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AmpliFeeder Private Beta

AmpliFeeder is entering private beta and I have a handful of spaces left to people who are interested in trying the service out. Testers will be running on the hosted platform so there is nothing to download or install. If you want to get a sneak preview and are prepared to report any bugs you find, get in touch via the contact form on this site. Active FriendFeed users are preferred but not essential. If you don’t know what AmpliFeeder is, you can see it in action in the video here.

Update: Sorry, all invites for the private beta are gone! Thanks to everyone who applied, sorry I couldn’t let everyone on. There were simply too many requests for me to be able to handle. Subscribe here or follow me on twitter @jonpauldavies to be first to know when it goes public beta ( within the month I hope).

I Work in an Agile Shop

In case you don’t know, I work for one of the most progressive and innovative tech companies out there, building enterprise scale voice solutions that make our clients very happy indeed. Qire in Liverpool makes multi channel communications easy to engage and we really try our best to squeeze every last bit of juice out of the technology to make solutions that are truly unique.
The reason I mention it is not as some kind of extended sales pitch, it’s because two wonderful things happened this week at work.

The first is that my bosses bought me a brand spanking new MacBook Pro 2.93 to start investigating edge Ruby on Rails as a platform for a few small scale satellite projects that we have on the go. It’s never going to replace our workhorse C#/CCXML/VXML combo but as a super RAD way to knock out small pieces, it really can’t be beat. It’s fantastic to work for a company that understands that technology is a slave not a master, and that solutions are best shaped by using the right tools for the job

The second thing that happened was that we were able to migrate our entire database rig to SQL Server 2008, syncing millions and millions of rows of call data without any downtime or disruption to our clients at all. No small task I’m sure you understand.

Both of these occurrences are testament to the way we run our shop: Agile. True software agility requires elements of bravery and curiosity, experience and  negotiation. The path to being agile takes more effort and dedication than other methods, but the reward is the chance to work in a place that fosters true innovation and creativity.