Bitstrips nominated for SXSW 2008 web awards!

We were already giddy with anticipation for the worldwide launch of Bitstrips at this year’s SXSW…

Now we’re even giddier! Bitstrips has been nominated in the Amusement category for a web award - how amusing!

Big thanks to SXSW for seeing the potential in our ramshackle site before it’s even been fully birthed. To make matters more exciting, this means we are also elgibile for the People’s Choice award. Which means that YOU can help Bitstrips win - by voting for us every day!

Click Here to VOTE FOR BITSTRIPS! You can vote once every 24 hours.

The awards will be announced at SXSW on March 9. Win or lose, we’ll be sure to bitstrip the whole thing!

Welcome to Bitstrips Beta v0.4!!!

Wow, it’s hard to believe we’re here… this is the penultimate beta version before v1.1, just weeks away from our public launch. To all our new users - welcome! We’re really excited to finally pull back the curtain and start sharing Bitstrips with our friends. As part of our early beta-tester community, this is your chance to help us shape the site into time-wasting perfection with your feedback, questions, suggestions and bug reports. Use the link in the left menu to send us a message anytime!

More to report soon, but for now - have fun making some Bitstrips!

Bitstrips Beta v0.3 is forming now…

Lots and lots of changes in the works.  Originally we were planning on doing our upgrades behind-the-scenes, then releasing them all at once as an update - but as it turns out we’ve just been making our changes live, online.  So, if things seem a little wonky over the next week or two, or if you notice some major things changing between visits (like the site navigation) it’s cause we’re fiddling with stuff under the hood.

If anything outright doesn’t seem to work, please let us know about it via the bugs/comments link in the left sidebar.

So, Beta v0.3 will be an ongoing evolution over the next two weeks - until it’s time for v0.4!

Bitstrips Beta v0.2 is Live!

Yes, it’s that time again.  We’re now at Beta v0.2 - if you’re new to the site, welcome!

So, what does 0.2 mean exactly?  Let’s put it this way - if this site were a baby giraffe, this would be the moment a few seconds after the birth, where it’s taking its first tentative steps, perhaps even still crawling on its knees, covered in goo.   But as we all know, giraffes get up and going amazingly fast.  So, let’s hope the analogy stays consistent.

3 more updates to go, every other friday, and then we’ll be at beta v1.1.  So that means the next one will be January 25 - mark your calendars!  We still have a ton of fun features to activate, so the next few months should be an exciting time to be on Bitstrips!

For more detailed updates on technical stuff in development, check out our development blog.  Assuming we have time for updates…

Welcome to 2008 - the year of Bitstrips!

2007 was a mighty year, so mighty that it ended with the launching of your new favourite website - Bitstrips!

Perfect timing, considering that 2008 has been predicted by those in the know to be the year of Bitstrips!

Well, to be more specific, the first year of Bitstrips.  Which perhaps goes without saying.  Anyway, welcome to the beginning!

Things on the site might be a little crazy over the next week while we make stuff work.  This Friday, January 11, is our next big update, and every 2 weeks after that.

Watch this space for further details on what’s new.

Bitstrips Beta v0.1 is live!

It’s finally here - welcome to the first Beta version of Bitstrips.com!

It’s been a long and crazy road to get here, and we still have a ways to go… but from this point forward, the site is LIVE.  New Beta builds will be launching every 2 weeks from now until March, as we continue to develop the site.  There are still a ton of bugs to squash, features to activate and designs to polish, so please be patient as we slowly but surely bring the site to life.

Actually, it won’t really be very slow - the next beta build is scheduled to launch January 11, 2008.  Mark your calendars!

Until then, please feel free to look around, and play with our toys.  If you’re reading this first post, you’re most likely part of our exclusive Beta-Tester community, and we need your help to let us know how things are working.  If something seems seriously broken, please let us know by sending a message to bughunt@bitstrips.com.  For the next beta we’ll try to make it even easier to send us your feedback.

Watch this space for further updates and tips.  Now, go make some bitstrips!