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A new project by @themitcho and @Automattic. Coming soon to a WordPress near you.

Joined March 2010
@juhaliikala there are a number of bugs with 3.3… hoping to get around to fixing them soon. :)
There's activity on the ShrimpTest front… stay tuned...
re: (c), I clearly meant "people should be able to pass around URLs which lock them into a variant…" Sorry about that.
… as that could skew the populations who visit each variant, making the experiment non-random and thus unusable.
(c) people should be able to pass around URLs without locking them into a variant…
(b) URLs shouldn't changer break before/during/after experiments.
(a) you never want to show users that they're part of an experiment
.@lpnotes asks, "Do you mind explaining why it's not a good idea to change the URL for different variants?"
Replying to @lpnotes
Whoops, that was meant for @lpnotes, but I'll start over and make this public. :)
(b) URLs shouldn't changer break before/during/after experiments
Co-organizing WordCamp Boston again... this year July 23-24. Get a ticket or apply to speak! 2011.boston.wordcamp.org/cal… #wcbos
My WordCamp Phoenix talk on ShrimpTest, "A/B Testing the WordPress Way", is live on ! wordpress.tv/2011/01/29/mich…
Working on fixing the XSS vulnerability Mark presented now. :'(
Slides from todays' #wcphx presentation: A/B Testing the WordPress way: slideshare.net/mitcho/ab-tes…
ShrimpTest 1.0b2: WordPress 3.1 compatible, with support for the new admin Bar. downloads.wordpress.org/plug…
The ShrimpTest Actions and Filters Reference:
ShrimpTest (A/B testing for WordPress) is feature-complete! Download 1.0b1:
Good question. You can with ShrimpTest.
Good question. You can with ShrimpTest.
Started organizing and writing documentation. Will continue tomorrow.