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New feature - your last tweet as an imageDecember 16 2008

The truth is that at Retaggr HQ we’re squirelling away at some new big features, but hey, we like (nay, “love”) to release things, so here’s something you might enjoy.

Head on over to http://www.retaggr.com/GetStatusImage

What we’ve done for you is create an image based version of your most recent Tweet (twitter message). “But I already have an extremely customizable Retaggr widget” I hear you say.

Well, some sites only allow you to insert images, or BBCode… which is where this little guy comes into play.

Ideal for your forum signature, but it works on your blog too,and on most social network profiles. It does work on your email signature, but be aware that some email clients (I’m looking at you Outlook) cache images for a period of time. So while we always show your most recent status message (give or take a minute or so), there’s the possibility your recipient may see an old status message in an email.

Did I mention you can play with the colors, it has a link to your Retaggr card, and you can create as many different styles as you like?

Hope you enjoy this - as always, your feedback is very welcome.

A few examples :

New York, New York!December 8 2008

As some of you may know, I will be speaking at the Inman Connect conference in New York - January 7th to 9th. The session I will be speaking at is the New Kids (and Ideas) on the Block: Innovators from Around the World, which will take place on Thursday, Jan 8th at 10:30am.

I am looking forward to meeting everyone at the event, so if you are there please come and say hi. If you would like to arrange to meet prior to the conferecne please do not hesitate to contact me.

What have we been up to?November 25 2008

We are hard at work on something new we are hoping to bring you very soon. Yes, you are right, we can’t tell you what it is just yet, but we think that you will like it, so hopefully it is worth the wait.

Besides being very hard at work developing this new product, we have also seen a steady increase in users and impressions across our various products and for this we would like to thank all of our loyal users who have been writing, twittering and most importantly recommending retaggr to their friends. Thank you! We are glad that you are enjoying using retaggr and as always are looking forward to your feedback, whether it is suggestions, complaints or questions.

Some recent additions to the system are:
A widget for your comments via BackType
A widget for your comments via IntenseDebate
Support for your SlideShare profile
A widget for Wakoopa
Profile support for Rejaw
A new widget for Digg

Listen out for a big new feature announcement soon!









Introducing the Click to Add Me buttonNovember 5 2008

Consider for a second please, the RSS feed. What has made RSS (Real Simple Syndication) such a hit? 

Is it that it is “Really Simple” (no, turns out there are half a dozen variants) . Ground-breaking technology (no, it’s plain old xml, fetched like a regular webpage). Is it because RSS readers are so good? Probably not - in my opinion, they’re still merely “ok”, but they do the job.

What made RSS such a hit on the internet was two things - great utility, and being universally understood.  Standardizing on that little RSS icon     was critical to helping people understand the great utility that RSS offered.

Today, we dare to try and start something in that same spirit.  

You have many web profiles - places you interact on the web.  To know these places, is to better know you, and to have opportunities to connect.  But how do I find out where you hang out? If you’ve got a retaggr profile, that’s super easy. I can just find your card and have a look…  if you happen to have embedded your card in your site.  But not everyone does that - some use the Retaggr chicklet , others a custom Retaggr Widget, and some

Some additions to your profileOctober 17 2008

You spoke - we listened.  We get some great feedback from our users (and to be honest, some pretty weird stuff too - keeps things interesting!) about how they’re using their profiles.  Based on this, we work on features that can facilitate or improve those scenarios.  So we’re happy to announce some improvements which help both the serial blogger, and the professional or job seeker.

  • Multiple blog support : Up until now,you could only add a single blog to your card.  But what if you have a professional blog, and a personal blog, and a blog  about Geeky Jack-o-lanterns ? Well now you can add them all. We go grab the favicon to differentiate them, and merge them into your recent posts. Check it out in the new “Blogs” tab under http://www.retaggr.com/User/EditCard
  • Expanded professional section : You can now capture more details about your company and specify “what I’m looking for”.  Perhaps you’re looking for business opportunities, employees, or even for a new job.  Go ahead and specify the details (or add a link to a page with more details), and we’ll display that info.  And if it’s employment you’re after, you’ll also appreciate the new field for a link to your resume.

We’re adding bells and whistle as we go, as well as suppo