...or help files, or some nice HTML pages explaining how to use Poker Copilot. I foolishly - even arrogantly, perhaps - claimed that Poker Copilot would be so easy to use, there would be no need for documentation.
Then I noticed some of the Google search queries that send people to my site. Queries like "how to use Poker Copilot", "Poker Copilot help", "Problems with Poker Copilot". In a way, I feel a little chastised. :-(
So over the next couple of weeks, I'm going to resolve this, hopefully in time for the release of Poker Copilot version 1.3 (the one with the funky dashboard).
The Poker Copilot Blog
Tracking the development of Poker Copilot, Mac OS X software for poker analysis and statistics.
Saturday, 4 October 2008
I've got to write some docs...
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About This Blog
In May 2008 I started working on Poker Copilot, initially as a product to help me with my own poker playing. Soon I joined a "30-day Challenge", where the participants each aimed to launch a software product in 30 days. As a result of this challenge, Poker Copilot version 1.0 was launched in July 2008.
This blog tracks the ongoing development of Poker Copilot. Who would find this blog interesting? People interested in 1-person software development, in Poker, or in both.
Contact me via email at steve at pokercopilot dot com.
This blog tracks the ongoing development of Poker Copilot. Who would find this blog interesting? People interested in 1-person software development, in Poker, or in both.
Contact me via email at steve at pokercopilot dot com.
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2 comments:
I was first interested when you said that you were going to deliberately have no user docs. I have toyed with that idea myself for software products.
People will not read more than one or two pages before diving into using the product for themselves.
How about using screen casts on the Copilot website? In the form of How-To videos, covering the basic operations and configuration, through to the more advanced scenarios.
In this case you might want to consider that some of the people that need help may be looking for help in "how to play poker" or "how can I use Poker Copilot to win lots of games". Maybe this is more the case than how to click on tabs, buttons etc...
Nice job and nice blog. Keep it up!
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