Weekly Update: 28 December 2009

[mark]

Hi all, this week will be really short as I'm currently stuck in a hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah because of a bad experience with Delta Air Lines. I was originally going to be home at a reasonable time this evening and have time to write the update -- but now, we are here, and I have to get some sleep (five hours now) so I can get up and try to get home tomorrow. (And hope our baggage shows up somewhere.)

1. Holiday Promo Ends Soon

Just a reminder, if you're intending on taking advantage of the holiday promotion (buy 6 months of paid time for someone else, get 2 months for yourself), you should do that soon. It ends when 2010 starts (UTC), so that's a little over two days from now.

2. Yuletide Posts

We have setup the latest posts feed with a Yuletide feed, for those of you in fandom or interested in this event:

http://www.dreamwidth.org/latest?feed=yuletide

If you tag your entries with the appropriate tags (f.ex., yuletide) it will show up in that feed. (Assuming that you allow your posts to show up in the latest posts feed and they're public.)

3. Support

Our support team would like me to remind people that if you run into anything weird with your account or usage of the site -- things that are broken, don't seem right, don't work, or work in a way you don't expect, you can let them know. They're happy to investigate these issues and work with developers to fix them.

You can contact our support team here:

http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/submit

4. Finale

Development has been very quiet this week, too. A few things have been done but not much. We'll start to pick up steam as we go into January, and we'll be back at full pace by the end of the month. (Remember, Denise and I are going to be flying to New Zealand for LCA2010, so mid-January is a little busy for us too.)

Otherwise, I hope all of you are having a good day. Wish me luck getting home... I'd like to see my puppies again (and my baggage).

Comments

[feathertail]

Thanks for the update! Good luck getting back!

[ex_pseudonym472]

Thanks for the update! I hope you get home safely.

[squaringkarma]

Enjoy your time in New Zealand next month! I've been living in NZ since late September and it's been a blast so far!

Anyway, thanks for the update!

[animeshon]

Yay you guys are coming to NZ. Hope the weather stays good for you!

[susanreads]

I hope you and your baggage get home OK, and have a happy New Year!

[angelikfire]

I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble, Mark. I hope things work out!

Happy 2010, everyone! ♥

[amaliedageek]

You should have called us; we've have rescued you!

[mark]

I looked for you on IRC, but alas, nothing! It's ok, we were really tired and had to be up at 5 AM to continue the saga anyway.

[xenolinguist]

I hope everything is going well for you.

[everchangingmuse]

I'm sorry you got stuck. I can imagine how little fun that must be.

Thank you for the update, though! Despite hardship, you still manage to let us know what's going on, and that is amazing.

a dedicated systems operator

[babysprite]

There's a dedicated systems operator for you!

Keeping the user base in the loop, even under indesirable or unexpected circumstances will set DW further apart from the others and their wannabes.

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MUSIC Glascow University Choir - Auld Lang Syne

[lanterne_rouee]

hope you're home and cozy by now. thanks for updating us despite all obstacles!

[maxporter]

I am a bit late but would it be too late to suggest stuff to do in SLC?

[mark]

Sadly, yes! We were only there overnight, we've made it to California now.