Oct
16

R33 puts the Feedr in Fantasy Football

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

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

Oct
09

R32 is up, up and away

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.

Oct
02

R31 has arrived

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

Sep
19

R29: R is for Refinement

As long-time readers and fans of FanFeedr know, our releases can vary based on what we’ve been up to during the week. Some weeks we launch ourselves on the seas of innovation with full steam ahead; other weeks find us down in the engine room, adjusting the valves and levers. This one is one of those.

Minor refinements, then, in anticipation of greater things to come:

  • Small improvements to the UI
    • New status update area to distinguish from the search bar
    • Less clutter on user profile pages
    • More recaps and boxscores for NCAA football
    • Better support for IE7
  • New features in the coming weeks:
    • Greater control of user preferences for content filtering, site behavior and privacy
    • Streamlined interface for better navigation
    • Live scores and in-game updates
    • And some planned features that we’re keeping under wraps for now.

As always, hit the Feedback button to convey your thoughts, and we thank you for your support. Now to get the grease out of these coveralls.

Until next time,
Your friends at FanFeedr.

Jun
18

Thank you to all of the early …

Thank you to all of the early users of the service for your attention and thoughtful feedback. Please keep it coming. #ux #sports

Jun
16

We just launched . . .

We just launched personalized real-time sports aggregation at FanFeedr.com. #sports #search #launch

As always, we would love to hear your feedback, needs, praise and concerns via the red Feedback tab on the left of every page.

Thanks, FF Team

Jun
04

We aren’t releasing an updated…

We aren’t releasing an updated version of the site tomorrow so that we can deliver a bunch of of material for our beta launch in two weeks.

May
27

One of us at the palacial FF H…

One of us at the palacial FF HQ noticed http://twitter.com/#search?q=Barcelona trending upwards. Congrats to Barca on the win!

May
21

Release 12 coming out tomorrow…

Release 12 coming out tomorrow will have a bunch of UX goodness, better search for colleges/universities and a sweeter homepage. #ux #dev

May
17

This looks pretty cool: http:/…

This looks pretty cool: http://quickhit.com/