What's next?

For those of you who have been following our progress, thanks! I thought I'd give you all a little update on where things stand. As many of you know, we've been working really hard on the back end for several months now, aggregating and organizing content. Just in the seven markets we cover today, we have several thousand events, and over a thousand venues that are kid and family friendly. Now, a ton of content is great as long as there is a way to find the stuff you're looking for somewhere in the heap. That can be a trick. Some of you have high school kids, some have babies and many are somewhere in between. So, key to getting the right information is figuring out how to sort and filter it. For that, we've developed an algorithm to determine how the content search performs, and we've developed filters for giving individual users the ability to personalize their search. While still not perfect, we're well into the process of making sure the content we carry conforms to the algorithm and filters we've developed.

So, with a solid start on the back end, we're now starting to work on the front end. Our current front end looks as good as my own design sensibilities could muster. Many of you have been kind with me in your assessment of the design, but I'm nothing if not self aware when it comes to my sense of design and style:) So, we hired a pro to give us something that looks like it should and makes it easy for new friends to figure out how to use the site.

We start coding this new front end next week, and I can't tell you how excited I am!

I'll keep you posted on our progress, but look for a whole new site sometime in November.