Twine Newsletter - 9/8/2008 - The Features You Want Are Here!

Hi Twinerians, We have a few more months before the beta comes to a close and we're working hard to make sure Twine is in tip-top shape. But we need your help! Continue to spread the word and invite your friends to try Twine. Invite Friends The features you asked for are here! You wanted it, we did it. After a snafu, trying to release these new features last week, it's up and running - we think you'll be excited. Here's a summary: Import Bookmarks - Finally, it's here! Import the bookmarks you've exported from your browser and de.licio.us into My Items in Twine. Start importing here: http://www.twine.com/import  Ratings - Say you "Love it", "Hate it" or "Meh" with a click of the stars. Enhanced Search - We've improved our search to get you more relevant results We've also made a bunch of other enhancements. They are in the release notes for your perusal: http://www.twine.com/item/11fp37gzd-1b/twine-release-notes-09-04-2008-sprint-27-1 Sneak Peek at the new Interest Feed and Navigation We just wanted to give you a heads up on our upcoming re-design of the interest feed. Much welcomed improvements include filtering by twine and item type. It's going to be a drastic change from what we currently have, so don't be too shocked when it happens. Take a Peek Here: http://www.twine.com/item/11g05s9n6-19m/sneak-peek-at-the-new-interest-feed-and-navigation   Vote for us! The Industry Innovation 100 Awards Twine has been nominated for The Industry Innovation 100 Award in the community category. Vote for us now   Featured Twine: The Way Things Are Philosophy for the rest of us. A collection of junk relating to philosophy, religion, spirituality, metaphysics and all that good stuff. Some cool stuff in case you missed it: Why you should go with your gut feeling Next time you're at a blackjack table trying to decide whether to hold or hit, just trust your gut. New research shows... Read here: http://www.twine.com/item/11f9wb1w4-zb/why-you-should-go-with-your-gut-feeling-being-human-27-august-2008-new-scientist 12 Essential Rules to Live More Like a Zen Monk "We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize." -Thich Nhat Hanh... Read here: http://www.twine.com/item/11cp151ns-4q5/12-essential-rules-to-live-more-like-a-zen-monk-zen-habits 15 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped It's hard to be amazed by anything you see online, when you know any teenager with a computer and a pirated copy of Photoshop... Read here: http://www.twine.com/item/11wmbp6j1-1n/15-images-you-won-t-believe-aren-t-photoshopped-cracked-com View this twine: http://www.twine.com/twine/1162p7bjy-103v/the-way-things-are Twine for Beginners Need a little nudge to get started? Here are some answers to get you going. What is Twine? Twine is an interest network for keeping track of what you're into. What's the best way to get started? Join a twine. Go to Explore and join one of the top 100 twines. Your homepage will start to create an interest feed providing you alerts on what is going on in your twines. That's where you can easily keep up with what's going on in your twines. You'll also receive an email digest of what's going on. What next? Start contributing! Add items to the twines, post comments, or create your own twine. The Bookmarklet is the easiest way to add bookmarks to a twine. You can get the bookmarklet tool here: http://www.twine.com/tools  Need More Help? Our dedicated members will lend a hand. Here are a couple of useful guides to help get you started. We are really lucky to have such passionate and dedicated members who are willing to put effort into creating great tutorials! Raven's twine tutorial: http://www.twine.com/twine/raven-s-twine-tutorials Nova's Screencast: http://www.twine.com/item/11cr17mk9-d3/twine-tutorial-video-everything-explained  See you on Twine! -The Twine Team