Posted by admin on May 25, 2011 in
CrowsNest,
Design & Development,
General,
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Now that our entire focus is set on CrowsNest, we are coming along quite nicely. When we left off, we were incredibly close to the app being complete, or rather, complete for a first release. We have spent the last couple of months getting the final touches in place, and fixing a few bugs that cropped up in the interim. Unfortunately one of the items was a pretty major one, and has taken a ton of time to implement throughout the entire system.
Over the past few months, the following updates have been made to CrowsNest:
- Fine tuning the answer portion, allowing for any number of answers up to 5
- Consistency in how answers are numbered/lettered
- Internal customer separation fixes
- Improved Time Zone functionality
- Multiple Category creation based on comma delimited entry
- Media attached to questions, now includes audio option
- Fixed a bug where “I don’t understand this question” data was not being recorded
- Improved filtering options
- Fine tuned how the scheduling operates, now has a strict time vs. only by date
- Made the Country field a drop down to force consistency
- Fixed a bug where all 5 answers were numbered, even if there were fewer than 5 specified
One of the enhancements that we want to get online as quickly as possible, and prior to public release, is the built-in Help Desk. We view this as a critical feature for both ourselves and the customer. Currently, dealing with support issues via email has been adequate, but for tracking purposes it is a nightmare. This way, every issue or piece of feedback is tracked and stored in the system itself, allowing for better communication and ensuring that items do not slip through the cracks.
Another feature we want to get started on as soon as possible, is the update of the interface. We will be modifying the visual aspects of the system to more fully utilize jquery and ajax functionality. This will definitely enhance the customer experience, as well as make using the system a bit easier and nicer to display.
We are also fine tuning our pricing structure, and will post more on that in the near future.
Posted by admin on May 25, 2011 in
CrowsNest,
General,
News Well, after some time of MutinyWare being on the back burner, we are back and raring to go.
After some time off, mostly spent on other work-related activities, we are back into gear, and more excited and determined than ever. MutinyWare has been a dream for us for so long, and it is wonderful to be sailing the open seas once again. We are more focused, and have a clearer path ahead than when we left off.
As “inventors”….I like to consider what we do as a form of invention…we fell into the pit of “OMG, there is so much we can do!”. Turning off those little voices in one’s head that are clamoring with new ideas and attention is difficult to say the least. We all suffer from that problem, and while it can be a good thing, it can also be a huge deterrent in actually getting something completed.
So, here we are, focused solely on CrowsNest, and doing very well. It is very good to be sailing under the MutinyWare flag once again!
Posted by mbos on Aug 5, 2009 in
CrowsNest,
News,
Products
Sir Chrisalot and the Reports Dragon
This is the story of the brave knight Sir Chrisalot who vanquished the foul and vile dragon called Reports from the land of Mutiny!
The Queen of the land, the fairest of them all, our beloved Queen Merleesa summoned our hero to her palace. Upon arrival, the court marveled at the astutefulness, intelligence, and utter heroism of our knight Chrisalot. The Queen, upon beholding our hero knight, lost all sense of mind and could not think of what to say – and promptly ordered his head chopped off.
Fortuitous for all, she soon regained her composure and remembered why she had summoned the knight and saved us from a rather short and abrupt ending.
She then spoke… “Sir Chrisalot wilt thou heretofore vanquish the evil and foul dragon Reports from our beloved land of Mutiny?”
Our hero Sir Chrisalot did thus kneel and swear to his Queen that he would utterly vanquish and dispose of the dragon Reports. Oh what a joyous day it was when our hero did thus defeat the vile dragon and bring peace, harmony and prosperity to the land.
Tags: CrowsNest, development, Products, story
Posted by mbos on Jun 1, 2009 in
CrowsNest,
General,
News,
Recommendations I was forwarded an excellent article from a Twitter friend the other day, called The Next Wave of SaaS. The article does a great job of explaining how SaaS functions, its benefits and why it is becoming so important to business large and small.
Excerpt:
Mon, May 25, 2009 —
Network World — Software-as-a-Service (
SaaS) has gone from a curiosity to the mainstream in just a few years as businesses turn to the technology to take advantage of the inherent economies of scale. Yet that’s only the beginning.
Tags: article, saas, software
CrowsNest Assessment System
We are making excellent progress on the CrowsNest application! We have completed the private launch, first release, and are working on finalizing some significant changes that were made to the base functionality of the system. By the first of July we are looking at opening up a beta program for the Assessment portion of CrowsNest.
If anyone is interested in participating in the beta of the assessment system, please contact us. The assessment system is geared towards creating and delivering online assessments/tests.
Primary features of the assessment system include:
- Ability to create a question bank
- Ability to show images with individual questions
- Ability to categorize your questions
- Ability to add custom proficiency levels to your questions
- Create manual/custom assessments, save in bank
- Create random assessments using the generator
- Ability to define grading systems
- Ability to assign point values to individual questions
- Automatic scoring/grading
- Assign time limits to an assessment
- Customize and assign documents to an assessment
- Invitations
- Instructions
- Case Studies
- Closing Notes
- Ability to group multiple assessments into a “Course”, save in bank
- Schedule assessments/courses
- Skip question functionality
- Timer functionality
- User Management
- Customer Management
- Review Scorecards
- Terminology customization
- Interface customization
Tags: CrowsNest, development, News, software, update
hab.la works with your IM client
A couple of weeks ago we went to the TechNow 09 event in Royal Oak, Michigan. It was a conference, presenting and promoting information and technology based business / entrepreneurs in Michigan. One of the presenters was hab.la, a company that has created a great method of providing click to chat technology on your website.
Now, there are a lot of click to chat services out there…so what makes hab.la different? Well, for one, the service is free. For another, and this is most important to me, their service connects directly to your IM client, whatever it may be. I use iChat on my mac, and the hab.la service connects directly to iChat. This way I don’t have to download and install yet another desktop client on my mac, nor do I have to have a web browser open at all times in order to have the click to chat functionality available on our website.
A really great feature of hab.la is also the fact that my iChat shows when someone enters my site, and if they click to chat with me, I can see as they move from page to page within the site, allowing me to know what they are looking at as I chat with them.
If you are looking for a click to chat system for your site, definitely check them out at http://hab.la. You can also follow them on Twitter at twitter.com/hablagroup.
Posted by mbos on Apr 17, 2009 in
CrowsNest,
News,
Products 
CrowsNest Survey & Assessment System
A quick update on the CrowsNest Survey & Assessment System.
Development is coming along nicely, and we are looking to launch for our first client towards the first week in May. The initial launch will be for them only, as the assessment features and functionality have been developed around their requirements. This initial version will include only the assessment portion of the system.
Soon after this private launch, we will be adding in the survey and poll portions, then doing a public launch. We are soooooo excited to get this up and running and available publicly!
We do have the website up for CrowsNest, at www.mw-crowsnest.com. The website indicates a mid-2009 launch, which is what we are targeting for. Please feel free to take a gander around the website, and let us know if you have any questions or comments.
Tags: CrowsNest, development, update
Posted by mbos on Feb 11, 2009 in
CrowsNest,
QuarterMaster Currently, we have two projects in progress. One is CrowsNest, the other is QuarterMaster.
CrowsNest
CrowsNest is currently being developed to meet a client’s specific needs. Once this is complete, we will be working to add additional features and functionality, and make the system generic so that it can be used by anyone. We are looking at having this available as a public beta around summer time. CrowsNest will be a survey, assessment and poll system.
QuarterMaster
QuarterMaster was initially developed to meet the needs, again, for a specific client, and is currently in use on the Cambridge Partners, Inc. websites. As soon as CrowsNest is wrapped up, we will be returning to QuarterMaster to beef up the functionality, add a ton more features, and get it ready for public beta. QuarterMaster will be a fully featured content management system for Property Management groups. It will allow for the complete build and management of a property management website, including all the details necessary for having a detailed and informational site for each individual community/property.
