It’s great hearing from Pidoco users and it’s even better to meet them in real life. The best part is that you never know what they might say about your product. When I took part in a Rails Girls Berlin workshop last month, I met Celine and Saskia, cofounders of promising Berlin startup Qipoqo – a task-swapping platform where you can swap tasks you don’t like for those you do. Saskia was the first person who had ever described the UI of our software as “cute” before and I couldn’t wait to hear what else they had to say about Pidoco.
Saskia and Celine discovered Pidoco after they won a startup competition. They were lucky enough to win free agency help to develop their website, but needed a way to communicate how they wanted the layout and structure of their online platform to be. Having worked with PowerPoint initially, they wanted software that could add more interaction and also give them more ideas of what elements to include in their website.
Even though both founders have no programming background, they found that Pidoco was quick and easy to use and helped them see the bigger picture of the technical requirements of their project:
“Using the mockup was a revelation, because we had no clue how complicated it was. Unless you try to build it yourself even with a mockup, you’re not aware that there are several different ways to get to the same page and that the same page maybe doesn’t look the same depending on where you come from” – Celine
Celine also talked about how they took their prototype to Usability Fix at You Is Now to show potential users. Because prototypes created with Pidoco are interactive, you can get your potential users to click through and see what problems arise with your navigation and layout. This made Celine and Saskia rethink their navigation to make it more intuitive for their users.
We think it’s awesome that they’ve been using Pidoco in their startup journey and of course, we are huge fans of the name. You can sign up for the Beta version of Qipoqo here. In the meantime Celine and Saskia are busy getting support for their crowdfunding campaign. We can’t wait for the task-swapping platform to go live and we wish them the very best of luck.
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Nice article! I remember the usability fix workshop and test-driving the Qipoqo Pidoco prototype. Great work and good to see the project’s making progress!
Thanks Jan! I know, these women are doing some great work. I hope to make it to the next usability fix – it’s a great event!