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Want to Help Test TodaysMeet?
Note: this preview and testing program is over. Thank you for your help and feedback! There may be new preview features in the future.
I have an exciting announcement, a project I’ve been working on for months, and it’s very nearly ready, but I need your help!
I’m looking for some people who are willing to use and test a pre-released version of the site. There may be bugs, things might not look or work quite right. I need your help to find and tell me about these issues so I can get them fixed.
Here’s all you have to do: use preview.todaysmeet.com instead of todaysmeet.com and if something doesn’t work right or look right, let me know. (There are links on the site to give feedback.)
There are a few small changes, but it should be pretty much the same. Hopefully everything is a little bit faster and smoother.
This is a preview of a huge under-the-hood change to TodaysMeet which will:
- help me respond to your help requests faster,
- make it easier to add new features, and
- make the site faster, especially during big events.
Overall this means a better TodaysMeet!
I’m happy to talk more about the technology changes, and I’ll write a blog post about it soon.
February 22nd, 2013 at 11:30 am
James, your work is really helping our students and teachers. But there is one problem that is keep coming. Some students keep abusing the system because of its anonymity (offensive words and bullying) Is there any way that users IP addresses will be visible to the teacher or a person who opened the room for a discussion? Thank you for your good work.
February 26th, 2013 at 7:02 pm
Anonymity (or, rather, trust-based identity) is a double-edged sword. It is a large part of what makes TodaysMeet so easy to use.
IP addresses fall under “Potentially Personally Identifying Information” under the Privacy Policy, so exposing them, in general, is not something I can do.
But I am sensitive to the needs of schools. A large part of the reason I need help testing and releasing this new version is to help me help schools and teachers in cases like this, without sacrificing the simplicity of the overall experience.
April 16th, 2013 at 10:04 pm
Hi James – am a long-time user and advocate of todaysmeet with teachers all around my State – just wanted to leave a message saying how great a service it is and needed – love the simplicity and temporary nature. Thanks for making it available – we love it.