On Monday, Ox&Pen became a living, breathing, tangible, functioning platform. You can now become a member and as a member, you can earn and redeem points at any of the merchants in the network. If you’ve been following this blog, which started about six months ago, you know the Ox&Pen soft launch has been a long time coming. In fact, the idea officially hatched well over a year ago. Measured in other units, there have been 475 days, 150,000 lines of code and 900 pots of coffee that have led us to this point.
Want more facts? Here is Ox&Pen, by the numbers:
How's this for a visual? Jeff, head of business development, pretty much embodies the past 12 months at Ox&Pen.
Lines of Code
• 150,000 including all scripts, CSS, Javascript and mobile
Mobile applications
• Over 50 versions prior to Application submission
Branding & Mark Design
• 30+ iterations
• Over 150 web and mobile design mockups with over 200 iterations
Developers
• 6,000 hours over…
• 9 months, spread across…
• 8 wonderful and talented team members
Beverages
• 1 case of Scotch
• 72 cases of beer
• 900 pots of coffee
• Or…900 x 96oz per pot, 86,400oz of coffee = 675 gallons of coffee (Twelve 55 gallon drums)
• 100 shots of espresso (at least)
• 2 bottles of champagne to celebrate the end…of the first round of coding
Pots of coffee smashed against the wall
• One (that we know of)
Sleepless nights
• 57, across the team
Shenanigans
• 2,000 games of foosball
• 21 trips in the Grocery Getter
• 25 Pizza Fridays
These numbers are just the beginning of what promises to be an exciting road for Ox&Pen. We’re looking forward to the journey!
