Hey everyone, we took a week off from the newsletter but itβs good to be back.
The top-level numbers:
Starting users: 80
Ending users: 95
For about 4 days, over the last two weeks, we had a bug in gSweets that caused shortcuts not to work. We had to pause growth initiatives for a few days. We experienced the downside of building on top of another platform; Google Docs had changed their code and shortcuts stopped working. Itβs back up and running now and with it, weβll be blogging, posting on forums and continuing to reach out 1:1.
Over the last two weeks, most user growth is attributable to Twitter DMs, PersistIQ emails, and LinkedIn outreach.
Weβre looking forward to passing 100 installs later this week π
Weβre gearing up for a public launch on ProductHunt. We want to make a great first impression and track user retention. Our short term roadmap includes:
Emoji shortcuts
GIPHY shortcuts
Finalizing gSweets website
Capturing user feedback
Tracking usage analytics
In order to ship features and bug fixes faster, weβre bringing on a 2nd developer and speaking with a few potential contributors this week, I canβt wait. If you know someone who might be a good fit, feel free to introduce us or send them this email.
Until next week,
Jer & Christoph
PS: Unrelated to gSweets I watched this awesome video from the founder of Patreon on the important distinction between finishing work, and publishing work β and how this differentiation can improve your output.
I really enjoyed it and thought you would too.