May

7

2008

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Forum Visitor Stats & Blogging Notes

09:40PM by Hoc

Forum Visitor Stats was something on our to-do list for awhile since the forum was launched about three weeks ago. The delay was due to issues trying to separate visitors from our different communities. We didn’t think it would make sense to show Jetdrop or Ziggytek visitors on the Ningin site. In any case, that’s done so now you can see who’s online with our Ningin forums! Every site has more guest than users, but it would be really nice if you guests sign up and join the community!

We’ve also been busy adding bloggers to our Ningin community. It’s about one a week now, a pace I don’t expect us to continue, but great for now. The goal is to have a little of everything content wise without too much overlap. So far we have Alvin Lin for general Asian media and Asian American politics, Andrew Lim for Hong Kong gossip and Asian foods, and guest blogger Daron Jenkins for Asian film reviews. We’ve created an expanded blogger profile page to highlight all our different bloggers. One for Ningin, and one for Jetdrop. We’re still looking for a few more, so if you or your friends are interested, then this page is for you.

May

4

2008

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Sites Offline, Work in Progress

06:50AM by Hoc

All our sites are offline while we incorporate a new design and add feature enhancements. We expect this to take the majority of the day. Thanks for your patiences!

Beta testers can still access our sites during this process.

7:45am EST - Took sites offline, starting upgrades and changes.
1:10pm EST - Server is going offline for about 10 mins while we make updates.
4:50pm EST - Jetdrop and Ziggytek now online. There’s a good chance you need to refresh your browser. Beta testers, please focus on Ningin.
7:00pm EST - Ningin is online. Redesign done!

May

1

2008

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Network-Wide Design changes on Sunday 5/4

11:17PM by Hoc

All Mixr sites will be off-line on Sunday morning around 8am EST. We’ll be upgrading to a new layout for all three current communities, Ningin, Jetdrop, and Ziggytek. If all goes smoothly, we’ll have our sites back up by noon that day. For those of you keeping track, this is version #5 because we have a relentless pursuit of perfection.

This blog will be up and continually updated with near real-time progress (read, I’ll update when I can). Expect big design changes and a new application! Beta testers should still be able to login while we work. As always, we look forward to everyone’s feedback. 

Apr

25

2008

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Say Hello to Andrew Lim, the Newest Ningin Blogger

09:57PM by Hoc

Mixr Media is excited to add Andrew Lim as the newest blogger to our Ningin - Asian Media - community. He’ll cover everything from Hong Kong stars to food and restaurant reviews. Why don’t you welcome him to the community by adding him as friend.

Visit his blog:http://ningin.com/andrewlim/
Subscribe to his RSS feed: http://ningin.com/andrewlim/rss_2.0/

Andrew Lim Biography:

Andrew Lim currently lives in New York City. He was born in Malaysia and came to the States to pursue his college education when he was 18. An avid fan of travelling, Andrew has been to over 30 countries. He flies frequently for work and fun. Andrew has so much inflight experience that he can perform the inflight safety demonstration much better than any of the flight attendants. Just don’t ask him to blow into the tube of the life jacket or you will regret it.

In his spare time, Andrew loves to eat. He has a strong knowledge of great restaurants across many cities, especially those servings Asian food. Friends of Andrew have always trusted him with giving them advice on where to dine. They have also trusted him with ordering for the table whenever he is present at the dining party. The only problem is, he tends to over order.

Andrew is also the go to person for all the latest and greatest Asian celebrity news and gossips. His friends often turn to him for a quick fix of juicy Asian celebrity gossip. Andrew loves to talk. If he’s not talking, he’s eating. He even talks in his sleep.

With all these going on, you probably expect Andrew not to hold a full time job. He does have one. Andrew is a food trends researcher and has worked with major food and beverage manufacturers like PepsiCo as well as retailers like Wal*Mart. His recent work project includes researching prepared meals/snacks purchase trends of the Mainland Chinese.

Andrew is severely allergic to tree pollens, cats and dogs (thank god not to any food items!). His last allergy test also indicated that he was allergic to dust, roaches and rats. Boy, did he pick a wrong city to live in!

Apr

19

2008

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Server Maintenance and Updates Wednesday 4/23

03:07AM by Hoc

Hey all, sorry for the lack of recent updates. Been doing a lot of traveling and speaking on various subjects related to social media.

We need to take down the server for about 1 hour on Wednesday morning around 6am for maintenances. We’re also be adding a pretty cool new feature currently in stealth beta testing!

Thanks in advance for your patience!