Archive for May, 2006

What people are saying about Central Roost

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

It’s fun to find out what others are saying about Central Roost (assuming it’s positive!). Here are the most recent comments that we have read:

Only Monday Blog

“Central Roost is a website dedicated to real-life home renovations. It’s just the kind of thing that most mere mortals will find useful. You know, for the kinds of home makeovers that happen without the aid of a TV editing crew, annoyingly peppy host and seemingly infinite budget.”

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Change of plans - The Learning Centre

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

After much thought we decided that a lot of our blog content would be more appropriate on the Central Roost website. One of our long terms goals was to have a Learning Centre on Central Roost where people can go to learn about renovating, decorating, gardening etc. So we moved the blog content from here into the NEW Learning Centre. Here’s all the posts that can now be found in the Learning Centre:

Decorating

May 8th, 2006 Stainless Steel Wall Plates
May 1st, 2006 Pier 1 Imports - Late Spring 2006 Collection
April 26th, 2006 Decorative Green Apples
April 26th, 2006 Trendy Table Lamps
April 11th, 2006 Easter Sales
April 5th, 2006 Decorating ideas from my house
March 31st, 2006 Pier 1 Imports Spring 2006
March 20th, 2006 Style Trend - Sea Theme
March 16th, 2006 Change your decorations each season

Homekeeping
May 13th, 2006 Efficient Dishwasher Unloading
April 29th, 2006 Williams-Sonoma Essential Oil Collection
April 9th, 2006 Caring for granite counters
April 6th, 2006 Prune dying trees
April 4th, 2006 Anmut Dishes from Villeroy & Boch
April 3rd, 2006 OXO Palm Brush & Soap Dispenser
March 28th, 2006 Organize your composting
March 23rd, 2006 Battling Dust Bunnies
March 21st, 2006 Organizing kits by Knock Knock
March 20th, 2006 Making your home smell nice
March 15th, 2006 Trendy Vacuums

Renovating
May 23rd, 2006 Home Office Colors
May 20th, 2006 Planning a Home Office
May 19th, 2006 Weekend Project Tips
May 11th, 2006 Cheap floor heating
May 4th, 2006 White Kitchens
March 28th, 2006 Dog Friendly Homes

Rooster Feedback

Monday, May 8th, 2006

Yesterday we conducted a Central Roost user feedback session. We organized this small, informal get together to gather insight from some of our members about their experiences with the website. Our goal with Central Roost is to add features and functionalities that are going to be of value to our users so it is important for us to find out what people like and don’t like.

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Photos: Serious feedback and not so serious feedback

The feedback session started out with formal questions and then we let our users show us how they use the site. Their favorite features were the discussion board and photos galleries. They enjoy browsing, being a part of the community, and seeing what REAL people are doing with their homes. The areas of the site they use least are My Notebook and the Searching. They suggested making new content easier to find and their pet peeve is the “Search the Roost” box at the top of the page (it never goes where they expect). We are extremely grateful to our two users who spared us some of their precious time to respond to our questions and offer their commentary and most importantly, provide a sense of humour (we like our users to have fun).

Keep an eye out for a few changes as a result of this feedback session. If you have any comments you would like to share please email us: info@centralroost.com

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