Ah, the joys of code development!  For the past two months, a select number of alpha testers have been flogging the code, exposing flaws/glitches, and reporting them to our development team for correction.  Because of the hard work of these alpha testers (thanks again!), combined with the super-human patience and dedication of our lead developer, Nathan Malone, the platform is as good as it will get without exposing it to a larger and more demanding pool of testers.

We've spent a number of hours debating viable release dates, and everyone on the team wanted two things:  a perfect beta, and a timely launch.  Of course, there is no such thing as a perfect beta, and a timely launch isn't worth a bucket of spit if what is launched is unusable.  Further, we decided that it is not up to us to determine the "perfect" configuration of a site designed specifically around the idea of giving power to consumers; it's a bit presumptuous of us to ask advertisers to abide by the Brand Jury community if we're not willing to do the same.

Aside from a few finishing touches and minor tweaks still in need of attention, BrandJury.com is as perfect as it is going to get without suggestions and feedback from its user base.  Barring any major catastrophies in the next 5 days, www.BrandJury.com will finally release its first official private beta on February 26th.  For those who have already signed up to participate, expect an email in the upcoming days explaining the private beta login process.  For those who have not yet registed for the private beta, click here to enroll.

In the meantime, feel free to ask any questions or make any suggestion either on this blog or by sending us an email at brandjury@gmail.com.  We look forward to hearing from you, and hope you're as excited as we are to see this thing launch. 

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