http://www.mintiblog.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:51:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We now have a Minti latest activity widget. Note: the reason I haven't uploaded it to this blog is because this wordpress blog doesn't seem to accept widgets (or we haven't set it up to accept widgets). http://www.mintiblog.com/2007/11/20/widget-minti-latest-activity/ We have increased our RSS feeds on Minti! Just look for the little RSS icon Here is a list of some of the new RSS feeds... Minti Latest Activity List Minti Latest Questions A Minti Member's Latest Comments (eg: here is mine) A Minti Member's Latest Activity (eg: here is mine) What can you do ... http://www.mintiblog.com/2007/11/20/rss-everywhere-on-minti-now/ The Minti member rank algorithm had a major tweak today. Can't disclose what was changed though... http://www.mintiblog.com/2007/11/20/minti-member-rank-alogorithm-updated/ There is a lot of commotion going on in the comments of TechCrunch's latest blog post about Minti. It's mommies v techies. Duncan Riley was kind enough to review Minti in a TechCrunch blog post a few days ago. He briefly mentioned the technology behind Minti, singling out the Member and ... http://www.mintiblog.com/2007/09/27/minti-mommies-vs-techcrunch-techies/ In related news to our sector, Maya's Mom (one of Minti's closest competitor's, although not an 'advice site' as such) has been acquired by BabyCenter for a reported USD$7M (according to TechCrunch). BabyCenter plans to leave Maya's Mom as a stand alone site, however use it's technology across all the existing ... http://www.mintiblog.com/2007/09/27/industry-news-mayas-mom-acquired/ So we finally got round to creating a blog for Vibe Capital today. Here it is. Specific "Vibe Capital news" will be posted there. This "Minti blog" will be just for Minti related news. http://www.mintiblog.com/2007/07/11/vibe-capital-now-has-a-blog/ Minti was just announced as runner up to Yahoo! Answers in the Web 2.0 awards for 2007. See here for all the details. http://www.mintiblog.com/2007/05/12/minti-runner-up-to-yahoo-answers-in-web-20-awards/ It looks like Hitwise (a traffic stats company) has been monitoring our growth! Below is a quote from their blog post here... My second example is Minti, a social networking website for parents. Minti incorporates a number of web 2.0 properties designed to attract and engage users such as shared user parenting ... http://www.mintiblog.com/2007/01/23/hitwise-tracking-minti-growth/ Help seriously ill children this Christmas... (It costs you nothing - sign-up now and Minti will donate US$1 on your behalf) How can you help? It’s really, really simple. Minti is aiming to raise $20,000 for The Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation this Christmas. For every confirmed member who signs up we ... http://www.mintiblog.com/2006/12/19/minti-donating-us20000-to-starlight-for-christmas/ Vibe Capital (Minti's holding company) recently... Raised a further AUD$1.2MM Secured shareholder debt facilities Completed a strategic shareholding acquisition in Market United See the the full press release here. Looking for more press release? Go here. http://www.mintiblog.com/2006/12/19/more-funding-plus-an-acquisition/