Sunday, December 19, 2010

Mattters adds Story Collecting

In the interest of making Following one's Interests even more fun [or just more manageable anyway, whew! Some channels have a LOT of stories] you can now add any story to your home channel. Just click on the Favorite's star next to the story.

Everyone who has registered has a home channel. Mine is at Michael Mattters. I've had so many favorite stories over the last year, but it will take me awhile to find them all again so I can Favorite them [which is the reason we added this feature in the first place :-). It has been just too darn easy to lose track of some of the greatest stories here].

You can also add Favorite Channels to your home channel, by clicking on the favoriting star at the top right of the channels. This will put a link to them right near the top of the page on your home channel - so you can more quickly cruise them.

Oh, and getting to your home page is as easy as clicking on 'home' at the very top right of any page on Mattters [just like it used to be on Twitter].

We need people to register for this particular feature because, well, it just would not be so great to have strangers adding and removing stories from *your* personal home channel, know what I mean? As always, you can still vote and do everything else without having to register.

Have fun!

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Mattters Adds Video

Last month we added support for playing several types of video directly on Mattters. We are hoping this will increase the pleasure of the overall 'Following Your Interests' experience. Or at least, decreases the pain a little.

We currently support video from 4 different sources: YouTube, Vimeo, blip.tv and DailyMotion. This seems to cover most of the kinds of video we are finding in blog posts and tweets and websites. If there is anther one you would like us to support, just let us know!

The channels that make the most use of video right now are the Music channels and the Sports channels, especially Football and Basketball.

Have fun!

Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Hardware News channel http://ping.fm/sOYkw Kinect Air Guitar Hack; Logitech; T-Mobile; Google Chrome OS Notebook; ...
The Camera channel http://ping.fm/gjoSv : Photoshop, Kodak - EasyShare, Tamron lens, Nikon - D3000, Canon, Sony ...
The Social Gaming channel: http://ping.fm/63w1m New FarmVille Missions: Festive Tree; Facebook, Twitter Expands Embedded Media With New Content Partners, ...
The Gaming channel http://ping.fm/r7IkW : Uncharted 3, and more Uncharted 3, SSX: Deadly Descents, OnLive MicroConsole, ...
The iPad channel http://ping.fm/CcSVQ : Jenga, Recombu, iPad vs. Galaxy Tab, ...
Trending: the Harry Potter channel http://ping.fm/wggPa : Emma Watson; Deathly Hallows: Part I still No. 1 second weekend out; ...
Yummy: the Indian Food channel http://ping.fm/DIu05 : Roti, Paneer, Curry ...!
Warmer times: the Surfing channel http://ping.fm/KyKyS Wakesurfing, paddlesurfing, surfboard guides, ...
Trending: the Crafts Tutorials channel http://ping.fm/aL0kI Christmas time is the best time for crafting, ...

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Trending: the Asian Cinema channel http://ping.fm/hGj8I
Trending: the Technology channel http://ping.fm/xRlTS Numerous iPad 2 Case Images Leaked, UNCHARTED 3 hits PS3, ...
Trending: the Weed Reviews channel http://ping.fm/gcQ3T JWH Banned by the DEA, Patient’s Guide to Recognizing Mold, Mildew and Mites in MMJ, ...
Trending: the Footwear channel http://ping.fm/J2QbQ : Nike, Aerosoles, Air Jordan, Reebok, ...
Trending: the Rap Music channel http://ping.fm/1mQN5 : Kid Ink, Lil Lody, Prodigy, Jamie Foxx, ...
Trending: The Guitar channel http://ping.fm/6dVji : Paul McCartney Pays Tribute to John Lennon, Guitar Building Tips, Epiphone, Strat, Gibson
Trending: The SportsCar channel http://ping.fm/lOZeZ : Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta, Porsche Cayenne Radical, ...

Friday, December 10, 2010

Trending: the HipHop Music channel http://ping.fm/eoe5t : Interview: Dwele; Oh No Vs. Percee P; Lloyd Banks; Cortez Bryant (Lil Wayne); ...
Trending: the Country Music channel http://ping.fm/xMngW Randy Houser; RIP, James Moody; Taylor Swift; LeAnn Rimes; ...

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Trending: the Gadgets channel http://ping.fm/eVL1v iPhone imitator Meizu, Where Are All the AirPlay Gadgets?, Hold iPad in the Big Pocket Shirt, ...
Trending: the Weed Reviews channel http://ping.fm/qkas3 Snoop Speaks: "If You Got A Problem With Willie Nelson, You Got A Problem With Me"
The Beer channel http://ping.fm/SzxG0 Southern Tier Krampus, Introducing Three Heads Brewing, Porcelain Ceramic Beer Glasses, ...
Trending: the NYC NewYorkCity channel http://ping.fm/HCwF6 M42 Wins Pokey Award for Slowest Bus - Again, A talk on the subway map, ...
Trending: the Remodeling channel http://ping.fm/io2TE Holiday Giveaway Daily Roundup, Designs for Living: The Perfect Pantry, ...
Trending: the Opera Music channel http://ping.fm/UrAid The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Hunks: Philip Cutlip in Messiah, ...
Trending: the Android channel http://ping.fm/4OEJF Nexus S Also Coming To Sprint And Verizon? Gingerbread: Minimum Hardware Requirements After All?
Trending: the Startups channel http://ping.fm/08UqE OnLive Enables Game Spectating And Windows 7 Apps On Your iPad, RateTea.net - Tea Ratings and Reviews, ...
Trending: the Cycling channel http://ping.fm/OJXsE for all your Bicycling news, gossip and scuttlebutt
Trending: the TV Reviews channel http://ping.fm/yUklT Smallville, the Office, Dancing With The Stars, Glee, Idol, ...
Trending: the MartialArts channel http://ping.fm/1tCwr 50 Year Trends In Violent Crime, Are you REALLY moving from your center?, ...
Trending: the Yachting channel http://ping.fm/hiGfP Sailboat Rigging: Adjusting the Rake, ...
The Christmas channel http://ping.fm/QpHpZ Holiday Music and decorative Craft ideas and ...