Category: Preflight

Episode 2 of The Building of Jetrecord

Episode 2: Tell Me a Story, is out now. How do you know what you’re building is what people really want?

Episode 1 of The Building of Jetrecord

I’ve just posted the first episode of my developer series on building version 2 of Jetrecord. If you’re interested in application development, this is for you. There’s not much code in this one (actually, there’s no code), but one of the hardest steps to take in any project is the first one. That’s what this [...]

Jetrecord One Month Old Today!

Hey, Everyone!
Today marks Jetrecord’s first month of existence and we’re looking good, even on Friday the 13th! To celebrate, I’d like to call out a few examples of the ways you all are using Jetrecord.
1. If you haven’t been following Chris “captainslim” Johnson’s flights, you ought to. It’s a real eye opener on the demands [...]

Let the Beta Begin!

There’s a hilarious scene in Meet the Parents in which Jack Burns, played by Robert De Niro, reads a poem that he wrote about his deceased mother as a way of dealing with the grief. It’s a very moving poem for him but it becomes abundantly clear from the opening stanza that Jack needs to [...]

Flight Permalinks

One of the features I’m excited about is giving every flight its own human-readable URL, otherwise known as a permalink. For example, every post on this blog has a permalink attached to it so you can bookmark it, come back to it later, pass it around through email, provide a link to it in your [...]

Beta Test Begins May 13

Hi, Everyone!
I’ve been working a ton to make Jetrecord the best, game-changing, industry-leading, paradigm-shifting, P2P, B2B, B-1B, premier-level, enterprise-grade, market-shattering, Whiskey-Charlie, coolest online logbook you can find, hands down.
And that’s just the signup page!
Okay, seriously, I despise that kind of marketing speak. Let’s talk reality. First, the beta test will begin May 13. I’m heading [...]

Transparency in Business and Internet Explorer 6

I think transparency in business is a good thing and as much as is warranted I plan to run Jetrecord that way. I’ll try to show off features here before I implement them if it’s worth it. If I have a decision to make that will affect most users, I’ll bring it up here. If [...]

Starting Up Again for the First Time

Greetings, Family, Friends, Pilots!
I have been dreaming of this day for 3 years. This is the day I get to tell you I am now working on Jetrecord full-time! I have so much to do to get ready for the upcoming test period, which I hope to start in a few weeks, but right now, [...]