Comments on: Ship it! http://blog.xing.com/2009/03/ship-it/ The corporate blog of XING Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:15:48 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: XING-ShipIt = UCD + Agile – uxzentrisch http://blog.xing.com/2009/03/ship-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9912 XING-ShipIt = UCD + Agile – uxzentrisch Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:16:00 +0000 http://blog.xing.com/?p=3653#comment-9912 [...] die erste Beschreibung von ShipIt im Einführungsblogpost vom März noch missverständlich nach öffenentlicher Beta auf Kosten der Nutzer, wird in dieser [...] [...] die erste Beschreibung von ShipIt im Einführungsblogpost vom März noch missverständlich nach öffenentlicher Beta auf Kosten der Nutzer, wird in dieser [...]

]]> By: FIR Interview: Jason Goldberg, XING — NevilleHobson.com http://blog.xing.com/2009/03/ship-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9719 FIR Interview: Jason Goldberg, XING — NevilleHobson.com Sun, 17 May 2009 10:05:39 +0000 http://blog.xing.com/?p=3653#comment-9719 [...] Interview, recorded at Somesso London 09 on May 15, 2009, Neville Hobson and Jason Goldberg discuss the concept of Ship It! and how it can be applied to people and organizations [...] [...] Interview, recorded at Somesso London 09 on May 15, 2009, Neville Hobson and Jason Goldberg discuss the concept of Ship It! and how it can be applied to people and organizations [...]

]]> By: Tobias http://blog.xing.com/2009/03/ship-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9464 Tobias Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:15:09 +0000 http://blog.xing.com/?p=3653#comment-9464 Thats interesting and good news, Jason, thanks. Its also interesting to read at http://digg.com/u1cib that you already though of small groups for first test. Yould love to be in the beta-group as well :). Company profiles are a great idea! Thats interesting and good news, Jason, thanks.
Its also interesting to read at http://digg.com/u1cib that you already though of small groups for first test. Yould love to be in the beta-group as well :) .
Company profiles are a great idea!

]]> By: Jason Goldberg http://blog.xing.com/2009/03/ship-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9458 Jason Goldberg Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:54:46 +0000 http://blog.xing.com/?p=3653#comment-9458 Hi Tobias ... thanks for your comment and feedback! We are actually launching a public user-feedback forum via uservoice http://www.uservoice.com in the coming days. Hi Tobias … thanks for your comment and feedback! We are actually launching a public user-feedback forum via uservoice http://www.uservoice.com in the coming days.

]]> By: Tobias http://blog.xing.com/2009/03/ship-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9425 Tobias Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:31:07 +0000 http://blog.xing.com/?p=3653#comment-9425 Hi Jason, I read about your new strategy for xing on all kind of places now and I am looking forward to see it in action. Sounds like a great step. Nevertheless I am wondering why you dont talk about the downsides of your approach as well. Eather you dont see them -- which I cannot quite imaginge given the strategy xing had before (you must have had some serious discussion about it with "the old strategy people", didnt you?) -- or you just dont talk about it. I really hope its the last one -- because otherwise we will see some bad reactions by the community like facebook had when introducing the livestreamfeature or even xing had when launching the news from my network-feature (http://sprechblase.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/xing-vollautomatischer-bewegungsmelder/) -- even though you/xing did a better job in communicating the feature that fb did. I had hoped to read not only the 'hey we will do it'-US-like-talk but also the "we know that xing is different than socialmedian. We respekt your data which is way more important than just a view news-posts on socialmedian"... I also can understand Peters reaction. Some of your sentences just sound like public beta-and-bugfixing instead of open innovation and user involvement. The way I see the german XING community I am not convinced that a full 180° turn from slow and "no" userfeedback to a socialmedian-like style will be the right step. What do you think about opening the process stepp by step (evolution instead of revolution)? Maybe by opening a feedback-system for new feature request like getsatisfaction... then develop new features with a open (everyone can join) group of passionate users inside the xing-interface and ship it only after some discussion there... and later on open it even more like you did with socialmedian. Regard -Tobias Hi Jason, I read about your new strategy for xing on all kind of places now and I am looking forward to see it in action. Sounds like a great step.

Nevertheless I am wondering why you dont talk about the downsides of your approach as well. Eather you dont see them — which I cannot quite imaginge given the strategy xing had before (you must have had some serious discussion about it with “the old strategy people”, didnt you?) — or you just dont talk about it.

I really hope its the last one — because otherwise we will see some bad reactions by the community like facebook had when introducing the livestreamfeature or even xing had when launching the news from my network-feature (http://sprechblase.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/xing-vollautomatischer-bewegungsmelder/) — even though you/xing did a better job in communicating the feature that fb did.

I had hoped to read not only the ‘hey we will do it’-US-like-talk but also the “we know that xing is different than socialmedian. We respekt your data which is way more important than just a view news-posts on socialmedian”…

I also can understand Peters reaction. Some of your sentences just sound like public beta-and-bugfixing instead of open innovation and user involvement.

The way I see the german XING community I am not convinced that a full 180° turn from slow and “no” userfeedback to a socialmedian-like style will be the right step.
What do you think about opening the process stepp by step (evolution instead of revolution)? Maybe by opening a feedback-system for new feature request like getsatisfaction… then develop new features with a open (everyone can join) group of passionate users inside the xing-interface and ship it only after some discussion there… and later on open it even more like you did with socialmedian.

Regard -Tobias

]]> By: Jason Goldberg http://blog.xing.com/2009/03/ship-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9424 Jason Goldberg Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:31:13 +0000 http://blog.xing.com/?p=3653#comment-9424 Hi Peter. Work with us on this. We promise to ship quality not quantity and then work with you to make it better! Hi Peter. Work with us on this. We promise to ship quality not quantity and then work with you to make it better!

]]> By: News Update - Best of the Day http://blog.xing.com/2009/03/ship-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9423 News Update - Best of the Day Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:53:52 +0000 http://blog.xing.com/?p=3653#comment-9423 [...] This is a must read…! XING announces their new product development strategy on their blog. Jason Goldberg, the former socialmedian founder and new Chief Product Officer at XING, lays his [...] [...] This is a must read…! XING announces their new product development strategy on their blog. Jason Goldberg, the former socialmedian founder and new Chief Product Officer at XING, lays his [...]

]]> By: Peter Claus Lamprecht http://blog.xing.com/2009/03/ship-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9421 Peter Claus Lamprecht Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:31 +0000 http://blog.xing.com/?p=3653#comment-9421 Hi Jason, thank you for the XING springtime announcement. "3. We will make XING more appealing and relevant to users around the world." Sounds good! "2. We will launch new features before they are finished." This sounds very awful and reminds me of the re-launch of 'XING-Events' which was a disaster. Users want to be users - no beta testers. Regards, Peter Hi Jason,

thank you for the XING springtime announcement.

“3. We will make XING more appealing and relevant to users around the world.”
Sounds good!

“2. We will launch new features before they are finished.”
This sounds very awful and reminds me of the re-launch of ‘XING-Events’ which was a disaster.
Users want to be users – no beta testers.

Regards,
Peter

]]> By: Oliver Berger http://blog.xing.com/2009/03/ship-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9420 Oliver Berger Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:04:10 +0000 http://blog.xing.com/?p=3653#comment-9420 Hej Jason, thanks for the introduction and thanks again for your offer of taking feedback from users. I am quite sure there will be lots of mails and input coming your way soon. I am very curious if you and your department will be able and willing to handle the requests (give 'em what they want) from your valued customers. Cheers, Oliver Hej Jason,

thanks for the introduction and thanks again for your offer of taking feedback from users. I am quite sure there will be lots of mails and input coming your way soon. I am very curious if you and your department will be able and willing to handle the requests (give ‘em what they want) from your valued customers.

Cheers, Oliver

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