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In the spirit of change that seems to be every where these days. We here at Dipity HQ have decided to get caught up in it as well. As of last week we started testing out different versions of things. Some fancy people would call this ‘A/B’ testing; As in some get to try A and try B then we get to see which one works better. Anyhow, it’s sort of like small little lab experiments. We have some ideas, we test them, some of you will see them for a short them then they will go away. The bigger goal is that over time we roll in our learning into the product and Bam! New Awesomeness!

So what do you have to do for all of this? NOTHING! Just use the site as usual, if you notice something different and you like it, maybe let us know, if you see something you don’t like, PLEASE let us know by sending us feedback.

Our friends at circaVie are closing down for good in a couple of days.  In Dipity’s “good ole’ days” they were a company that made our knees shake a bit when we would analyze our competition.  After all, they were backed by megalith AOL and it seemed that they knew what they were doing, especially in terms of visual design.

They hit their niche well and built a strong following.  Unfortunately, they’re shutting down their site on the 15th.

We have been hearing from their users for the last few weeks asking for ways to get their data off the AOL ship and into the cuddly and everlasting arms of Dipity.  To respond to their pleas, we’ve built and released a life preserver today.

Visit the circaVie Timeline Import Page, log in or sign up if necessary, paste the URL to a circaVie Timeline, and click “Import Timeline”.  It’s that easy.  We’ll pull in as much as we can from your timeline.

So welcome circaVie users!  Please let us know how the import goes by clicking the “Feedback” link at the top of every Dipity page or by asking a question in our help site powered by Get Satisfaction.

Circavie Timeline Import Page

Looks like the NRDC’s work is getting even more recognition, this time from the HuffingtonPost. Thanks to the folks there as well.

Arianna: make sure to mention us on ABC’s ThisWeek this week!

The most satisfying things about working at Dipity by far is getting to see our users’ hard work recognized.

The folks at the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) put together a complete record of the Bush Administrations record on the Environment yesterday, complete with pictures,  video, and article links.

Naturally, we were thrilled to find it on the front page of TreeHugger.
Bush Administration’s Abysmal Environmental Record in Cool Interactive Graphic Form

Thanks to the NRDC for all the hard work, and to TreeHugger for the post. We’ll keep on trying to keep Dipity green.

Dipity called in sick for a few of you guys today, but we’ve shaken that bug and we’re back up and kicking.

Looks like the problem started with a little traffic spike over the weekend and it got the best of one of our servers. Some of the other machines were a little distracted by all the commotion, but we gave them a pep talk and they have their eyes on the ball again.

I’ll keep this one short (aka I’m out of metaphors for database slave replication issues), but things should be working for you again, and thanks for hanging in there.

Good luck to all you DipStars, and we hope you’ll keep letting us know how things are going for you.

This weekend Dipity caught a cold. It started feeling achy late Friday / early Saturday morning. We started looking at the symptoms and trying to figure out the best remedy. We’ve been working hard on the problem since Saturday morning and things look to be on the up and up.

We estimate that we’ll be fully recovered by the end of the day. Please let us know if you find something that’s not working quite right and give us as many details as possible, urls, pages etc. You can simply click the ‘feedback’ link at the top of the page and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

We’ll keep updating this post as things develop, you can also follow us on twitter for updates about the service: twitter.com/dipity

Last week we moved the DHQ (that’s Dipity Headquarters to the uninitiated) to a swanky new three-sided location in South Park.  We had spent the last year and change in a quadrilateral live-work space in a slightly less savory location.  While we’re going to miss our friends at Luna Taqueria and SOMA Cafe, we’re looking forward to making some new Amis and Amigos on our new street.  It’s a shorter and less, shall we say, “dangerous”, walk from the Caltrain Station so those of use who are not yet cool enough to live in SF are happy.

Our triangular office is quite spacious, yet has only 75% of the walls of the previous location.  Architectural genius!  It even has a little stairway that leads to the basement — which is where we’re going to put Derek’s army desk if he gets too loud.

Our neighbors and landlords are Get Satisfaction — a great solution for small to mid size businesses to provide customer support.  We also share logo typefaces, so it’s clearly a match made in heaven.  The building was once inhabited by the great and powerful Twitter, so we’re hoping some of that mojo is still left.  Maybe in the basement…

We are really looking forward to what 2009 will bring to Dipity, and what we’ll be able to build for you in our “acute” new space.  When you visit dipity.com, send us Feedback.  We really love to hear what folks have to say, and jump at the chance to help out when there are problems.