Slinksetmatch http://slinksetmatch.com Most recent posts at Slinksetmatch posterous.com Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:36:00 -0700 Slinkset is elated to be part of Posterous! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/0fxgR0Ydmgw/slinkset-is-elated-to-be-part-of-posterous http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-is-elated-to-be-part-of-posterous

It's really exciting to be able to officially announce this. I (Brett) have been working with the Posterous guys for a while now and am very happy to be joining the team. Slinkset is in good hands and Posterous has more exciting things coming down the pipe than I can even keep track off.

On a bittersweet note, I don't get to work with John on a day to day basis anymore. But I'm sure he's on to bigger and better things and we'll figure out how to collaborate in the future.

Oh. And thanks to blog import and imminently pending theming this blog has a new home.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-is-elated-to-be-part-of-posterous Fri, 08 May 2009 04:24:29 -0700 Google Webmaster Tools Verification http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/CgZVxuFARxU/google-webmaster-tools-verification http://slinksetmatch.com/google-webmaster-tools-verification For everyone using Google Webmaster Tools, you can now verify your slinkset site. Under "Settings" => "Advanced":

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/google-webmaster-tools-verification Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:48:01 -0700 Slinkset Site Thursdays #6 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/xjcPxuht2qA/slinkset-site-thursdays-6 http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-site-thursdays-6 2009 Silicon Alley Award Nominate companies for Silicon Alley Insider's first annual awards That's right, our friends at Silicon Alley Insider are using slinkset to let users submit companies they would like to nominate, or vote on companies that have already been nominated.  There are 5 different categories that a company can be nominated for and there is 1 special category for the individual.  To learn more about this and to find out what the categories are...please check out this post over at SAI. Winners to be announced live at their 2009 Startup Conference at NYU on June 3rd. Good luck to all the nominees!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-site-thursdays-6 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:36:26 -0700 Ads http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/TP6KjNgqycE/ads-24 http://slinksetmatch.com/ads-24 We're going to be experimenting with adding ads to sites in the near future. Only new sites and existing sites that aren't using their sidebar should be effected. If you're an existing user who's not using the sidebar on your site and you have concerns, please feel free to get in touch.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/ads-24 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:59:24 -0700 Slinkset Site Thursdays #5 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/rHwtab2KsgA/slinkset-site-thursdays-5 http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-site-thursdays-5 FindingBibi.slinkset.com Submit and vote on ideas to help empower women. We'll make the winning idea a reality!
"The upcoming film Finding Bibi follows filmmaker Bita Haidarian, a girl who knows more about MTV than Al Jazeera, as she smashes worldwide stereotypes about women in the Middle East. The overwhelming trailer response has inspired us to build a movement around the movie."
Once you've watched the trailer at FindingBibi.com you can click the 'Discuss' button on their site to go to the slinkset they have created for their viewers to tell them about moments you’ve been inspired that you’d want others to experience. They will take the highest-impact idea and change real people’s lives with it. The movie is still in post-production, but check out the trailer for sure... it's only 3:04 and super interesting.  I think it's pretty impressive what she is out there doing.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-site-thursdays-5 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:38:51 -0700 Slinkset Site Thursdays #4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/0ySA8xNBrpo/slinkset-site-thursdays-4 http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-site-thursdays-4 BrideTide.com A constant flow of Wedding News | Bridal Tips | DIY Help | Planning & Bridal Style If you're planning a wedding... BrideTide is a great place for a ton of different wedding information.  There are categories for Cakes, Invitations, Tips & Advice, Fashion and more. This site is a great example of how you can use slinkset to take a niche subject and build a wealth of useful information around it.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-site-thursdays-4 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:41:56 -0700 Slinkset Site Thursdays #3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/p2w722qsgyg/slinkset-site-thursdays-3 http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-site-thursdays-3 Hahagreat.com : the best stuff on the web The creators of this site are relying on donations instead of ads to help  them as the continue to build their community. "We are asking for donations instead of running ads. Ads and donations amount to the same thing, money. We believe that a donation powered site contributes more to a sense of community than an ad based site. Ads also take people away from the site where WE want to keep you coming back to our site." Feel free to read more here about what they are doing.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-site-thursdays-3 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:18:45 -0700 Slinkset Site Thursdays #2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/ydMIHUKaYiE/slinkset-site-thursdays-2 http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-site-thursdays-2 J-Startup News The latest on journalism startups and new business models for news "JStartup news, a place for news people to discuss, rate, and share news and commentary about journalism startups, new business models for news, hacker journalism and anything else that falls along these lines." J-Startup News was created by Brad Flora.  He is a journalist working on a startup news aggregator and blog network in Chicago called The Windy Citizen.  I strongly suggest people check out his site, it's really slick. At J-Startup News there is some great content being posted about what's going on in the world of news and journalism, both on and offline.  The comment threads are very insightful and I encourage everyone to take the time to read through some of them.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-site-thursdays-2 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:44:00 -0800 Slinkset Site Thursdays http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/dzUqhJEoXo0/slinkset-site-thursdays http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-site-thursdays We have been seeing some cool sites being created using slinkset.  Our users are coming up with creative uses and designs and we think it's only right to share those with you all.  Some of them have already been featured at random times on this blog here, here and here.  But I think it's time to establish a set day each week to feature a different slinkset site. Born... Slinkset Site Thursdays! For our first installement I'd like to introduce Okupy.com "Okupy (pronounced oc·cu·py) brings you all the cool, funny, and sometimes dirty links that you're too lazy/ashamed to look for." These guys killed it on re-styling their slinkset site.  One other thing to note is that they change their sub-title all the time with hilarious one liners.  I  find myself coming back everyday just to see what witty line they put up. Great job guys!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/slinkset-site-thursdays Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:36:53 -0800 Boring stuff - impending feed posting limits http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/d84oextIsGQ/boring-stuff-impending-feed-posting-limits http://slinksetmatch.com/boring-stuff-impending-feed-posting-limits We want to give everyone a heads up that we'll be imposing a limit on the number of items posted via feeds per day per account in the near future. We haven't finalized exactly what the limit will be, but it probably will not effect most users; we've simply got too many zombie accounts loaded with RSS feeds consuming resources. If your site depends on a extremely heavy feed posting, please feel free to touch base with us soon.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/boring-stuff-impending-feed-posting-limits Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:45:54 -0800 Viridus News http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/IAm1rQtYNag/viridus-news http://slinksetmatch.com/viridus-news The guys over at Virid.us have done a great job using slinkset to set up a place for "collecting all of the day’s most relevant, and most interesting green business news and articles." Check it out at http://news.virid.us.  You can also read more about the site here.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/viridus-news Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:46:24 -0800 Outage http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/3p85zQWCwds/outage http://slinksetmatch.com/outage We are aware that slinkset.com is down currently. And we're looking into, we'll update you when we know more. Sorry about this. UPDATE: Looks like it's an issue with our DNS provider.  We're waiting for them to get things back online. UPDATE #2: Looks like our DNS provider is back up and things are running again...some of the CSS might take little while to catch up.  Thanks for bearing with us.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/outage Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:29:23 -0800 Categories! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/9C9rwY9RI9s/categories-2 http://slinksetmatch.com/categories-2 It has taken longer than we hoped but today we're happy to release what was our number one feature request, categories. There are still a few things we'd like to improve but we figured what we have now is more than useful. Add categories to your site via your site's admin page under "Settings" => "Categories": More cool stuff is on the way. Stay tuned.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/categories-2 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:43:56 -0800 Virgin America goes slinkset! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/CRcKsTqum54/virgin-america-goes-slinkset http://slinksetmatch.com/virgin-america-goes-slinkset That's right...we just finished building a site for Virgin America used for promoting their new flights to Boston.  The site is here at revolutiontakesflight.com. And get this... Not only is Virgin America inviting 15 users and their guests to an exclusive party in Boston on February 11, 2009, BUT they're also flying a couple lucky Bostonians across the world for free just by participating on the site and "declaring your revolution". Oh! It gets even better... The site also has a section for users to submit and vote on their favorite Boston non-profit causes.  Virgin America is gifting $25,000 to Virgin Unite to support these organizations and $25,000 to a Boston cause of your choosing based on your votes.  That's some serious coin going towards the efforts of helping others and the community. So go check it out and if you're not lucky enough to be eligible to win passes to the party or a flight across the world...please forward the site on to your friends out in Boston.  Who knows, maybe they'll take you if they win.
*NEW FEATURE NOTE* For those of you who have been with slinkset for a while now, you'll notice a lot of new features on this Virgin America site.  One major one is the ability to add categories.  Look for this to be available to the public very soon.  As for some of the other features that you may notice...let us know if there is anything you see that you might want to use yourself.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/virgin-america-goes-slinkset Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:58:53 -0800 What's up 2009! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/dAvR9DEMZ0k/whats-up-2009 http://slinksetmatch.com/whats-up-2009 So we thought it would be fun to see what people have been choosing as that all-inspiring "New Year's Resolution".  So we set up a site for people to post resolutions they plan to go after, resolutions that are already in play or even resolutions you would love to see someone actually pursue. Go ahead post your resolutions and vote on your favorites!  resolutions.slinkset.com HAPPY HOLIDAYS from us here at slinkset!  Stay safe and have a blasty blast!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/whats-up-2009 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:58:24 -0800 "Fix the Lists" -- The People of 2008 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/raytwbJX3to/fix-the-lists-the-people-of-2008 http://slinksetmatch.com/fix-the-lists-the-people-of-2008 Our friends over at Patrol Magazine have started a couple different sites for their end of the year "Fix the Lists" campaign. On "The People of 2008" users are able to submit the people they feel have been most important this year.  Then as always with slinkset sites, you're able to vote on who you feel should be at the top and who should be at the bottom.  There are some interesting people on this list so far.  To name a few... Pope Benedict XVI, Cyndi Lauper, Evan Williams, oh man you just have to go see some of the other far out ones for yourself. The other, "Best Albums of 2008", where you the reader gets to fix the editor/critics picks of different Top 50 best albums of 2008 lists.  It's pretty interesting to see how much the list changes when the readers get a say in the matter. Fix the Lists!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/fix-the-lists-the-people-of-2008 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:51:41 -0800 Some more maintenance tonight http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/Hc_TZ3jaKrg/some-more-maintenance-tonight http://slinksetmatch.com/some-more-maintenance-tonight We should be back up shortly. UPDATE: 12:20 AM PST - done. back up.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/some-more-maintenance-tonight Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:50:03 -0800 Maintenance outage later tonight http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/9YacMacKtZM/maintenance-outage-later-tonight http://slinksetmatch.com/maintenance-outage-later-tonight We're going to be having a brief maintenance outage later tonight. It's short notice, but we're ancy to get it over with so we can keep working on new features. Update: Done for now. 2AM PST

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/maintenance-outage-later-tonight Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:04:56 -0800 img Tags in HTML http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/0jbpFgP1xpQ/img-tags-in-html http://slinksetmatch.com/img-tags-in-html We released another small feature that we had ready behind the scenes and someone expressed interest in. You can now choose to let your users embed HTML tags in comments and submission descriptions. Note that for now the "src" attribute for those images needs to end in an image extension ("png", "gif", "jpg" or "jpeg") for the image to appear. The option is under "Settings" => "Features":

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/img-tags-in-html Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:02:18 -0800 Favicons! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slinksetmatch/~3/sf9ppbGq8bc/favicons http://slinksetmatch.com/favicons If you're tired of the default blue and green arrows you can now add your own favicon to your site. It's under "Design" => "Advanced" => "General" and looks like this: We've got some stuff we're working on that will hopefully use this image in more places than just the browser favicon. So upload an image and stay tuned.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/58270/IMG_1478.JPG http://posterous.com/people/3FYS0gXq brett gibson brett brett gibson http://slinksetmatch.com/favicons