Just hit the little arrow that’s leaving the box under every recommendation, click on “Embed” and you’ll see an overlay similar to most embed features you know so far. Just change the width to something that fits your layout (a mininum width of 400px is required), copy the code and throw it into yours, we’ll handle the rest.

Here are some examples of great reads and embedded recommendations:

But there’s more: We’ve spiced up the looks of source and article pages to make them stand for themselves a little better. We’ve added some stats (more to come) and included a new filter that enables you to display only those people who recommended and article that you’re actually following. This is the source page for guardian.co.uk, and this is an article page for one of its articles.

Anyway, have fun embedding recommendations, we’d love to see some of them around. Feel free to tell us if anything doesn’t work as expected.

The Kindle is a great device and since we love it so much, we’re starting our Send to Kindle beta today. You’ll be able to register your device and have every article sent right to your Kindle.

If you’re a registered user, simply visit the Dashboard to sign up and join the beta. We’ll be in touch via e-mail as soon as the feature is available to you.

Today we’ve introduced a few new changes that will lead to an improved reading experience, nourish texts with personality and remind people of one of the very origins of type.

There’s no need to worry: The color blue will remain as there are many reasons to be held against changing it, particularly consistency and a certain recognition value. On the other hand, we’re able to change the type itself and breathe some life into the essential element of QUOTE.fm.

Sure, we’re aware of the fact that typography is a very complex field, for there are many strings attached to the slightest intervention and many sources of errors to be stumbled upon. Ultimately, though, it’s not hard to find a font that expresses the amount of personality we demand. We’ll simply use the most popular, an established classic used in every document in need of a friendly and personal touch. Comic Sans MS.

Here’s hoping that you’re pleased with our decision. We’ve run beta tests over the course of the last few weeks and determined that – in fact – it does improve the overall experience of QUOTE.fm. While it may take some time to get used to, it definately is worth the effort.

Over the last days, we made a few small changes to improve the API and make it more usable.

First of all, all list outputs are now sorted by the time of creation, with the newest entity on top. Also, all recommendation entities now include the user entity inline, saving you some API calls. At last, all timestamps in the responses are now containing timezone information.

If you would like more detailed information, please consult the QUOTE.fm API Github project. The readme will be updated after every tiny change in the API that doesn’t qualify for a whole blogpost.

Again, thanks for all the feedback. We’d love if you continue to make fancy things! Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any requests concerning the API.

Facebook incorporates status updates made up of freely chosen content like text, pictures, videos and various others. QUOTE.fm differs from Facebook in the essential concept of linking each recommended text to a certain message: This right here is good, so read it, it’s going to be worth your time.

What does a Like really communicate? On the one hand you could click the heart because you agree that a text is good, on the other hand you could merely be trying to convey that you think it’s a good quote. The latter directly contradicts the intention we have with QUOTE.fm. It’s not about quotes, but the texts they were taken from. So why should you like a text without agreeing that it’s worth being recommended? Sure, one could argue that a Like acts as a light version of a Recommendation. However, this leaves things unnecessarily complex, which is why we’ve decided to wipe out Likes altogether.

The one thing that does remain are Recommendations. If there’s a text you like, go ahead and recommend it. Perhaps with the very same extract, perhaps with a completely different one. It’s entirely up to you. A Recommendation’s a Recommendation.

We’ll eventually come up with a new version of “Like”, which will be integrated into the Read-section as a way of favoriting texts you’d like to mark for later reading without necessarily recommending them to followers.

As so often, less is more. Some of you will surely miss the function, still we hope you’ll eventually get used to its absence. We’re certain that it’ll simplify the platform by a great deal.

Listen up, kids!

Today marks the release of the first version of our API. Please note that, for now, it only features basic functionality and, most importantly, that it’s currently read-only.

Using the API, you can pull information on source pages, articles, recommendations and users. These should be sufficient in building first small apps which, hopefully, will improve the experience of QUOTE.fm for you as well as for others.

In case you’re already working on something cool that might be worth our attention, feel free to send us a note via our contact form.

As of now, there’s no mechanic for logging in using the API, which means you can neither get the personal timeline of a user nor post recommendations on a user’s behalf.

These features will be added in a few weeks (as soon as we get some science done), though. A side note for the curious among you: It’ll be based on OAuth 2, so don’t worry about complex code.

Also, note that the whole API is still considered beta and that some parts of it may be changed in the near future. In case you should stumble upon any bugs or you’ve got feature requests, please consult our GitHub project and file an issue.

That said: Go ahead and have some fun!

We felt that the old appearance of the Following Timeline didn’t look steady enough, that it had too many visual breaks and didn’t show as much information as we wanted it to. While we were at it, we’ve used the opportunity to improve the looks of Following and Discover a little.

Prepare to enter hyperspace. We’re ready. Join QUOTE.fm.

we don’t claim to be omniscient or always perfectly right in our decisions, but we’re completely committed to every single one of them, all the while doing everything in our power to provide transparency as well as honesty. Each of our actions is within reason. The site’s blue because it’s supposed to picture a metaphorical highlighter (and because yellow and green would make it look hideous). It’s only accessible when given an invite code as there’d be a lack of quality if anybody could recommend texts.

Then again, would there really be a decrease in quality? Or would it merely fail to conform to our personal and absolutely subjective tastes? Are we, perhaps, just a bit full of ourselves? We most likely are. It would probably be better if everybody could sign up on QUOTE.fm and use the site and its features, together with his or her friends. Recommend a text, receive comments and engage in discussions with friends (as well as total strangers). Doesn’t sound that bad at all, does it? Also, who are we to judge the quality of texts in advance?

Imagine, if you will, that you’re an established user browsing QUOTE.fm. Would things really change that much? You follow those who strike you as interesting, you discover great reads as you follow people who recommend remarkable texts. Meanwhile, Discover still displays the most popular texts among all. Everything remains as it is, yet the possibilities increase.

Speaking of increased possibilities: What’s the best RSS reader on the market? Reeder, obviously. It’s unmatched on the iPad, the iPhone as well as the Mac. So what’s the place you like reading potentially good, outstanding and/or discussible texts the most? Yep, your RSS reader. How’d you like the next version of Reeder for iPhone to contain QUOTE.fm integration? How about the possibility to recommend texts on QUOTE.fm straight out of Reeder?

Sounds great, right? This is the part where I tell you that, very soon, none of that will be mere fantasy. We’ll open QUOTE.fm to the public and Reeder will integrate it. Chances are it will all be done sometime in March.

Buckle up, the real fun has just begun.

Today, we deployed a fix to get rid of this problem and allow you to use the bookmarklet again, without any need for cookies. However, if you want to stay logged in with the bookmarklet, you need to add an exception for “quote.fm” in your Chrome settings. To do this, go to your browser preferences, click “Under the Hood” and “Content Settings” (or click this link). Now you should see the following screen:

In case your “Block third-party cookies and site data” box isn’t checked, you’re good to go and everything should be working fine (if not, please contact us). To add an exception, click “Manage Exceptions”, type “quote.fm” into the text box, choose “Allow” from the select box and hit enter. Things should look like this:

Now you’re done! The bookmarklet should keep you logged in at all times.