The Next Big Thing

We just launched the newly revised blog at one blue brick. We’ll...

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:23:33 -0500

We just launched the newly revised blog at one blue brick. We’ll still be using tumblr from time to time, but to get the latest edopter developments and sneak peeks at what we’re working on, check us out here!

BIG UPDATES

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:50:10 -0400

While everyone else has been on vacation and enjoying the end of summer, the edopter team has been hard at work on some major updates to the site!

The Showcase: The all-new Showcase is your chance to be rewarded for calling the next big thing. Trade in points you’ve earned on the site for free products and opportunities!

New Homepage: Start to see the bigger picture. New feeds, buzzing charts and the latest activity on the site.

Simplified Browse Page: Quick and clean, find the trends you’re looking for or discover something new!

Redesigned Help Section: Your questions, now answered. Everything from the big picture to specific questions in the FAQ.

If you have any thoughts or questions about the new features, please let us know!

- Matthew & Andy

Important: The Terms & Conditions for edopter have been updated as of 9/1/2008. The updates can be found at www.edopter.com/terms

matthewerosenberg: Andy hanging out in the booth for our...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:01:14 -0400

matthewerosenberg:

Andy hanging out in the booth for our interview with Rob Blatt of the New York Sun

BIG THINGS COMING SOON

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:30:00 -0400

I know, I know, its been a while since we last posted an update, but we’ve been hard at work on some awesome new features on the site. Most importantly, The Showcase is extremely close to launching and we’ve got a ton of cool things in store for our users.

Some more formal announcements are coming next week, so all I can say now is start building up those points! You can earn points for almost any interaction on the site (adding content, discussing trends, etc), but the best way to earn big is to get in on early stage trends. The more people that join your trends, the more points you can earn, so share what you’re into with your friends!

Also, if you haven’t checked out the edopter Facebook Application, install it now and feature the trends you think have the most potential. If people find out about trends through you and get in on them, you earn valuable influence, which gives you access to even more features!

More to come…

We’ve been working non-stop to make edopter a better and more robust experience, and we have a...

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:02:31 -0400

We’ve been working non-stop to make edopter a better and more robust experience, and we have a couple big things to share with you: an all new portfolio section and the launch of the official edopter Facebook application!

NEW PORTFOLIOS

Your portfolio has been completely redesigned to make it easier to keep track of where you stand on edopter. There are a ton of new features, including:

All-new activity feeds: Track what your friends are up to, and share your site activity with other edopters

Favorite trends: Got a favorite trend (or three) that you want everyone to know about? Feature it on your overview page!

New comparison tools: See how you stack up against the rest of the community, including the all new Vs. tool

Log in now to check out the new design!

FACEBOOK APPLICATION

Our new Facebook application adds new functionality to your edopter portfolio. On the Facebook side, it gives you the chance to share your current trends, your ranking and your recent activity with your Facebook friends. Even cooler, it automatically syncs your Facebook friends with edopter. When any of your friends install the application, you’ll instantly be able to follow them from your edopter portfolio. Try it out now!

Share and discover new trends with
your friends on Facebook!

See who’s following you and how
you stack up against them!

Discover common interests with
the Vs. tool

We want to thank everyone for your feedback and support the past few months. Your input really makes a difference on the site, so if you have any thoughts on how we can improve it, let us know!

- Matthew & Andy

Coming Soon: edopter on the go, something to do with all those points, and an entirely new way to discover the next big trends!

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:16:00 -0400

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:42:30 -0400

New stickers! Want one? Email gimmiegimmie@edopter.com

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:19:19 -0400

New stickers! Want one? Email gimmiegimmie@edopter.com

edopter in NYC tonight

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:45:00 -0400

Come hang out with edopter live in NYC! Tonight we’ll have a booth at Mashable’s Exhibit Hall for Internet Week New York. Come by after work for the free event (6-10 PM). We will be demoing the site, handing out freebies, and talking to our users - face to face. Should be incredibly fun.

For all the details, check out:
http://mashable.com/2008/06/05/exhibit-hall-internet-week-ny/

Hope to see some of you tonight!

- Matthew and Andy

Beta Update

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:34:58 -0400

A lot has been going on in the world of edopter, and we wanted to give you a quick update.

MAJOR REDESIGN
We have been working hard to simplify and streamline the site. The biggest change is how the trend pages look: big icons, big text, and a simpler layout.

Check out an example here

We also implemented a more powerful share tool for each trend. Found something you are dying to share with your friends? Simply click the “Share this Trend” button to email or post it to your favorite link-sharing site.

More updates coming soon to the homepage and portfolio pages, get the latest updates right here.

GET THE LATEST
Several people have asked us to make it easier to discover the latest trends added to edopter. We just activated the first of several RSS feeds. A bigger selection of feeds will be available within a week, so be sure to follow the edopter blog.

If you are on Twitter, follow us and be the first to find out about the next big thing! twitter.com/edopter

EDOPTER GOES MOBILE
Finally, we’re working on mobile version of edopter and we’re going to need some help testing it. If you’d like to get an early look, email mobile@edopter.com

Thanks to everyone who has shared their feedback and ideas, we wouldn’t be at this stage without your help and support over the past few months. If you have a thought you’d like to share with us, let us know!

- Matthew and Andy

Fashion belongs on edopter

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:02:00 -0400

By massive request, fashion just found a (belated) home on edopter. Know an awesome new look that is sure to sweep the world? Launch it now!

So, the internet found us... kinda.

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:30:00 -0400

Wow, it’s been an interesting first half of the month. As you may have noticed, we’ve made a few changes!

We received a ton of feedback and ideas from the community after we launched the initial homepage redesign. We combined your ideas (with a few we had been working on ourselves) and launched a new version of the homepage last week. Also, we added a new walkthrough/help page called the Cheat Sheet. If you have any thoughts, please let us know!

A few major blogs across the net have started to follow the site, and we had a slew of great write-ups this past weekend, including:

Mashable wrote us up for The Startup Review:

Mashable; Edopter Gives User Stats on Market Trends

Killer Startups says: “Edopter is a win-win for both consumers and marketers.”

Killer Startups: Edopter.com : Social Trendcasting

The Next Web says: ”..a well-developed and fancy service that uses the wisdom of crowds in a trendy way.”

The Next Web: The next everything, now!

To everyone who has Twittered, blogged and Tumbled about how much they love edopter, we sincerely appreciate it. If you have any thoughts, ideas, or just want to say hi, send us an email at hello [at] edopter [dot] com.

The Next Big Thing(s) for edopter

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

We just launched the first stage of the new homepage on edopter. We’ve spent the past couple weeks working on new features, with a focus on making it easier to find new trends (and keep track of trends that you are in on). I think the homepage is the most important page on the site, as it represents all of the activity and buzz building across the site.

1. WHAT’S NEXT

We had a lot of feedback on the trend promo blocks, and we’ve cleaned them up so that they focus on the best of the new and active trends on the site. It’s still fully dynamic, so if you want to see an up-to-the-minute snapshot of new and active trends, simply refresh the page. We’ve also grouped the blocks so that they feature trends from all six categories.

2. THE WIRE

We decided to level up the activity feed and make it much more powerful and interactive. You can now see several days worth of content added to trends across the site, and can drill-down into the feed to see the activity within trends that you are in on. We’ll be adding some new elements to The Wire over the next week which will make it easy to see the growth and popularity of trends as you glance across the feed.

There are still a few more features coming to the homepage, so make sure to check it out!

We’re continuing to work on making edopter a more powerful and fun site, and this is the first of a few major changes we’ll be making over the next few days. If you have any feedback or thoughts, we’d love to hear from you!

- Andy

BBC 'Click' Reviews Edopter

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The BBC show Click reviewed us in their Webscape portion. Here is what they had to say:

“Sounds like the latest new craze - very possibly. For more thoughts on what will be getting the world talking, point your browser at edopter.com.

This site may look quite simple but I love the concept. It is a place for people to share thoughts and ideas on what might become the next in-vogue trend, everything from TV shows to food tastes to fashion accessories.

Posts range from the brilliant to the bizarre. Take a scroll through the front page selection or use the tabs at the top to browse or launch a trend or see how it works.

Each trend section contains an overview, the pitch, and a space for images, videos, and chat. If you agree with the trend just click the Get In button.

You will need to be registered for this function which is simple and quick. When browsing by trend don’t forget to use the sort options at the top to direct your search.”

Check it out…

10 Things to make the site better

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:45:00 -0500

Andy and I are extremely happy with the way things have gone so far. We had over 100 trends started in the first 10 days. We know you guys are working hard, and appreciate your dedication.

We too have been working hard. Our goal was to finish 10 valuable additions to the website in the first month. I’d like to talk about two: new icons and enhanced image uploads. We worked with a great company called Turbomilk to create icons that would complement our design and help to illustrate how social trendcasting works. We think the final icons turned out awesome. Check them out: how it works.

We’ve also updated the process of adding images to trends, and your portfolio, even easier (the site now accepts images up to 5 mb in size). Try it out by uploading a new picture to your portfolio. Our goal is to continue to make things even easier on the site, and to make edopter work for you.

Next, we will talk about what took the majority of the last two weeks… social trendcasting.

- matthew

A new beginning

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500

After months of preparation, all night marathon coding, and what seems to be at least 1,000 design revisions, we’ve launched edopter into Beta. We’ve already gotten a ton of great feedback, over 80 trends launched on the site, and a ton of active and diverse edopters (Where did you guys all come from? We haven’t even publicized this yet!) We’re working on some final pieces to the puzzle for the remainder of the month, but you’ll soon have access to some amazing new features (there’s a sneak peek of one in the “In Depth” page on each trend).

Some people have asked us what the points will be used for. We’ve spent the past month talking to some awesome companies to set you up with exclusive gear and opportunities that will be available in the upcoming Showcase (and some edopter shwag too!) Leave your money in your wallet, all you’ll need is points!

This project has been an incredible journey. We both gave up great jobs to risk it on our own, but have learned more in the past 6 months than a steady paycheck in a corner office could ever have taught us. For those of you thinking about building your own startup, do it! For those of you already doing it, especially in New York City, email us! We’d love see what you are up to.

If anyone has feedback or questions about edopter, let us know!