Reddit Officially Launches New Design

Today, May 26, 2008, we celebrate two things here in San Francisco: Memorial Day and Reddit’s launch of its highly anticipated redesign of Reddit.com.

I am not sure how many people noticed the Reddit logo yesterday, but it showed the Reddit alien, whose name I am sworn to keep secret, painting its background a lovely shade of light blue. The same shade that the new design has for a navigational background as seen below.

reddit-logo-painting Reddit Officially Launches New Design picture

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May 26, 2008 | Filed Under Reddit, Social Media | Comments Off 

Weird Asia News: Wordpress Design Contest

Weird Asia News, probably my favorite offbeat news sites, has launched a contest today to have their site redesigned.

“We are inviting all the fans and readers proficient in site design to participate in this contest. First place winner will receive a PlayStation3, an interview, and a credit link in the footer of the blog.”

Submissions for the contest are being accepted through June 30th, at which point the best designs will be displayed so that users can vote on the winner.
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May 22, 2008 | Filed Under Contest, Social Media | 2 Comments 

Reddit Announces YourWeek: Reddit News Television

Reddit announced today that is has been working with PBS to produce a weekly TV spot called “YourWeek“, a Reddit powered television news show, which will showcase material that was hot on Reddit in the previous week.

yourweek Reddit Announces YourWeek: Reddit News Television picture

Initial pilot of the show will not air on PBS, but be available around June 6th, 2008, for download, probably through the YourWeek website and/or Reddit blog. All episodes, aired or not, will be available for download after they are finished and ready.
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May 21, 2008 | Filed Under Reddit, Social Media | 2 Comments 

Reddit Redesigns the Redesign Based on User Feedback

I talked with Alexis, co-founder of reddit, and got a few updates on the status and changes to the redesign efforts on Reddit.com.

Currently expected to launch sometime next week, if no further bugs or issues are discovered, the Reddit community has been vocal in what they like and hate about the new designs. Since the release earlier this month on May 7th, 2008, there have been a few more changes, as of today, to the design over at http://beta.reddit.com.
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May 20, 2008 | Filed Under Reddit, Search, Social Media, Tips | Leave a Comment 

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