There’s No Such Thing as a Free Launch

by Dag Kittlaus
on February 4th, 2010 | in Product

It's time to put Siri out there tonight. We hope you like it (but be patient....Siri is just an infant.)

Just to put some perspective on what went before tonight, I throw out the following list that proves that there's no such thing as a free launch (inspired by the Copeland Index):

Years of work: 5 (SRI + Siri)
• SW commits: 16,259
• Integrated services: 42
• Issues resolved: 6540
• Soft-drinks consumed: 12090
• Ping pong games played: too busy fixing bugs to play (not)
• Lava Lamp Alerts (aka: Broken builds): 65
• Break-the-Build Party Fund: $219.25
• UI redesigns = once a day
• Average weight gain per person since first day of employment = 14
• Pizza slices eaten at Pizza Friday: 3375
• Maximum volume reached during a design argument: 120.5 db
• Pounds of coffee consumed = 292
• Bean Bag fights: 66 (1 casualty)