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If you’ve tried to leave a comment here over the past couple of days, you’ve probably encountered a whole bunch of issues. Our apologies: there’s some problems with the back-end system here at the moment, but our technical team is working to get them fixed as quickly as possible. Should all be fixed now.
As you can no doubt see, Lifehacker has been given a bit of a facelift, with a new more streamlined design (it’s the same basic concept recently rolled out on our sibling site Gizmodo) You’ll notice slightly less ‘shouty’ tags under the stories. Australian entries are still marked with a local flag, but now it’s more visible. Particularly useful for Lifehacker readers on the go is the fully functional mobile feed at http://m.lifehacker.com.au/, which gives you a stripped-down version perfect for use on mobile phones and handheld devices, where space and bandwidth are at a premium. Let us know what you think of the new look (and if you encounter any bugs — life’s rarely perfect!) in the comments.
We just love it when readers try out tricks and tips that we post here on Lifehacker, and now we want to see more of it—and hear how it turned out. We’ve just created the “Lifehacker Tip Testers” Flickr group, and we’re looking for bold readers armed with cameras and hacks in action to join the group, submit photos of the tricks they’ve installed in their lives, and tell us how they worked out. We’ll be subscribed to the group’s photo and video pool feed, and we’ll feature your handiwork here on the site as the new photos roll in. Right now there are only two members of the group—me, and me—so join up, and add photos and videos of your favourite life hacks to get your name in lights here at Lifehacker! Go. Do. Now. (Thank you.)
Lifehacker Tip Testers Group [Flickr]Yes, it’s all change here at Lifehacker Towers. Sarah Stokely has headed off to do strange things on web sites with Stephen Mayne, so it’s time for a new editor. Who am I and what the heck do I think I’m doing here? More »
If, like me, you were slightly bummed at not being able to attend Lifehacker guru Gina Trapani’s talk at ETech in San Diego yesterday, fear not! Mitch Wagner’s done a nice writeup of her talk over at Information Week – he called it “11 Lifehacking Tips for Improving Productivity – and Knowing When That’s Not the Point”. More »
Have a listen to CBC Radio’s Nora Young interview Gina about resolutions and New Year’s life hacks.
We knew it already, but Forbes has confirmed it – Lifehacker US Editor Gina Trapani is a dead set Internet celebrity. She’s #7 on their list of this year’s top 25 web celebs, and is in some serious company including Tech Crunch’s Michael Arrington, Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow and the baby faced founder of Facebook,Mark Zuckerburg.
Australia’s own Problogger, Darren Prowse made the list. Nice to see Harry from Ain’t it Cool News there too. There’s only one fictional character there, Fake Steve Jobs. What a shame that the top spot was grabbed by a celebrity gossip columnist. Hopefully next year we’ll see a tech head top the list. :)
The Web Celeb 25 [Forbes] More »
