tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181106512024-03-07T02:32:52.097-05:00reddit all: alien artist bloginside the head of the alien and the guy who draws italexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comBlogger604125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-74032353442504817332009-05-29T10:00:00.010-04:002010-03-14T16:13:18.160-04:00the end of this blog & where to find updates from now on<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://breadpig.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QOWCjNHSfnMSBb5tKQD-4uhZ0kWiOjr6lpQg2a6sN5rvbBeeOgBXwvgI5PLs6uE4DZ91zyN87wUI6vmXSEsiSU_r5XrL2THNGBlfVSQoJq7oFMZj0gDxsrf8sTucXD8i6gZifQ/s400/breadpig-avatar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340986083466890210" border="0" /></a>I've already re-purposed <a href="http://redditall.com/">redditAll</a> for a radical new way to read the reddit front page.<br /><br />So if you'd like to keep up with <a href="http://alexisohanian.com/">me</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/kn0thing">follow me on twitter (@kn0thing)</a>. And if you're jonesin' for a blog to read, I'll be posting fairly regularly on <a href="http://breadpig.com/blog">breadpig</a> (now my full-time startup, of sorts) and my <a href="http://breadpig.posterous.com/">personal blog</a>.<br /><br />Thanks for <a href="http://reddit.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-we-got-here-where-were-going.html">following me on this startup journey</a>. It's hard to believe I started this back in 2005 when starting <a href="http://reddit.com/">reddit</a>. Below is a <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media.html">TED Talk</a> I gave in 2009, thanks to reddit; this pretty much made my year.<br /><br />Everything I've accomplished so far has probably in some way been because of you, reader -- be it <a href="http://reddit.com">reddit</a>, <a href="http://breadpig.com">breadpig</a>, or my accomplishments with the railgun in Quake II. Thank you.<div><br /></div><div>Unless you've never heard of me before. In that case, please take all the credit for any of my future accomplishments. Deal?<br /><div style="text-align:center" align="center"><br /><!--copy and paste--><object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/AlexisOhanian_2009I-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/AlexisOhanian-2009I.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=714&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media;year=2009;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;theme=animals_that_amaze;theme=presentation_innovation;theme=not_business_as_usual;event=TEDIndia+2009;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/AlexisOhanian_2009I-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/AlexisOhanian-2009I.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=714&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media;year=2009;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;theme=animals_that_amaze;theme=presentation_innovation;theme=not_business_as_usual;event=TEDIndia+2009;"></embed></object></div></div>alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-46796011481240201862009-04-07T16:36:00.003-04:002009-04-07T16:43:49.885-04:00redditAll.com is dead, long live redditAll.com<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYYTpVuK-vCG_MJYxusb-mQ7OVyrR_E2Km6Zm_C3-tQd_yb5WrPUGJk0PMBTUo70CXiWf84fJczEWLTr85hkcAEl7fP9Xx9yPRxI0rPm5cdNPPJ94036OjbMoDQMEjEeAF6rAn_g/s1600-h/FirefoxScreenSnapz020.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYYTpVuK-vCG_MJYxusb-mQ7OVyrR_E2Km6Zm_C3-tQd_yb5WrPUGJk0PMBTUo70CXiWf84fJczEWLTr85hkcAEl7fP9Xx9yPRxI0rPm5cdNPPJ94036OjbMoDQMEjEeAF6rAn_g/s400/FirefoxScreenSnapz020.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322052713475093458" border="0" /></a>You'll still be able to find this blog at <a href="http://reddit.blogspot.com/">reddit.blogspot.com</a>, but there's a project I'll be announcing shortly that will takeover the domain <a href="http://redditall.com/">redditAll.com</a>.<br /><br />Here's a sneakpeek. Stay tuned to <a href="http://blog.reddit.com">blog.reddit</a> for the announcement or <a href="http://twitter.com/kn0thing">follow me on Twitter</a> if you're really curious.alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-39133864138822922392009-04-02T20:06:00.004-04:002009-04-02T20:11:39.960-04:00ireddit developers 280north get fastcompany shoutoutYes, this has been sitting in my drafts folder for too long. Anyway, <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/multimedia/slideshows/content/iphone-build.html">check out this slideshow to learn how to make iPhone apps that don't suck</a> and become the next iPhone app millionaire we keep reading about.<br /><br />Chris Dannen wrote it, who also happens to be the dude who prompted <a href="http://reddit.com/iphone">our own iPhone app (now without crashing bug!</a>). Yep, <a href="http://blog.reddit.com/2009/01/i-read-it-on-ireddit-official-reddit.html">this guy</a>. We've been exchanging emails now and then -- consider all future good reddit ideas the work of Chris.alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-84610709681353972822009-04-02T13:21:00.000-04:002009-04-02T16:26:02.693-04:00business of software and how to pitch for a speaking gigI, or rather, Pierre Francois, was invited to compete in last year's <a href="http://businessofsoftware.org/">Business of Software conference</a>. In fact, he <a href="http://www.redditall.com/2008/09/business-of-software-conference-was.html">won a Macbook Air</a> that I'm enjoying to this day.<br /><br />Well, Neil Davidson <a href="http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2009/03/how-to-get-a-speaking-slot-at-a-conference.html">published my pitch for getting a speaking spot</a>.<br /><br />If you haven't <a href="http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=700504">signed up for Business of Software 09</a>, what are you waiting for? If you're waiting for a compelling video highlighting what the con is all about, here it is:<br /><br /><div align="center"><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AeykCJCcZQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="390" width="480"></embed></div>alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-47084782703415590432009-04-02T13:06:00.003-04:002009-04-02T13:16:02.875-04:00the 37 signals dilemmaThere's been on ongoing open letter exchange between <a href="http://37signals.com/">37Signals</a> and <a href="http://getsatisfaction.com/">GetSatisfaction</a>. GetSatisfaction allows anyone to create unofficial customer support communities (like <a href="http://uservoice.com/">UserVoice</a>) that all both remind me of a much better implemented <a href="http://features.reddit.com/">features.reddit</a> (now defunct). 37Signals doesn't want to have one and feels it "misled our customers into thinking the Get Satisfaction site was an official place to get 37signals customer service and support."<br /><br />At this point, Jason Fried is requesting that the GetSatisfaction team makes it much more obvious that this is not an official 37Signals site, he <a href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1661-follow-up-on-get-satisfaction-or-else">outlines a number of changes he'd like them to make</a>.<br /><br />But here's the dilemma: 37signals has long touted the strategy of saying no to feedback.<br /><blockquote>That's why you start with no. Every new feature request that comes to us — or from us — meets a no. We listen but don't act. The initial response is "not now." If a request for a feature keeps coming back, that's when we know it's time to take a deeper look. Then, and only then, do we start considering the feature for real.</blockquote>Granted, Jason isn't in this case a user of GetSatisfaction, but hopefully he'll find this as amusing as I do. I just hope he doesn't expect GS to do anything anytime soon. Heh.alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-25000858528398665472009-03-29T12:26:00.005-04:002009-03-29T12:33:11.444-04:00reddit alien spotted at uva's new cabell hallThanks to Erin for snapping these pictures from New Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia (where Steve and I did our 4 years). I'm pretty sure this is one stickering I had nothing to do with, so it was quite a nice surprise.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzHNayBr7ceGUu0IAMbNaTrxxcMHMNKGRu_KG82ottlem12BAblBIa6SdyXurim9_coMztPr7bQNBMyDgG2qG_jZi2sV5OHmgv2JqDSz5nT_9LikLRcctKSF3-tphmTGAI3CW5Q/s1600-h/Photo_032409_002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzHNayBr7ceGUu0IAMbNaTrxxcMHMNKGRu_KG82ottlem12BAblBIa6SdyXurim9_coMztPr7bQNBMyDgG2qG_jZi2sV5OHmgv2JqDSz5nT_9LikLRcctKSF3-tphmTGAI3CW5Q/s320/Photo_032409_002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318647880020573010" border="0" /></a>While it may not be the sharpest picture, I think there's no disputing what that is. It's a water fountain. And above it is a reddit sticker.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzkdrt5mKMV9JkVqeyY7DVOzPgj2MtnLNv5Rr3Is6HK4C7uqqkguW2WhY44OBzVVpH0TE98k2fKZMokRIkIW1KF_xZmg4zCTRt2b_npv1Sv385qw0imEdrHLY_r3MDVFDwPiMDg/s1600-h/Photo_032409_001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzkdrt5mKMV9JkVqeyY7DVOzPgj2MtnLNv5Rr3Is6HK4C7uqqkguW2WhY44OBzVVpH0TE98k2fKZMokRIkIW1KF_xZmg4zCTRt2b_npv1Sv385qw0imEdrHLY_r3MDVFDwPiMDg/s320/Photo_032409_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318648055015837442" border="0" /></a>alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-83384201176118090762009-03-27T13:26:00.005-04:002009-03-27T17:14:21.205-04:00reddit sponsored links are the new black<a href="http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090327/reddits-ad-experiment-is-good-news-for-conde-nast-maybe-for-digg-too/">All Things Digital</a> just published a piece on reddit's sponsored links.<br /><blockquote><p>The results have made Condé “cautiously optimistic,” says Stinchcomb. You can measure that two ways: Click-through rates for the ads are running at about five percent, which is several times more than the industry average. And readers haven’t revolted.</p></blockquote><p></p>In fact, we used the sponsored link with great success last week to point people to <a href="http://scifi.reddit.com/">scifi.reddit</a> for discussion on the final episode of BSG. There are some links we'd just like to put in front of as many redditors as possible (even though it's not actually 'sponsored' in this case) and this lets us denote that we're doing it.<br /><br />All in all, we're pretty happy with it and the reddit community seems to have picked it up nicely (and, as the writer points out, haven't gone 1776 on us).alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-43762180590184874672009-03-27T12:59:00.002-04:002009-03-27T13:03:01.084-04:00what would giger think?Quick, <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/33538342.html">someone send this link</a> to the Swiss master who inspired Alien. There are some great My Little Pony remixes here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoPXXtzT41VIPstFFpkF3_xAAKmN5eSF9tRHEZMVXUWAw94S90xP9iU5E_fV9sLFDvPrIAL4ViG7XiFLu9MGf1vxLWt9xh8LuDgL1_brHwRfsXxJplBpGU8J4Loe0mpoy9UZiPQ/s1600-h/001dtbrk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoPXXtzT41VIPstFFpkF3_xAAKmN5eSF9tRHEZMVXUWAw94S90xP9iU5E_fV9sLFDvPrIAL4ViG7XiFLu9MGf1vxLWt9xh8LuDgL1_brHwRfsXxJplBpGU8J4Loe0mpoy9UZiPQ/s320/001dtbrk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317913789156471826" border="0" /></a>alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-15940228403825432522009-03-21T16:29:00.003-04:002009-03-21T16:32:58.554-04:00fanboys at sxswErik (<a href="http://reddit.com/user/hueypriest">hueypriest</a>) snapped this pic in Austin right after my panel. Anthony of <a href="http://hypem.com">HypeMachine</a> had a panel at the exact same time, so I told him I'd wear his shirt in his honor (I wasn't the only one: see pic). Turns out he was wearing a <a href="http://breadpig.com">breadpig</a> shirt. Swine on!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqJZSmfGGMA5x0EBMryPsRHxw83fynZEyjJFM0u-lCx9vO5owmu8Aw8PfToDYMzhWs3xqRkbJq6meClRkZ901tFsX4MG825POwWVzSvvO0hjIilKMaM4mQdp0CAVeXNfPjef6Yg/s1600-h/hypeMfanboysatsxsw.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqJZSmfGGMA5x0EBMryPsRHxw83fynZEyjJFM0u-lCx9vO5owmu8Aw8PfToDYMzhWs3xqRkbJq6meClRkZ901tFsX4MG825POwWVzSvvO0hjIilKMaM4mQdp0CAVeXNfPjef6Yg/s400/hypeMfanboysatsxsw.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315741112821681170" border="0" /></a>alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-71670246318152792482009-03-18T18:32:00.003-04:002009-03-18T19:02:41.712-04:00newspaper graveyard<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzzL8uESQnh3d-Fvkd_7i_uHOwnGipV_013nEx-v-xozLWDpnTsUFtONwa4Xam8IrNhFuaJUJrobuPPn7HUkvuzW5FVpbifoKzwkHoXQXEX_tKxbQ4CAxoT2Ls1pV1GPWQLuQDQ/s1600-h/r30_18321551.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzzL8uESQnh3d-Fvkd_7i_uHOwnGipV_013nEx-v-xozLWDpnTsUFtONwa4Xam8IrNhFuaJUJrobuPPn7HUkvuzW5FVpbifoKzwkHoXQXEX_tKxbQ4CAxoT2Ls1pV1GPWQLuQDQ/s320/r30_18321551.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314666338077563586" border="0" /></a>One of the many <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/scenes_from_the_recession.html">striking photos on Boston.com</a> capturing the effect of the recession.alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-5206345083568724632009-03-10T17:30:00.004-04:002009-03-10T17:36:25.501-04:00i co-author a paper for semj - this was a firstI was a last-minute edition to the latest edition of <a href="http://www.semj.org/">SEMJ</a>. I got a chance to give my perspective on how to do well on social news sites like reddit.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">!!Spoiler!!</span><br /><br />Make good content. Don't be a jerk.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />!!End Spoiler!!<br /></span><br />If you're still interested in reading it, they've provided me with <a href="https://sp.reddit.com.s3.amazonaws.com/SEMJ-reddit_sg4_alexis%20cc%20ces.pdf">a copy to distribute</a>. Enjoy.alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-26641820132942629372009-03-07T14:24:00.004-05:002009-03-07T15:38:53.034-05:00new reddit shirt design - vintage alienWhat do you think? I've had some luck with <a href="http://breadpigtees.com/">shirt designs</a> lately and thought I'd bring back this 'vintage' reddit shirt. Chris suggested we reprint this a few weeks ago and I think he was spot on. Fun fact: the very first and only one of its kind was actually the first reddit shirt I'd ever made back in 2005 (so the est. 2005 with a retro look scored triple irony points!) - it was from <a href="http://cafepress.com/reddit">CafePress</a>.<br /><br />You'll be able to find it <a href="http://store.xkcd.com/reddit">on our xkcd store</a> in the coming weeks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsO83T5OfpP2LOgBIG6aTktu9VTbRbaMu4CV0jikeoQl_dmdRm_IoQ5LTgA2WL95F6kW68HdIXhLbHfKqe8jxJPmA6NIlEPwL9upY4ssual2Ie-GjLAjPRfnW4NKmJ5HxfWH3mQ/s1600-h/RDT-009_mkp1_ft.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsO83T5OfpP2LOgBIG6aTktu9VTbRbaMu4CV0jikeoQl_dmdRm_IoQ5LTgA2WL95F6kW68HdIXhLbHfKqe8jxJPmA6NIlEPwL9upY4ssual2Ie-GjLAjPRfnW4NKmJ5HxfWH3mQ/s400/RDT-009_mkp1_ft.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310547113280949698" border="0" /></a>alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-80682314975448711092009-03-06T18:51:00.002-05:002009-03-06T20:03:19.346-05:00the new nonprofit.reddit is getting some good feedbackWe couldn't be happier with the initial feedback from <a href="http://idealistnews.com/">IdealistNews</a> (AKA <a href="http://nonprofit.reddit.com/">nonprofit.reddit</a>). Here are a few links that we've tracked down so far, if we missed yours, <a href="http://twitter.com/kn0thing">lemme know</a>.<br /><ul><li><a href="http://arawak.blogspot.com/2009/03/idealistnews.html">Battered Suitcase in Lesotho </a></li><li><a href="http://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/archive/2009/03/05/idealist-org-announces-social-news-site-for-nonprofits.aspx">Idealist.org Announces Social News Site for Nonprofits</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.richmond.edu/art345/2009/03/05/new-media-for-nonprofit-news/">Social news sites tell nonprofits’ stories</a></li><li><a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=idealistnews">The tweets</a></li><li><a href="http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/blog/view/the_daily_entrepreneur_grey_lady_idealist_news_and_more_reid">Change.org</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.craigslistfoundation.org/commentary/reddit-and-idealistorg-launch-news-site/">Craigslist foundation blog</a></li><li><a href="http://nten.org/blog/2009/03/05/new-social-news-site-nonprofits">Nonprofit technology network</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.candysandwich.net/2009/03/idealistnews.html">Candy Sandwich</a></li><li><a href="http://compassioninpolitics.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/idealist-news-digg-for-nonprofits-and-social-change/">Compassion in politics</a></li><li><a href="http://greenlightsnonprofit.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/ms-resourceful/">Mission Driven</a></li><li><a href="http://prprometeus.blogspot.com/2009/03/idealist-and-reddit-launch.html">PRprometeus</a></li></ul>And there's even a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RLnJiZnSq4">YouTube tutorial</a>, courtesy of our pal Scott @ Idealist.alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-46878761822265611092009-03-05T19:40:00.002-05:002009-03-05T19:49:58.294-05:00reddit and the idealist launch a new reddit together - idealistnews.com<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://idealistnews.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzxeE4ocbuo7cbnNb1w2RHQgRpp7EGTjQ7cTbwklg6FxAUuN6aUJhEfkjX1NE6VTSVCQzIFoalUUw_0DdmPiHUKA4_8zJG8TpGCSBj7LUJRzSaNImL4Wam-AgPwUjzo6o3TZscA/s320/FirefoxScreenSnapz002.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309868478429087778" border="0" /></a><a href="http://blog.reddit.com/2009/03/idealistnewscom-reddit-for-all-things.html">We announced</a> a new reddit today, this is putting a pretty face on <a href="http://nonprofit.reddit.com/">nonprofit.reddit.com</a> called <a href="http://idealistnews.com/">IdealistNews</a>.<br /><br />Both we and <a href="http://idealist.org/">Idealist.org</a> (our partner - see <a href="http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/h/blog/idealist-and-reddit-launch-idealistnews-org">their announcement here</a>) are quite excited to be bringing this to life. It started as a few tweets exchanged with <a href="http://twitter.com/Idealist">Scott Stadum of Idealist</a> and a few weeks later this new reddit is online.<br /><br />Just a little while back, <a href="http://my.socialactions.com/profiles/blogs/2062983:BlogPost:7103">Beth Kanter lamented</a> that there was no social news geared toward nonprofits and social change. We at reddit (and <a href="http://breadpig.com/">breadpig</a>) totally agreed and hope this reddit can be the destination for the very best of this news.alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-16658762294702874962009-03-04T15:09:00.001-05:002009-03-04T15:12:12.300-05:00the right kind of linkedin profile photo<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=7008227"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 356px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0r4fsa5fUNRm1KL6X3-cI9SpV2y-rrTVw_ZYhXSxRCGHm128vV0PjJ5qAprX6Sh-Q_JCIImaFSXHrYtA2hyZwNy5bMrOdcfpUy6aLp4opgzNlttZZB0DFJPcxITAlPfflxtqAQ/s400/FirefoxScreenSnapz002.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309427510344928178" border="0" /></a>HR: "He's got a reddit shirt? Hired!"</div>alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-39942002221037251922009-03-04T01:45:00.008-05:002009-03-04T02:04:35.862-05:00over 3 years of life spent using the reddit iphone app, world economy still slumpingThe <a href="http://280north.com">280north</a> team plugged <a href="http://pinchmedia.com">Pinch Media</a> analytics into our <a href="http://reddit.com/iphone">iPhone app</a>, iReddit and we've already encountered some interesting data.<br /><br />Chiefly, at this moment the total time spent using the app is <span style="font-weight:bold;">3 years 68 days 14 hours 41 minutes 17 seconds</span>. Never mind the fact that they have it pegged to the <span style="font-style:italic;">second</span>, but this app has only been out for two weeks. I'd rather not imagine how much time users have spent on reddit.com during the 3+ years it's been around.<br /><br />Instead, I'll be busy finishing up some work for a very cool pair of announcements Wednesday and Thursday (watch <a href="http://blog.reddit.com">blog.reddit.com</a> to see the news).alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-5390266142947277792009-03-03T21:38:00.005-05:002009-03-03T21:58:47.014-05:00i spy a bunch of reddit stickers<div align="center"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/vees/3312379667/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3463/3312379667_e169163588.jpg?v=0" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/vees/">vees</a> is a decorated redditor. Impressive.<br /></div>alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-52171339434904683342009-02-26T12:37:00.001-05:002009-02-26T16:54:24.753-05:00not one, but two cheers for reddit on slate's the big moneyStill no word on the whereabouts of the third cheer, but we're nonetheless quite happy to have been featured in a recent <a href="http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/0s-1s-and-s/2009/02/25/two-cheers-reddit">The Big Money article</a>. Here's just a taste:<blockquote>I've come to genuinely admire Reddit [...] having trolled around long enough now, I find Reddit, when used properly, to be a decent news source and a relatively intelligent window onto the hive mind. Psychologists for years have argued that the information content of news is less important than the context in which people receive it; Reddit moves at a pace at which you can watch cognition and content commingle in real time.</blockquote>And I'm thrilled <a href="http://thecutelist.com/">The Cute List</a> got a shoutout, too. <a href="http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/0s-1s-and-s/2009/02/25/two-cheers-reddit">Read the whole article</a> to see just how reddit changed <span class="submitted">James Ledbetter's</span> perspective on social media, which according to him, had "seemed like a shabby foreign country I'd rather not visit."alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-24357696984433023682009-02-24T13:36:00.000-05:002009-02-24T16:47:34.557-05:00reddit & the indie: the internet approvesI somehow forgot to post <a href="http://metaprinter.com/?p=518">this entry from Metaprinter</a> about our announcement of a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=18110651&postID=2435769698443302368">partnership with The Independent</a>:<br /><blockquote><p>All in all I think this is a great experiment. It attacks newspaper site problems like social interaction, ranking, linking, user interface, and user experience. I’ll be following this closely as time goes on and the social site builds links and volume.</p></blockquote><p></p>So far, we've been quite happy with <a href="http://reddit.independent.co.uk/">the experiment</a>. And it appears the Indie has been, too, as they even gave me a place in their <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/integration/independent/learnmore.bml">Independent Minds</a> blogging network. Here's <a href="http://alexisohanian.livejournal.com/540.html">the inaugural post</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://alexisohanian.livejournal.com/540.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihdH-ul9xR0FtYrf7eOid6Bw3XFwB7i1nWxvpzIU8dvfGUWX_PWJr9gcMyETEqfdcNIGF_ghK0jEebGA6IDzPVXqJtxS1FBxNbxMNuXTeUl0HNVodkcQAT_iWRnyum4nOwsvvRA/s400/FirefoxScreenSnapz001.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306479060490950658" border="0" /></a>alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-66072987667411704002009-02-24T09:48:00.000-05:002009-02-24T14:24:56.206-05:00oldie but a goodie: reddit the quiz bowl answer<a href="http://aaronsw.com/">Aaron</a> forwarded me this a while back and somehow it remained in my drafts folder until now.<blockquote>My brother is on the quiz bowl team. One of the questions he was given at a Boston tournament was "This Conde Nast acquisition uses karma to ..." (that's when he buzzed).</blockquote>I must say, that's pretty cool. Thanks for considering us question-worthy, Quiz Bowl!alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-33087996884345198272009-02-21T02:09:00.004-05:002009-02-21T02:25:51.840-05:00mint.com on the definition of a user - techcrunch wtf momentIn short, <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/19/quicken-online-cant-believe-mint-is-doing-so-well-sends-threatening-letter/">Quicken sent Mint a pretty lame "WTF is up with your user count?" email</a>.<br /><br />The story could be over, but then there was a bit of prodding into how a <a href="http://mint.com/">Mint</a> determines a 'user.'<br /><p></p><blockquote>Aside from Mint’s remarkable growth rate, Intuit’s concerns focus on the startup’s definition of “users”. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mint’s reply states that the company considers anyone who has filled in an Email address, Zip code, and password to be a “user”, regardless of whether they’ve ever actually linked their bank account to their Mint user name</span>. This figure obviously overstates the number of people who actually use Mint on a day-to-day basis, but it’s also a fairly standard way to define “users” for most web services. As an outside check, Comscore counts 416,000 monthly unique visitors worldwide, and growing rapidly (see chart below).</blockquote><p></p>This definition "raised some concerns" for TechCrunch.<br /><br />Is this really standard practice for web services? (Really, I'm curious - lemme know).<br /><br />In what world is a "user" someone who creates an account and never uses the site again? At the most basic semantic level, they're not even <span style="font-style: italic;">using</span> the site.<br /><br />Aaron, you've clearly got a successful startup and the established competition is obviously feeling threatened, so why not just omit those non-users from the user numbers you're reporting? Who is impressed by traffic that has visited a website, signed up, and never returned?alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-279694255827772022009-02-20T08:21:00.000-05:002009-02-20T12:39:11.116-05:00reddit, leaking pepsi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFELWlxQK2PMyRsv0hem2qdCyv7DDhKSpGJebtxV5Avj-4mnXjG1gGm0JG5oX-ONUPmr9t4HUe2vUGoy_WPDCXzcTa0RF0TIWtRu7eg-vqAECE5xP6hcTB_pa9N25nzRMRvWGMw/s1600-h/pepsi-logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFELWlxQK2PMyRsv0hem2qdCyv7DDhKSpGJebtxV5Avj-4mnXjG1gGm0JG5oX-ONUPmr9t4HUe2vUGoy_WPDCXzcTa0RF0TIWtRu7eg-vqAECE5xP6hcTB_pa9N25nzRMRvWGMw/s320/pepsi-logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304934594047713490" border="0" /></a>The infamous Pepsi PDF could have just been a marketing ruse, but it was nonetheless leaked on reddit and we found our alien as the source for a number of mainstream media outlets.<br /><br />It made headlines in the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4591892/Pepsi-logo-design-document-sparks-internet-hoax-debate.html">Telegraph</a> and <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/agencies/what_we_know_about_the_arnell_pepsi_pdf_108526.asp">MediaBistro</a>. And given all the smiley-face-to-Pepsi-logo juxtaposition, combined with all the advertising jargon, it's easy to see why this would get people talking/laughing.<br /><br />I'd always dreamed of the day we'd be <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/02112009/business/pepsis_redrawn_logo_goes_deep__fizzes_ou_154453.htm">in the New York Post</a>... I CAN'T HIDE HOW MUCH I LOVE THOSE ALL CAPS HEADLINES.alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-37512550481142255512009-02-19T15:05:00.004-05:002009-02-19T15:13:02.681-05:00rofldna - a breadpig project to benefit science commons & protect the future of the internet<img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" src="http://rofldna.org/DNA-left.png" />It's called <a href="http://rofldna.org/">ROFLDNA</a> and it's the result of the last <a href="http://roflcon.org/">ROFLThing</a> event in New York. Ask for just some opening remarks and you'll get me cheek-swabbing all your Internet celebrities.<br /><br />In said opening remarks, I had designated the <a href="http://www.nyscf.org/">New York Stem Cell Foundation</a> as the recipient of the auction proceeds, but something happened between then and now. Namely, <a href="http://sciencecommons.org/">Science Commons</a> appeared on the front page of reddit and I had a few beers with their <a href="http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/wilbanks/">VP of Science</a>. A few drinks can go a long way.<br /><br />We've also formed some great plans for reddit to partner with them in the coming months. The community responded so well to the idea that we couldn't help but form this allegiance.alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-65282403217579750652009-02-17T23:13:00.005-05:002009-02-18T02:24:07.061-05:00iReddit launches, now #1 on paid news appsNot bad for the first workday since Apple approved it (on Valentine's Day). I take my metaphorical hat off to the <a href="http://280north.com/">280North team</a>, who did all the work to bring <a href="http://reddit.com/iphone">iReddit</a> to life. Early reviews have been overwhelmingly positive and they've already got a revision in the Apple approval process to fix a few nagging bugs.<br /><br />Of course, it didn't hurt that <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7y43n/ireddit_the_official_reddit_iphone_app_is_now/">the sponsored link on reddit</a> got so many upvotes it was even voted onto the front page. Guess folks really did want us to release an official iPhone app...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHCPI3tBMN_q33M4OiNzscQ6ZsQZMFuZQqk0hVg6Zdu8qbeKU_DukXuo1CXimhcgvYTgrmgv7ufYoyQIALu1MVyHB05IwpLMdBFEIW-BWk42mur09HNKxHdGPSnqodvlk9tQuhg/s1600-h/iTunesScreenSnapz001.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHCPI3tBMN_q33M4OiNzscQ6ZsQZMFuZQqk0hVg6Zdu8qbeKU_DukXuo1CXimhcgvYTgrmgv7ufYoyQIALu1MVyHB05IwpLMdBFEIW-BWk42mur09HNKxHdGPSnqodvlk9tQuhg/s400/iTunesScreenSnapz001.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303986187120594018" border="0" /></a>alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18110651.post-46915180744319220762009-02-16T22:32:00.001-05:002009-02-16T22:34:40.321-05:00twitter proves itself useful<a href="http://liamvickery.blogspot.com/2009/02/stalked-by-reddit-alien.html">This made me laugh</a>. I think I may have found a use for <a href="http://twitter.com/kn0thing">twitter</a> after all.alexis [kn0thing]http://www.blogger.com/profile/03478324237907707569noreply@blogger.com