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Re:Wufoo's Secret to Customer Happiness? Googly Eyes by bprater on Tuesday October 07, 2008 @09:00PM (#326255)
Interesting. The real issue question may lurk here:

Did the developer do it because its in his job description or because he felt strongly that he wanted to communicate with the client in that way?

And how does that change things?

Re:Wufoo's Secret to Customer Happiness? Googly Eyes by veeneck on Tuesday October 07, 2008 @09:11PM (#326263)
You bring up a good point. Right now, we're still small so everyone has a support day and talks to users almost daily. At this size, we all appreciate the close communication with the people using our product and we write those cards out of free will (not just a job description). Chris wrote more about it here:

http://particletree.com/notebook/the-4-12-day-workweek/

Now, as the company grows, this may have to be adjusted. The cards did not start as some marketing stunt, and we never want that message to be sent to our users. When cards from developer X don't feel personal enough, we'll have to brainstorm some more creative ways to thank our users.

Re:Wufoo's Secret to Customer Happiness? Googly Eyes by JoelSutherland on Tuesday October 07, 2008 @09:05PM (#326257)
His self-description was not completely accurate. Chris Campbell is a co-founder of Wufoo.