Archive for the 'SXSW' Category

And the winner is… (vote now)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Hi Flutherites!
Andrew and I never got the chance to give you all the nitty-gritty from our trip to SXSW and that crazy award night. Our spirits were high; the tension was higher. The MC called out the nominees, and as I heard him say “Fluther,” those words kept going through my head: it’s just an […]

Vote early and often. Really.

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Dear Jelly,
We need your help. Fluther has a chance to to win the People’s Choice Award at SXSW. Whoever get the most votes, wins. Anyone can vote, one vote per day.
That means if you all vote right now, and then tomorrow, and the day after, until March 6th, you can make Fluther win, and all […]

Lurve from SXSW

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Last night, Andrew and I were humbled and thrilled to learn that Fluther was named a SXSW Web Award Finalist for the upcoming 2009 South by Southwest Interactive conference. Woohoo!

We’ll be there at the award ceremony on March 15th, drinking bubbly and crossing our fingers.
And, of course, this award is for “Community” so it really […]

Shameless plug: vote for Fluther!

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Andrew and I really want to give at talk at SXSW 2009 (an awesome festival in Austin).
You can help us by quickly registering and voting for us (hints: num stars = fingers on a hand) in the panel picker app:
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/1128
It will just take you a moment and we’d appreciate the help.
Also, if you’re planning on […]

How can we make Fluther better as we grow?

Monday, March 10th, 2008

First, I want to give thanks to the community. When Ben and I started talking about Fluther in 2006, we never imagined that we’d have such a vibrant community so quickly. So, thank you to our amazing, intelligent, curious, and open-minded users for making Fluther such a wonderful, entertaining place.
I also want to apologize […]

Fluther + SXSW = Excitement

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Andrew and I are about to embark on our first trip to SXSW! We’re so excited to meet all awesome geeks in the web world… it’s thrilling.
As a fun experiment, we decided to make a special version of Fluther just for those of you with questions about SXSW. If you’re going, try doing some asking […]