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!

Apr

9

2008

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Milestone Moment: Forums Up!

01:53PM by Hoc

Today, we’re proud to add a new application to our Ningin community, discussion forums! It’s fully integrated with everything else on our website and each new posts or topic you write will show up in your recent activity feed.

We’re looking for a couple of moderators to add to the ones we already have. Send me a private message if you’re interested.

Thanks so much to all the beta testers for their time and thoroughness these past couple weeks!

Mar

31

2008

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Jetdrop Blog Launch Today

11:59AM by Hoc

Today we launch the Jetdrop blog for our gadget community! Similar to our Ningin blog, the Jetdrop blog is dedicated to providing commentary on happenings within the Jetdrop community and other news related of interest to Gadget enthusiasts. Jim Frost of frostbytes.com is the first writer to join our gadget blogging team (see photo). He is a long time technophile that’s a software programmer by day, a shutterbug by night, and a cyclist on the weekends. Anything that sounds cool to a geek, Jim will write about. More details about Jim can be found on his personal blog.

Don’t forget to subscribe to the Jetdrop blog RSS feed and add Jim to your friend’s list so you can keep track of his activities.

Jim will be joined by another gadget aficionado soon. If you’re interested in joining our blog network and be part of a very fast growing community, you still can via this page.