Thursday, February 11, 2010

That Old Power Law Magic

Just wanted to pick out one detail of the news that Google is buying Aardvark:
86.7% of Aardvark users had been asked by Aardvark to answer a question, of whom 70% actually looked at the question and 38% could answer.  50% of all members had answered a question (including 75% of all users who had ever actually interacted with the site), though 20% of users accounted for 85% of answers.
You power users are your user base.  Treat them well.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Snowpocalypse '10

Dear New York,

6-10 inches of snowfall over the course of the day?  Please.  Get back to me when you have a day of 6-10 inches an hour.

Love,

The Sierra Nevada Mountains

Saturday, February 06, 2010

What I've Been Up To

See updates on the latest features and changes at The Udorse Blog.

As you can see, I've been spending more time on development than on weblog graphic design.  I like to think of our aesthetic as 'charmingly scrappy'.