Our Temporary Office Space: Punta Cana
Duane and I work very hard, this much is uncontested. We both recognize that to grow our company and to do things they way they ought to be done in this business means a high level of dedication, will, determination and fortitude to ensure success. We’ve been working non-stop on a variety of client projects, like courtneysummers.ca, visioncritical.com, ticketfly.com, and Rogers’ urmusic.ca. We’ve also been working on our GPL projects like WordTwit, BuddyPress Geo, and of course WPtouch.
So, in short: We think we deserve a break.
Punta Cana
We’ve chosen a nice spot in the beautiful coastal area of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Duane and I will be there for two weeks and will be going over company year-end stuff, planning for the next phases, and re-positioning some of our ideas to grow as a company in 2010 in the directions we really want to see things move.
Business + Pleasure
Of course a place like this doesn’t often invite the idea of ‘business’, but that’s just how we operate- why not do some of the more onerous tasks in a place you’ll enjoy? Most people wouldn’t know it but we run this company, for the most part, virtually. Duane and I live on separate sides of this big country of Canada, and a getaway like this facilitates a number of personal and business needs for us both.
Unsupported
We’ve yanked the plug on our plugin Support Forums for the time being, mostly in an effort to stop the tides of on-going to-do lists so we can focus on the overhaul we think is sorely needed, and will bring more to the table for the user community of our plugins. We apologize if it leaves you high in dry in the mean time, but rest assured that we’re not walking away from our plugins or supporting them.
Surprises
Who knows, maybe we’ll push out some plugin updates while we’re down there, or a beta of one of our slow-cooking WP plugins like Transporter (backup/migration) or Integrity (security).
Itinerary
Duane’s already arrived, and I’ll be leaving tomorrow afternoon. Weather’s looking hot and bright for the week ahead, so too for our plans : )
6 Comments
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Have fun guys. You diserve it!
And thanks for your beautiful open sources projects.
Jeremy -
Punta Cana = Extremity Fuzz*
Wash your hands frequently … and enjoy!
*there are other options
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Sounds like a great way to wrap-up year-end business (note to self). Hope you guys manage to get some fun in there too.
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they say never mix business with pleasure who are they kidding with that kind of place just have fun and enjoy while you still can take care
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This is so nice, I was configuring the plugin on a new site and then I saw Punta Cana.
Welcome to our country, I hope you enjoy it a lot.
Regards
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BNC Design Guru
3 months, 1 week
@ Tim: yeah, it’s been a good time and we’ve made some good progress on a number of fronts.
@ Essay: the mix has been just the right kind… with a little rum on top too : )
@ Nehemoth: awesome! hope you enjoy the plugin as much as we’ve enjoyed the DR!
