I know you all have been chomping at the bit to find out who’ll be in the next wave of beta testers for Pogoplug, so we’re happy to announce that the second round (Part Deux, if you will) has begun. We have been wading through applications from enthusiastic gadget addicts who want to help us and have finally chosen our next wave of testers. This selection process has been really difficult, but exciting for our team. We’ve seen people plead with us on twitter and send out everything but their resume to help sway us. It makes us really proud to know so many people believe in our idea and want to support us to make it better. Please keep us on your radar for future testing opportunities and we hope to hear from you when we start shipping in March!
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And They’re Off – Beta Part Deux
Monday, February 9th, 2009Round One Selection Has Begun
Friday, January 30th, 2009We’ve kicked off our Beta with our first round of invitations to 25 lucky testers. We’ll be sending out another wave of invitations next week, so if you haven’t received an email yet, it doesn’t mean you haven’t been selected. There was a tremendous turnout and we really appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm. We will be posting new testing opportunities in the future here and on our Twitter, so keep your ear to the ground for future opportunities.
How We Are Selecting Testers
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Thanks again to everyone who sent in their info for our beta program. We’ll be selecting testers based on the following criteria:
- Geography – we want a diverse group of testers who can try using their Pogoplug in different locations, such as local WiFi hotspots, corporate environments, and with numerous ISPs.
- Hardware – we’ll be sifting through to find many different types of routers, external hard drives, USB hubs, PCs, etc.
- Software – comparing against numerous combinations of firewalls and anti-virus software.
- Devices – lots of different devices can interact with content on a Pogoplug, so we’ll try to get some interesting ones in the mix.
- Availability – just as much as we want the folks who’ve got 4 hours a day to give us, we also want to see how the more casual user will find working with the Pogoplug.
We’ll start going through applications today, and start notifying people as soon as we can – by email. If you did apply for the beta, please make sure you’ve whitelisted @pogoplug.com emails, just in case. 
We’re Looking for a Few Good Testers
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
We’ve reached a pretty important internal milestone here at Pogoplug: we’re ready to expand our beta program to include a few individuals outside our current sphere. In an attempt to play fair, we’re going to make this available to anyone living in the US or Canada (specifically chosen for logistics purposes – we’ll do this again internationally as we prepare to ship units to the rest of the world – click here if you want to be on our “when are we shipping” mailing list).
If you are interested, the Public Beta program will last about a month. We’ll take care of shipping the units, you take care of putting them through their paces. At the end of the program, you can keep them!
We plan to run the beta program fairly “out in the open”, but we may have a few things here and there we’ll ask you to keep to yourself. If you aren’t comfortable with that, we understand and you should probably skip this one. Otherwise, jump on in!
Update: thanks for the interest, but we are no longer accepting applications for this beta program.
Thanks again for your interest and support. We probably won’t be able to write everyone back who enters, but we’ll do our best!