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I know it has been a while since my last post. We have been in Atlanta since mid May and have made a ton of progress on Kinnection. It took us longer than we expected to settle in here which means the beta was delayed a couple of months. That said, I’m very excited to announce that the Kinnection beta is now live. Anyone can signup for a Kinnection account and start sharing memories with family and friends. Give it a try!
Last night we rolled out a few new features to Kinnection. I was once again surprised by how quickly you can develop a feature using Ruby on Rails. The features we released weren’t ground breaking or anything but they made the site much more useful and fun. I’ve got the family trying it all out now. I think I’m spending almost as much time using the site as I am coding new features.
I spent some time yesterday and today getting a few of my friends and family members onto Kinnection. It is very exciting to have real customers but we are still pretty buggy. For instance, when I signed my mom up and she logged into her family page, some test content I created accidentally appeared on her page. She was not as amused as I was by the “Who’s your daddy?” poll on her home page. Whoops, sorry mom! 
I had a blast with my half siblings in Pennsylvania creating dueling polls on who the best family dog is, and who’s the cutest sibling. Sigmund is tied for first place by the way.
Kinnection is a Web site designed to help families share memories, stay connected, and preserve family history. Family sites on Kinnection can only be viewed by other family members so you can feel safe connecting online.
I am Nikki Santoro. I started Kinnection after leaving Microsoft in August 2006. My husband has been helping me develop Kinnection using Ruby on Rails. It has been very exciting and educational so far and we’ve only just gotten started. We will be asking our families to try out Kinnection before releasing it to the world. Stay tuned for more stories about our journey.
