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Cool new stuff on edopter! edopter: We’ve been working non-stop to make edopter a better and more...

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:05:04 -0400

Cool new stuff on edopter!

We’ve been working non-stop to make edopter a better and more robust experience, and we have a couple big things to share with you: an all new portfolio section and the launch of the official edopter Facebook application!

NEW PORTFOLIOS

Your portfolio has been completely redesigned to make it easier to keep track of where you stand on edopter. There are a ton of new features, including:

All-new activity feeds: Track what your friends are up to, and share your site activity with other edopters

Favorite trends: Got a favorite trend (or three) that you want everyone to know about? Feature it on your overview page!

New comparison tools: See how you stack up against the rest of the community, including the all new Vs. tool

Log in now to check out the new design!

FACEBOOK APPLICATION

Our new Facebook application adds new functionality to your edopter portfolio. On the Facebook side, it gives you the chance to share your current trends, your ranking and your recent activity with your Facebook friends. Even cooler, it automatically syncs your Facebook friends with edopter. When any of your friends install the application, you’ll instantly be able to follow them from your edopter portfolio. Try it out now!

Share and discover new trends with
your friends on Facebook!

See who’s following you and how
you stack up against them!

Discover common interests with
the Vs. tool

We want to thank everyone for your feedback and support the past few months. Your input really makes a difference on the site, so if you have any thoughts on how we can improve it, let us know!

- Matthew & Andy

Coming Soon: edopter on the go, something to do with all those points, and an entirely new way to discover the next big trends!

Matthew in the July issue of Esquire magazine

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:34:23 -0400

Matthew in the July issue of Esquire magazine

Just launched a new OBB site

Thu, 22 May 2008 09:12:39 -0400

Just launched a new OBB site:
Simple and clean. Let us know what you think…

Beta Update

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:14:07 -0400

edopter:

A lot has been going on in the world of edopter, and we wanted to give you a quick update.

MAJOR REDESIGN
We have been working hard to simplify and streamline the site. The biggest change is how the trend pages look: big icons, big text, and a simpler layout.

Check out an example here

We also implemented a more powerful share tool for each trend. Found something you are dying to share with your friends? Simply click the “Share this Trend” button to email or post it to your favorite link-sharing site.

More updates coming soon to the homepage and portfolio pages, get the latest updates right here.

GET THE LATEST
Several people have asked us to make it easier to discover the latest trends added to edopter. We just activated the first of several RSS feeds. A bigger selection of feeds will be available within a week, so be sure to follow the edopter blog.

If you are on Twitter, follow us and be the first to find out about the next big thing! twitter.com/edopter

EDOPTER GOES MOBILE
Finally, we’re working on mobile version of edopter and we’re going to need some help testing it. If you’d like to get an early look, email mobile@edopter.com

Thanks to everyone who has shared their feedback and ideas, we wouldn’t be at this stage without your help and support over the past few months. If you have a thought you’d like to share with us, let us know!

- Matthew and Andy

Gotta focus on the small group to get the big group

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:33:16 -0400

bijan:

At the end of the day, when (if) you are lucky enough to find/delight your core group of passionate users - you need to keep focusing on that group and remember what you do better than anyone else. And adding more value to that community will actually widen your appeal ultimately.

It’s very tempting to add a bazillion features and expand to vertically integrate all sorts of bells & whistles.

But to go big it’s sometimes critical to focus on the small.

This concept has been in our heads since we started building edopter.com

We’ve spent the past few months focused on improving the experience on edopter and making it easier and more fun to interact around trends. Thanks to the input and ideas of our users, we just launched the first of several redesigns on the site. Check out the new trend page designs! If you have any thoughts, let us know…

-Andy

Finalizing some big updates to edopter which will launch later this week (including new ways to see...

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:54:28 -0400

Finalizing some big updates to edopter which will launch later this week (including new ways to see how trends are spreading!). Stay tuned…

We’ve moved everything edopter related to: blog.edopter.com Check it out!

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

We’ve moved everything edopter related to: blog.edopter.com Check it out!

The Next Big Thing(s) for edopter

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:27:01 -0400

We just launched the first stage of the new homepage on edopter. We’ve spent the past couple weeks working on new features, with a focus on making it easier to find new trends (and keep track of trends that you are in on). I think the homepage is the most important page on the site, as it represents all of the activity and buzz building across the site.

1. WHAT’S NEXT

We had a lot of feedback on the trend promo blocks, and we’ve cleaned them up so that they focus on the best of the new and active trends on the site. It’s still fully dynamic, so if you want to see an up-to-the-minute snapshot of new and active trends, simply refresh the page. We’ve also grouped the blocks so that they feature trends from all six categories.

2. THE WIRE

We decided to level up the activity feed and make it much more powerful and interactive. You can now see several days worth of content added to trends across the site, and can drill-down into the feed to see the activity within trends that you are in on. We’ll be adding some new elements to The Wire over the next week which will make it easy to see the growth and popularity of trends as you glance across the feed.

There are still a few more features coming to the homepage, so make sure to check it out!

We’re continuing to work on making edopter a more powerful and fun site, and this is the first of a few major changes we’ll be making over the next few days. If you have any feedback or thoughts, we’d love to hear from you!

- Andy

BBC 'Click' Reviews Edopter

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:13:00 -0400

The BBC show Click reviewed us in their Webscape portion. Here is what they had to say:

“Sounds like the latest new craze - very possibly. For more thoughts on what will be getting the world talking, point your browser at edopter.com.

This site may look quite simple but I love the concept. It is a place for people to share thoughts and ideas on what might become the next in-vogue trend, everything from TV shows to food tastes to fashion accessories.

Posts range from the brilliant to the bizarre. Take a scroll through the front page selection or use the tabs at the top to browse or launch a trend or see how it works.

Each trend section contains an overview, the pitch, and a space for images, videos, and chat. If you agree with the trend just click the Get In button.

You will need to be registered for this function which is simple and quick. When browsing by trend don’t forget to use the sort options at the top to direct your search.”

Check it out…

10 Things to make the site better

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:11:22 -0500

Andy and I are extremely happy with the way things have gone so far. We had over 100 trends started in the first 10 days. We know you guys are working hard, and appreciate your dedication.

We too have been working hard. Our goal was to finish 10 valuable additions to the website in the first month. I’d like to talk about two: new icons and enhanced image uploads. We worked with a great company called Turbomilk to create icons that would complement our design and help to illustrate how social trendcasting works. We think the final icons turned out awesome. Check them out: how it works.

We’ve also updated the process of adding images to trends, and your portfolio, even easier (the site now accepts images up to 5 mb in size). Try it out by uploading a new picture to your portfolio. Our goal is to continue to make things even easier on the site, and to make edopter work for you.

Next, we will talk about what took the majority of the last two weeks… social trendcasting.

- matthew

Traffic this week to www.edopter.com. Big ups to the Ivory...

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:29:00 -0500

Traffic this week to www.edopter.com. Big ups to the Ivory Coast…

A new beginning

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:11:00 -0500

After months of preparation, all night marathon coding, and what seems to be at least 1,000 design revisions, we’ve launched edopter into Beta. We’ve already gotten a ton of great feedback, over 80 trends launched on the site, and a ton of active and diverse edopters (Where did you guys all come from? We haven’t even publicized this yet!) We’re working on some final pieces to the puzzle for the remainder of the month, but you’ll soon have access to some amazing new features (there’s a sneak peek of one in the “In Depth” page on each trend).

Some people have asked us what the points will be used for. We’ve spent the past month talking to some awesome companies to set you up with exclusive gear and opportunities that will be available in the upcoming Showcase (and some edopter shwag too!) Leave your money in your wallet, all you’ll need is points!

This project has been an incredible journey. We both gave up great jobs to risk it on our own, but have learned more in the past 6 months than a steady paycheck in a corner office could ever have taught us. For those of you thinking about building your own startup, do it! For those of you already doing it, especially in New York City, email us! We’d love see what you are up to.

If anyone has feedback or questions about edopter, let us know!