http://blog.fluther.com/blog Tapping and Collecting Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:14:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've pushed some new tabs (Discussions and Questions) on the main page to beta users, kicking off a period of experimenting with the way that we all can view and filter information on the site. PM me, Ben, or Tim if you'd like to be included in the beta group. Special thanks ... http://blog.fluther.com/blog/2009/11/19/beginning-a-browsing-experiment/ We finished processing everyone's avatar images. We're still tidying up some of the default avatars, but we're really excited about actually seeing the jellies in our collective. We may or may not have spent the afternoon looking at profile pages. Enjoy! http://blog.fluther.com/blog/2009/11/17/big-avatars-yeah/ Sometimes you see a question on Fluther and you're tempted to write, "I have no idea how batteries work." But you resist that temptation and wait for someone smarter to answer (we appreciate that). Other times you see a question and think, "I have no clue how to wax a piano, ... http://blog.fluther.com/blog/2009/11/13/know-who-knows-then-pass-it-on/ I swear, sometimes I wonder if there's a hidden mic at Fluther HQ. Just this week people were talking about phoenyx's nifty avatar enlarger, while others were embedding hidden messages in the tiny 40 x 40 avatars we use on the site. During all this (and completely unrelated to the shenanigans ... http://blog.fluther.com/blog/2009/11/11/avatars-are-changing/ You know him, you love him... it's everyone's favorite six year old mailman, AstroChuck! AC has been a fixture here at Fluther for quite some time, making us laugh, making us think, and generally being an all around smartass. I mean that in the best possible way. Really. ... http://blog.fluther.com/blog/2009/11/10/the-fluther-interview-astrochuck/ We're excited to announce the new, live community feed -- we've been playing around with it for the last week and it's proven to be really exciting to show us where the action is happening on the site -- from celebrating great questions to showing us who has entered the ... http://blog.fluther.com/blog/2009/10/29/enter-the-community-feed/ Hola! It's that time of the month again. Unfortunately due to time constraints, I will not be able to interview as often as I would like. But the exciting news is that Fluther's community manager - augustlan will be taking over. Please be sure to show her as much lurve ... http://blog.fluther.com/blog/2009/10/18/send-in-your-mail/ We're constantly amazed by how much goodness is in the Fluther collective. So we thought it was high time to up the ante on our communal lurve. Thus, we proudly present: Fluther awards!! Here's what ubersiren's awards look like: The idea is simple: do all the wonderful stuff you're already doing ... http://blog.fluther.com/blog/2009/10/10/announcing-awards/ First, we'd all like to share with you our big news. We started Fluther a few years ago: two guys who had never done a lick of web coding in their life, with a vision to create a space on the internet with heart and intelligence. Now, we've raised some ... http://blog.fluther.com/blog/2009/09/24/fluther-is-growing-up/ You might know him as the moderator who doesn’t sleep, the one with the sexy Brit accent or even as the energetic and successful Designer/Software Developer. This is because richardhenry wears many hats. He has played an integral role in Fluther for almost two years now. As an ex-community manager and ... http://blog.fluther.com/blog/2009/09/17/the-fluther-interview-richardhenry/