{"id":21783,"date":"2019-12-02T09:28:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T15:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gigsalad.com\/blog\/?p=21783"},"modified":"2024-08-23T15:43:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:43:38","slug":"product-update-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gigsalad.com\/blog\/product-update-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Update: December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-updated entry-meta\">Last updated on August 23, 2024<\/p><br>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can&#8217;t believe 2019 is already coming to an end. Oh, how the time flies! It&#8217;s been an incredible year for GigSalad and we hope the same is true for you. We can&#8217;t wait to bring you an even better product in 2020, and hopefully a lot more work. 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Each email you send and every call you make to report a bug or request a feature is passed on to our product and development teams. However, as the suggestions pile up, sometimes they fall through the cracks. That just won&#8217;t do! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our product team is putting a new process in place to track suggestions. This process will allow us to better evaluate your feedback, determine the most valuable projects, and turn ideas into actionable items for our development team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gigsalad.com\/contact\">keep those suggestions coming<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More calendar features? You got it!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you know, we&#8217;ve been slowly rolling out a lot of exciting improvements to the GigSalad calendar over the last few months, and we aren&#8217;t done yet. 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