Posted: October 30th, 2009 | Author: Ty | Filed under: Uncategorized | View Comments
Goodies this week for the Web site.
- Better hotness on the home page in the upper right (more revisions over next two weeks)
- Tighter binding of the “Why?” stories to the category
- Added a time stamp so that you can see when the hotness was last updated on home page
- Added “Fantasy Sports” as a category on the bottom of every page
And we have other goodness for the iPhone. Get v.0.9.6 here.
Version 0.9.6 of the FanFeedr iPhone app is live on the iTunes App Store and available now as a free download.
What’s New
Performance. This version will bring a significant performance boost when scrolling through feed items.
Resizing. Table cell text will now adjust to fill all available space in landscape mode.
Several tweaks, improvements and bug fixes.
That’s it!
Thanks, the FanFeedr-people.
Posted: October 23rd, 2009 | Author: Michael | Filed under: Uncategorized | View Comments
One of the central design goals of FanFeedr to help people find sports content that’s not just new but interesting — in short, surfacing whatever stories attract the most attention. So it’s not unusual here at Global HQ to hear us to discuss our internal attention metric (what we call “hotness”) as we tune it to capture the likes and dislikes of FanFeedr Nation. This week our discussions have finally borne fruit:
- We rolled out a new algorithm for hotness, together with a new homepage widget that shows the topics people care most about, and the story that makes each topic so popular
- We’ve added over 4500 new content sources (a new record, thanks to our dedicated interns), so we can now say that we’ve clarified on Cleveland State, banged it out for Boise State, and fired it up for Fresno State. Yeah, I said it.
- Also available this week is an update to the FanFeedr iPhone app (thanks to the steady hand on the wheel of Sangraal Aiken, our iPhone maven), that provides major improvements to performance and display and better behavior in landscape mode
- And we tuned our greeting for first-time users joining us from social networks to be more elegant and refined. Just like us.
It’s a big sports weekend here in the Big Apple, so that’s all for this week. Tune in next time when we discuss R35, next week’s release. And as always we thank you for your support.
Cheers,
Your friends at FanFeedr.
Posted: October 16th, 2009 | Author: Michael | Filed under: Release, Uncategorized | View Comments
This week I’d like to announce something we’ve been working on for a while here at FanFeedr Labs. No, I don’t mean our secret campaign to defeat the annoying robot on Fox NFL Sunday (although our plans there are nearly in place). I mean support for Fantasy Football! Here’s how it works:
- Associate your Yahoo! teams with your FanFeedr account from the settings page
- Track multiple teams in multiple leagues in one step — once you associate your Yahoo account with your FanFeed, all of your teams and activities are available
- Activities include transactions (drops and adds), wins and losses
- Additionally, after each game day you’ll see how your team is progressing against others in your league
- It’s Yahoo! only for now, but we’re looking to extend support to other providers
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None of this would have been possible without the hard work and dedication of Doug Tabuchi, our West Coast operative. So when you get that last bit of information in your FanFeed informing you that you’ve been beat down by your bitterest rivals, think of Doug and smile.
Until next time,
Your friends at FanFeedr
Posted: October 9th, 2009 | Author: Michael | Filed under: Release, Uncategorized | View Comments
This week gives us a relatively slight update in the wake of the iPhone app’s release (and kudos to Sangraal for his excellent work).
- Cosmetic fixes in various places, including scoreboards, feed items, et al.
- In-game scoring updates for hockey and soccer.
- Speed improvements. Someone found a dial that went to 11, so we turned it.
- As usual, more content, more Twitter feeds, and more photos.
We’re also in the final stages of a major new feature that we hope to unveil next week. I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but suffice it to say that fantasy team owners will be pleased.
Speaking of being pleased, I note with interest that the Giants are playing the Raiders this weekend. I’ll have to work on my smug look for Monday.
Keep those cards and letters coming, and be well until next time.
Your friends at FanFeedr.
Posted: October 6th, 2009 | Author: Sangraal | Filed under: Release, iPhone, twitter | View Comments
Get v.0.9.5 here
Version 0.9.5 of the FanFeedr iPhone app is live on the iTunes App Store and available now as a free download.
What’s New
- Commenting! You can now comment on stories, photos and games.
- Share to Twitter. You can share your status updates, stories, and comments with both Twitter and Facebook.
- Improved Photo View, with scrollable caption support.
- Many tweaks, improvements and bug fixes.
Thank you for your interest in the FanFeedr iPhone and iPod Touch application.
That’s it!
Thanks, FanFeedr.
Posted: October 2nd, 2009 | Author: Michael | Filed under: Uncategorized | View Comments
Who turned down the thermostat? Sure, it’s October, but that doesn’t mean it’s late October. Even so, we’ve gotten a hint of the Arctic this week, almost as if to celebrate the opening weekend for the NHL. We’re celebrating too, even if we are shivering a bit:
- Live scores in more places. Now you’ll see live scores from your favorite teams directly in your FanFeed, and the scoreboard widget on team pages will reflect the game in progress.
- Navigate football scores/schedules by week. Football happens on weekends — why have a calendar where half the days have no games? We couldn’t figure it out either, frankly, so we replaced it with a shiny new weekly calendar widget.
- As previously discussed, hockey is here — follow the live scores as they happen, and get content about your favorite hockey teams on Twitter.
- More content from and about more of your favorite college teams — from Texas A&M to San Diego St. to Stanford.
- Performance improvements. We found some extra firewood in the basement and applied it directly to the servers.
Hey Jets fans! You’re 3-0! My sincerest wishes on being able to make it 4-0 against the best offense in the league. And although contractual obligations prohibit me from a forthright discussion of my preference in baseball teams, let me say that I will not be displeased if the team that plies its trade in the northernmost borough of this city tastes victory in the upcoming postseason. And no, I don’t mean Queens.
Until next time,
Your friendly fans at FanFeedr