The Official Wordsy Blog

Next Sunday, you can join our show live once again, if you so desire.

Amsterdam - 19:00 (7pm)
GMT / UTC - 17:00 (5pm)
New York - 13:00 (1pm)
Salt Lake City - 12:00am
San Francisco - 10:00am

Joining in couldn't be easier. Here's how you can be on the show, live:

1. Dial-In to the Conference Number 1-218-486-7200
2. Enter your Conference Bridge Number: 929884

You can also watch the show live on http://wordsy.com/live.

Boom! you're on. "What are you reading right now?".

Sure, we have some technical difficulties to iron out - not to mention we're all idiots. But do you have a live video show on the web? Well, Wordsy does!

I know the site has been (intermittently?) slow lately. Yesterday a server upgrade was completed by our hosting partner Doreo and we're hoping our performance issues are now a thing of the past. Let me know if that doesn't work out for you.

I'm really sorry I haven't posted this earlier...Just...so...busy! Ah, well. Here you are:

The Winner
"As the airliner plunged with terrible silence toward an Iowa cornfield, Alex noticed that the little girl next to him, the one who had shown him her collection of springs, was smiling brightly and reaching for his hand."
Submitted by: Jeni Powell

Runners up, in no particular order
"I'm told it's not my fault, but I know the truth: my wife would still be alive today if I'd only ordered the pancakes."
Submitted by:David Talon

"Is that chocolate on your face?"
Submitted by: Norm Jenson

Congrats to you all. Prizes are on the way!

Contrary to what I said on the podcast, it's going to be the same time as last week:

Amsterdam - 18:30 (6:30pm)
GMT / UTC - 16:30 (4:30pm)
New York - 12:30 (12:30pm)
Salt Lake City - 10:30am
San Francisco - 9:30am

Joining in couldn't be easier. Here's how you can be on the show, live:

1. Dial-In to the Conference Number: 218-486-7200
2. Enter your Conference Bridge Number: 985516

Three updates for you regarding the podcast:

First, I really liked having more people on the podcast - and Erik and Phil were great guests. The original idea of doing a podcast with Richard every week just isn't working out because he works in the weekends a lot and I don't. So my first idea was to have more regulars to do the podcast with so, the show will hopefully start coming out more often. Plus: more people just means more fun.

Second, this sunday (may 4th) I'm inviting everyone to be on the podcast. That's right: including you. Don't be afraid, it'll be great fun. All you have to do is dial in. Here's how it works:

1. Dial-In to the Conference Number 1-218-486-7200
2. Enter your Conference Bridge Number: 985516

Date: Sunday May 4th
Time:
Amsterdam - 18:30 (6:30pm)
GMT / UTC - 16:30 (4:30pm)
New York - 12:30 (12:30pm)
Salt Lake City - 10:30am
San Francisco - 9:30am

So we'll see who shows up. You?

Comments on podcasts
We received a comment from Wordsy Person BottleOfShine, who said:

Uh, is there a reason why podcasts aren't treated like stories, so we can
comment on them? I am not podcast savvy, this is the only one I follow so
maybe having a comment section would be weird? But it's a pretty
interactive site, so it seems strange that the dialogue between users
would be negated! Since there's been plenty of times I've listened and had
comments, but no where to leave them...I just thought I'd ask!

Great point BottleOfShine. Comments will be on by default from now on.

That's right: win some real Dutch Chocolate. And there's more. The first prize is a real readers' treat: a box of Real Dutch Chocolate, three handmade bookmarks from http://solobooks.com, and a nice hardcover book (title will be determined based on the tastes of the winner).

So I'm sure you're curious what this contest entails. Here it is: write one sentence. That's all- a fictitious first sentence of a fictitious novel. Send that sentence to wordsypeople@gmail.com by 12pm on april 5th. The winner will be the ones that most make us think: we wish we could read on. It's that simple. Two runners up will also receive three handmake bookmarks.

We hope you have fun with our contest!

It's been a while since our last Official Blog post, but rest assured we haven't stood still. When we're not blogging we're working!

This post is to announce the availability of our new Watcher. Actually, it's going to be your Watcher. It will keep you informed of discussions going on at Wordsy. It's a page at Wordsy where you can go and check for new comments on posts you are watching. If you want, it can send you emails to tell you about replies to your comments or stories.

So who can use the Watcher?
If you have an account with Wordsy, you can use the Watcher.

How does it work?
Under every story, you'll see a link called You are not watching this post, click to start watching. If you click it, it will turn green, and say You are watching this post. You'll also see a link to your list of watched items. If you click on that, it'll take you to your Watcher List.

There's also a link to your Watcher in the navigation bar on the left of your screen.

I don't want to receive any emails!
When you are viewing your Watcher List, there is a settings button. Click on that and you can change the behaviour of the module. You can turn automatic emails of or off.

Have fun with the Watcher.

Somehow we made it to number 61 on a worldwide list of Social Communities.

Check the list.

Soon I'll put all these instructions together on a separate page, but for now here's how to install the bookmarklet...

If you're on Safari

Click this link: Wordsy This Page!, but do not release the mouse button, then drag the link to the toolbar (found below the address bar in the browser) and release the mouse button.

If you're not on Safari, check out our Bookmarklets for other Browsers.