You never realize just how time-consuming all of the little details can be until you’re knee-deep in them and just have to keep slogging through!
I’ve been busy getting ready for the launch of EverybodyInn and there are just so many little details that need to be accounted for. I’ve been on teams that shipped software products before, so I wasn’t exactly unaware of all of the little things it takes, but this is the first time I’ve been completely responsible for the entire process. Creating the code that makes up a software program is only a part (a large part, of course) of building a shippable product. It’s easy to forget about all the little things that are left to do, and fool yourself into thinking you’re ready to ship well before you actually are.
So this week I’ve been busy working on the product website for EverybodyInn, putting together a tour of screenshots, fixing those last annoying bugs in the program that only seem to pop up now, making sure the setup programs installs everything correctly, hooking up the back-end systems and payment processor, making sure all the legal and regulatory ducks are in a row, etc.
Things are coming along nicely, and I’m hoping (cross your fingers) to release EverybodyInn on September 15th.