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GPS is out but the work continues
by Raul Gallegos on Sunday, December 9 2007After several months of intense testing, our new product is finally out. This is our GPS product called the Sense Nav. Well, at least, that is the short name. Technically it’s called GW Sense Navigation. Let’s face it though, that takes too long to type out. I’m not sure if I should say how long we’ve been working on this project, but here goes. At least for me, it’s been since June this year. Let me tell you, when I look back on one of the early versions of the program, I can see a night and day difference with what we have out now. To give you a small example, the first version of the program I played with would crash every time you would search for an address. Also, instead of typing out the street name for a search, you would have to pick from every single street in a given city. As you can imagine, it was rather challenging. This is not to say I hated it by any means. Although there were frustrating days during the testing period, it’s been a wonderful experience overall and I’m happy to be a part of such a wonderful thing which will enhance a person’s travels.
Now that the program is out and we are taking lots of orders I have new work to do. It seems that the work is never finished around here. Although I cannot say what all my new work involves, I can say that some of it includes writing up knowledge base articles for Sense Nav, creating sound packs, and finishing the audio tutorials. Apparently someone has it in their head that I’m a good teacher and I explain things well, so that is why I’m doing these things. Seriously though, I really enjoy creating tutorials and help guides. Speaking of help guides, what do you think of the Sense Nav manual? Yours truly wrote it up and although I’ve already found areas which need changing, overall, it’s not too bad.
Since it’s Sunday here and I’m at home, I think I’ll stop now and go for a walk. I’ll make sure to wear my reflector vest too. See one of my prior blog entries for details on why I need a reflector vest.
Until the next time, happy traveling!
