Very close to launching Roommate App. I’m at a point where I’m cutting back on features that don’t absolutely have to be there for launch, and making sure the ones that are there are solid. I even designed a super simple homepage.

I’ve been hearing/reading a lot about how if you aren’t embarrassed by your first release, you launched too late. I think I’m cresting that point right now. There’s a million things I want to add to the app and refine, but I need to just get it up and let my users (if any) decide what my next priorities are.

Also, I’ve been experiencing a lot of “unperfect” apps lately, so while I want the system to be totally solid, I’m letting go of my need for perfection a little. If that makes sense.

For instance I just wrote about my friend’s parenting website. It’s a great site, and looks totally clean, but there are a lot of kinks in the functionality. I know they’ll get worked out in time.

Also, we recently launched a video encoding app, and we still have a long way to go before I’d consider it a great user experience from beginning to end. But the point is it’s up and people are using it.

On the other hand, we just finished KDQOL-Complete, and while I’m cautious to say it’s perfect, I don’t think we could be happier with it.

Anyway, all that said, Roommate App is coming very very soon. I’ve told myself if I can’t get it launched before I leave Wisconsin in 2 weeks, I have to abandon the project entirely. Obviously I don’t want that to happen, so one way or another it’s going live. Can’t wait.