BETA

ReadWriteWeb: “design for the Periscope Gadget is simple and effective”

October 19th, 2008 • Mentions
Tags: beta, design, Mentions, Progress

Periscope was referred to by Corvida over at ReadWriteWeb as having a design that “is simple and effective, with hover-over link effects to keep the interface as simple as possible without leaving out important details” — what a succinct way to describe it! Many thanks for the post and nice words about Periscope Gadget. Read the whole post here.

Republished, but that’s OK!

October 6th, 2008 • Mentions
Tags: beta, Mentions, Progress

Summize (er, Twitter Search) is awesome. I like to keep tabs on whether or not Periscope Gadget is being mentioned on twitter, and even to see if I missed any messages that were directed at me, using it. This morning I found a republished version of the piece Scott did last week. It’s over at elsterama - thanks for the note!

Public Beta Now Open & Periscope on WebWorkerDaily

October 2nd, 2008 • Everything else, Mentions, Releases
Tags: beta, Mentions, Progress, registration, twitter

Yes, it’s true: Periscope Gadget is now open to the public. Go on over to the registration page, sign-up for an account and start using it immediately. What more can I say?

Also, thanks to @scoblitz for his piece about Periscope Gadget in Web Worker Daily! A great review where Scott points out how Periscope “lets you quickly and easily log activity and time towards your Basecamp projects” while also mentioning that new features are coming soon! Stay tuned, more to come!

Preferences, Time Tracking & Hotlinks

September 22nd, 2008 • 1 comment Progress, Releases
Tags: beta, features, Progress, Releases

Just a quick note for those of you that are paying attention: last night I deployed some new features:

• a new preferences tab: lets you control the number of items being displayed on the recent activity or recent time tabs. More control over other aspects coming here in the future
• updated time tab: visual layout is now different than the sneaky-peaks that you’ve seen before. Save your description and time to Basecamp from within the gadget
• timer and controls available in the top right hand corner of every screen

A more in-depth post to follow, and special updated news for the Beta group as well.

Beta closed, live announcement list open

August 28th, 2008 • Everything else, Progress
Tags: beta, Progress, transparent

I’ve had more than enough interest in the gadget (over 150 of you subscribed) and it feels like the right amount to move forward. So, I closed the beta signup on the main page and opened an announcement list subscription that you can be notified when Periscope goes live. Don’t worry beta users, you will be notified too!

So go on over there and signup for the announcement if you haven’t registered for the beta.

Periscope Gadget is iPhone Friendly! One more screencast…

August 22nd, 2008 • 2 comments Progress, Screencasts
Tags: beta, Progress, screencast

Greetings! I just finished some tweaks to make Periscope Gadget even more accessible. Thanks to Google’s wonderful iPhone accessible personalized homepage, you can now take Periscope Gadget with you, on your iPhone! Sure, it’s not an iPhone Web App or native iPhone App, but if you need quick and fast access to get your Basecamp fix, then this is the thing for you! Everything you’re used to in the desktop version is on your iPhone!

Go ahead, watch the screencast! And stay tuned… big things happening next week!

First the 37s Product Blog, now Signal vs. Noise

August 12th, 2008 • Mentions
Tags: 37signals, beta, blog, press

OK, so this is really just a double post on their part, but a good thing for Periscope nonetheless. 37signals posted a summary on their SVN blog that included Periscope from the Product Blog. And, of course, now we are experiencing some additional load on the webhost and another flurry of beta registrations. Both are good things, keep them coming!

To sign up for beta, fill out the form on the Periscope Gadget home page — you’ll be SO glad you did! And don’t forget to follow Periscope on Twitter for the latest news and hints.

Periscope gets 2 new features

August 12th, 2008 • 2 comments Screencasts
Tags: beta, features, screencast

I’m excited to say that I just finished adding two new features to Periscope: color-coded by Basecamp Account author entries, as well as description preview when you hover on the icon.

Now all Basecamp accounts that you associate with your Periscope account are color coded, and when you view combined activity you’ll be able to quickly see which account the comments belong to. Also, instead of having to click on the message to see its entirety, all you have to do now is hover over the icon on the left hand side, and the message pops up. This is also true for all other items that have descriptions, like documents, to-do’s, comments and so on.

See the screencast for a better, visual description.

Introducing Periscope: A Sneak Peek Screencast

August 9th, 2008 • 1 comment Screencasts
Tags: beta, screencast

As Periscope evolves, the plan is to do as many screencasts as possible, with as much useful how-to information in them, showing off the cool little things it can do. This first screencast, though, is a sneak peek at the gadget as it stands right now, before there has been any real testing or public use of it. Feedback and comments appreciated, and welcomed!

37signals mentions Periscope Gadget

August 8th, 2008 • Mentions
Tags: 37signals, beta, blog, press, transparent

Want a great reason to start a blog? How about 37signals writes a short post about something you’re doing (Periscope) without your knowledge, and now you’ve got enough signups in your Beta release to warrant an actual beta!

So, this turns out to be the first post as a result. I’m hoping to keep Periscope, its development, progress and evolution as open and transparent as possible! Stay with me as I grow this blog, add more and more info, and talk about how it’s going with the gadget.