Bamboo Blog

One of our latest client products has slipped stealthily from private beta to being open to the public, so I thought I'd let people know about its existence.

Tourdust is a website for independent tour operators to advertise their diverse and interesting experiences for free. It is centred around the kind of activities which the packaged holidays don't offer; the real gems which lie slightly off the beaten track. Many of the people who run these tours have little access to a global audience, and building and promoting their own websites is often a problem.

I hope people will agree that the design is fantastic, it was produced by our long term Brighton pals Clearleft.

The project was run in an Agile manner, and I think that it illustrates many of the advantages of working in this way. The feature set is refreshingly minimal, and this produces a much better user experience overall. We were constantly re-evaluating the priorities throughout, and anything which wasn't critical to the site's function was cut out.

I think this is a win-win situation for both our client, and for us. They have got the most concentrated features to meet the requirements of their mission statement, and we have been spared the pain (which so often occurs in software development) of building things you are sure are never going to be used.

So check it out, you might even find a good reason to go off on holiday!