14 languages) of going local fast, which is also reflected in the many blog posts from Kindo friends around the world, so I guess I’m trying to say that whilst we’re not officially an English site (English is not the language with the most users for us), it sure feels good to get that kind of brute force exposure to tech people all over the world. You just have to look at the number of RSS readers that TechCrunch US has (659K), then add UK and FR, to wonder whether our servers will melt today… 
On another note, Nils has written a really good post (IMHO) about where we are now, which I’m not going to try and re-produce in tone, but I will say that I’m going to do my best to make sure that when we’re a teenager we’re going to rock
Anyways, more soon - some factoids for you that might be relevant:
- Built with Segaull php framework, flash, jQuery and MySQL
- Been live for 15 weeks
- Languages include Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional) and Russian
- Users in around 150 countries
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See what I did there…? kindo problem to have…?
It’s the last thing in the world that I’d *like* to see happening, but then again it’s a problem that you want to have as a growing web service for families…. growth = load = site is slower…
From our blog:
_ Too much love…
We’re getting tons of new members to the Kindo family at the moment, which is great stuff. But it also creates some problems with speed - some people are experiencing a really slow Kindo, which makes tree building a quite painful experience. We’re working on speeding things up, so hang in there.
So, we’re working on this like mad now, trying to scale things so we’re back to the zippy speed we were at before Christmas… more soon
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I’m extremely proud to say that due to some hard work from Ali in our office, we’ve released Arabic into Kindo… so now you get web2.0 family tree building and family social networking in Arabic, and 11 other languages…
Pretty neat eh? Check it out and blow your mind…
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_ TechCrunch en français » [fr]
Kindo lance la version française de son service de généalogie nouvelle génération
Le moins que l’on puisse dire c’est que Geni, un service nouvelle génération pour créer un arbre généalogique a inspiré pas mal d’autres startups et de clones. La semaine dernière même TechCrunch US nous apprenait que la société allemande Verwandt.de faisait mieux que Geni en traffic et audience (il s’agit d’un clone en tout point)
Nice and rewarding Shows the benefit of being in 11 languages…
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Some linkage and a good review from Webware
_ Build a fancy looking family tree with Kindo | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone
Besides the very basic and simple implementation of the tree creation, there’s also an integrated social network for families who want to dig a little deeper. Each family member gets their own profile, which shows off any included personal information, along with a list of updates they or others have made on the service. There’s also a status update option a la Facebook and Twitter that lets you announce what you’re doing to your family members. More helpful, however, is the birthday and anniversary reminder tool, which will automatically let you know when there’s a family birthday coming up. While both these things can be had elsewhere, it’s a nice touch.
Thanks guys!!
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We’ve been hard at work since we went live with Kindo, and yesterday did another major release which we’re really proud of…
Check it out, you should start to see the first signs of our social direction, which sets us apart from being “yet another genealogy application”… 11 Languages helps too…
_ Kindo - Some new features & improvements to kindo
The kindo team is very proud to announce that we have released a number of new features which we hope will improve our users’ experience.
Firstly, we have added 3 new languages, namely Russian, Turkish & Brazilian Portuguese, which now brings the tally to 11.
Our family
Secondly, we have added a brand new page called “Our familyâ€, where you can view the latest updates from all of your active family members. It also has a section with family statistics, so you will be able to see some interesting facts about your tree – the more data the better, so start updating those profiles
Pretty cool to know that we’re developing something that can do this, for people in 9 languages spread across 116 countries
_ Kindo - Profile in a kindo family tree dating back to 1702
We recently had a posting on our forum where one of our users, Rudolf Hager told us that he and his uncle had built a family tree dating back to 1702.
And we’ve got so much more coming!
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_ Kindo » Kindo in 116 countries and growing
Since going live on the 22nd of October, people from all over the world have been trying Kindo. Personally, it’s been an amazing journey as we’re able to see what countries people are joining Kindo from, and thus how Kindo is growing. As of today, the number of countries Kindo users are in has grown to 116
Pretty exciting stuff
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My DebugBar | ToDo / Beta
This new version introduces a new DOM tab with greatly improved features on the css side and is fully unicode !
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Kindo is looking for ambitious, talented, enthusiastic and motivated flash developers to join the family.
Must have:
Flash experience with an expert knowledge of ActionScript 2 and 3
Object-oriented PHP 5, MYSQL 5 including stored procs and views, good
AJAX and JavaScript and a decent understanding of CSS and xHTML
Exposure to Open source technologies/frameworks, eg PEAR, Seagull,
Zend, jQuery, etc is essential.
Ability manage a development environment, be able to accurately quote time for completing required tasks and be comfortable working with Trac and SVN.
Resident in the UK or relevant work permit
Beneficial to have:
Graphviz experience
Apache and MYSQL administration experience
Seagull framework knowledge
To apply:
E-mail cover letter and resume to hello AT kindo DOT com
Subject header must have KINDO FLASH
We are looking for people to join our team so no companies please.
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Check it out, something nice to watch on Google Video:
_ http://video.google.com/
From:
http://blog.kindo.com/
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Good list of social sites from Mashable for you:
_ SOCIAL NETWORKING GOD: 350+ Social Networking Sites
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We’ve been having trouble getting email into Hotmail, but seems to be working now…
If you’re interested in the details, checkout this post; if you’ve sent invitations to Hotmail, you may wanna see if they’ve been accepted
_ Kindo » Hotmail + Kindo = True?
“This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankindâ€â€¦ Those words of Neil Armstrong from 1969 could just as well refer to the project of getting Hotmail to work with Kindo.
As reported earlier, we have had problems with emails going from Kindo to Hotmail addresses. Some of them haven’t reached their recipients at all, while others have ended up in the junk mail-folder. Now after intense work from the tech guys in our office, we think we have solved the problem but we want to check that with you:
- Do the invitations you send out to you family members get through properly?
Right now there are lots of proud moms and pops here at our Putney offices! Today we’ve just released our first public version of Kindo [www.kindo.com], along with some nice improvements to our baby:
- Pruning is better (and you can use your keyboard to move your family tree around)
- Invitations are smoother (and we’re playing nicer with Hotmail)
- Your profile page has more information for your family (more status updates, and a better calendar)
Since we’re no longer in “beta”, you can be sure that your tree and pages will work as expected. So continue to build your beautiful trees, and share it with your whole family. And tell your friends to start their own tree too!
We feel we’re far from the finished article - Kindo will grow up, evolve, and get bigger and better all the time. We’ve launched a new Kindo forum [http://forum.kindo.com] too, which is a good place to ask questions if you need any help. Please tell us what you do and don’t like about Kindo, and also tell us how you want it to grow too!
Bye for now!
