Monday, September 22, 2014

Getting Started with StickNFind

The easiest way to get started with Diviner is using Beacon Mode on your iOS device, but if you're looking for a multiple beacon solution, look no further than OfficeDepot/OfficeMax. A few months back while buying a new UPS and some Cat 6 patch cables I spotted StickNFind Bluetooth LE beacons for sale in my local OfficeDepot in the cell phone accessories section.

StickNFind beacons have the advantage of being super small, about the size of a coin, so you can hide them just about anywhere. They can be a bit of a pain to work with if you want to use them as iBeacons... that is unless you have the free BeaconMaker app (android and iOS). With this free app, you can easily configure your StickNFind beacons as iBeacons and even reset ProximityUUIDs, majors, and minors.




Diviner Launches!

I love this quote from Reid Hoffman and I start with it for a reason.... let me first say "embarrassed" is the wrong word. I'm super proud of the work we've done here and I think we have a pretty solid offering for a small bootstrapped startup. That said, there are things I'd like to change and/or improve. But the important thing to realize, and I think this is ultimately Mr. Hoffman's point, there will ALWAYS be things I want to change/improve/replace/tweak. At some point you have to remind yourself that it's all for nought if you don't put the product in customers' hands. So that's where we find ourselves today. Our website is live and our iOS and Android apps are both approved and released. We're ready to put the product in our customers' hands.