Monday, July 9, 2007

Moikka!

(Moikka = Hi in Finnish!)

Hmmm.. not quite sure what to say so I'm just going to say it :)

I arrived to CSC Rotterdam today, after quite a few weeks on the road, meeting excellent folks on 3 continents and almost without having to resort to a hostel (in fact, a month in the US I didn't even need to have a backup plan due to meeting many of my long-time online CS connections). This, if anything was a motivation-booster to keep working on the site to the best of my abilities despite not always seeing face to face with how some things have been handled.

Enough about the fun stuff, I did come here for a reason after all - some projects I will most probably be working on for the next few weeks:

(DISCLAIMER: these are the initial thoughts, subject to change due to re-priorization at some point)

* On-site software for ambassador applications (should make it much faster to go through and approve the applications, yay!)

* Secondary address for folks who are verified and have a second home, or live more nomadic lives. This is necessary for at least Nomadic Ambassadors who are SUPPOSED to be on the road most of the time, and will need more localized support for handling their tasks, and a good to have for anyone on an extended trip with intermittent periods of sticking by in one place
(I should know, been there, done that, and would like to remain Finnish even though wandering somewhere far off :)

* Upgrading tools for people who greet new members

* More information about who's who in developers' group

* Misc tiny bits on the site that need coding

* Misc bug fixes

2 comments:

Weston said...

These changes sound very exciting and useful for the CouchSurfing community, awesome!

Greetings and a hug from me! My mind is still with you all (thinking php all the way...)!

Weston said...

Moikka???

So the finish girls *are* taking over huh?!

Just wait and see... they'll be the majority before you know it! :P