Today marks the day we begin development on Listotron, an online list maker. No doubt you have many questions about the functionality and features of the product itself; I assure you we will talk more about the product in subsequent blog posts.

However, equally– perhaps more– important is the manner in which we are building the product. We have three rules during the development of Listotron, and we plan to vehemently follow them in every decision we make.

Rule 1 : Be Transparent

We plan on including you guys every step of the way. We want to share as much as we can: design decisions, interface thoughts, programming methodologies– right down to sharing some code and design files. Expect to see a great deal of tutorials (both in design and development) on this blog.

Creating a product like Listotron requires expanding our horizons in every way possible, and we want to share everything we learn with you.

Rule 2 : Have Fun

We are creating this software and maintaining this blog for fun. Simply put, we enjoy building things that people use, we enjoy learning new things, and we doubly enjoy sharing information. Learning and sharing knowledge is fun.

The goal is to let the concept of “fun” permeate our product and our blog. If you send us an email, ask us a question, or post on our blog, expect a personal reply. Talking to people is fun.

Rule 3 : Make the best product

There’s simply no point in doing what we do unless it’s the best. We believe we have the talent to create the best online list maker in the world, and we’re going to see it through.

“Best” is subjective, though, obviously; so we’ll be sharing with you what we mean by “best” in future blog posts.

We don’t want you to just use the product we’re building; we hope that you enjoy reading our posts and learn something from our experiences and tutorials.

We plan to take you down the journey of launching an online application from start to finish and everything in between. Not simply development, but also marketing, bootstrapping the company, and general operational goings on as well.

Be sure and follow the RSS feed, and follow us on Twitter to stay informed on all the goings on.

Thanks for embarking with us, we hope you have as much fun as we do!

- Adam & Buck