Since officially launching we’ve been working on a myriad of small things. Nick fixed some audio playback bugs, Scott has been working to get our Paypal payment system up and working, and I’ve been producing teacher packets for our attendance at the IALLT (International Association of Language Learning Technology) conference. We’ll be attending the conference in Atlanta Georgia from the 26th to the 31st. While there we will be exhibiting Skritter and giving two 45 minute presentations about the pedagogy behind learning Chinese characters. This will be our 3rd professional conference and I think that this time we will actually be ready. The last conference we attended was the ACTFL conference in November of 2008 and we had about 5 days to prepare for that one. We saved money on every aspect of the conference possible which was good in that our cost per contact was low, but we didn’t look so professional. My mother’s blue kitchen tablecloth might have given us away, or maybe it was the lack of any presentation gear. This time we will be more prepared and I’m looking forward to the opportunity to meet educators and see what they think of Skritter.
On a completely non-work related note, we ran an experiment a few nights ago to determine whether Scott was actually pro at cooking or if his cookbook is just super good. Nick and I, who have about about 4 xp at cooking between the two of us, chose a meal to cook and Scott was allowed to watch us cooking, but could not comment or offer any advise on our methods. All in all, it turned out pretty well. I only ate a little raw shrimp, nothing caught fire, and even more surprisingly, the food actually tasted good. This was in part due to my keen appreciation for the details of the instructions. If Nick had his way, we would have skipped all the steps in the recipe and just made pasta because it’s the most efficient food substance. So the conclusion is that Scott is pro at cooking, but his cookbook is also very good.
Over the next two weeks we’ll be unveiling a few new features, but you’ll have to wait to get the details!