Archive for May, 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

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Import Albums from Facebook, Flickr, or Picasa with One Click

Monday, May 24th, 2010

We’ve found that more and more of our parents would like to share and manage their media in a number of different ways. For many, this means having better ways to utilize the services you’ve already been using like Facebook, Flickr and Picasa.

We’re happy to let you know that we’ve added one-click importing for your remote albums. It’s very simple to use and will help you share hard-to-link-to albums from any service with ease while keeping them a part of your baby’s timeline.

To import new albums, simply click the New Album tab in your Dashboard:

New Album Tab

As soon as you click “Import” we’ll:

1. Create a new Media Gram
2. Link the photos to your baby’s timeline
3. Send out notifications to anyone who’s waiting

Here’s a sample of what gets mailed out:

Sample Media Gram from Imported Album

That’s it, a few clicks and hundreds of photos can be imported and delivered to your loved ones!

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

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Please Pardon Our Dust

Monday, May 17th, 2010

This weekend, we launched a new version of http://lilgrams.com.  There are a number of additional changes we’ll be making over the week and into the weekend but we did want to let you know in case you encounter any rough edges.

Please don’t hesitate to let us know if you find anything amiss.

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Better Commenting

Monday, May 17th, 2010

We’ve been busy over the weekend getting the new http://lilgrams.com site launched and also adding in a couple of important tweaks to the way comments work – based on the great feedback from our parents.

Comment Display

We’ve gotten some feedback that using just the relationship name is not the best since, naturally, babies can have multiple aunts, uncles, and grandparents.  The new comments output not only a thumbnail of who made the comment but also shows their name.

Comment Notifications

When a new comment is added to your baby book, we’ll automatically send you a quick email so you know.

Comment Management

Comments can now be deleted by parents if they find anything wrong with the contents.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

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More Ways to Share

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Gram Sharing OptionsWe’ve always provided a number of different automagic ways to share memories with loved ones, from emails to facebook notices, to tweets.  We’ve gotten a number of requests for some other ways to spread the word.

As of today, if you browse to any single gram’s page, you can quickly and easily share that gram with anyone – even if they’re not in your address book.  Don’t worry, though, only the people marked as Parents in your Address Book even see this option.

There are 3 ways to share:

Public Link

This link can be given to anyone via email, IM, or more.  The special thing about this link is that it won’t require and kind of sign in – so use it carefully!

Email To

Sometimes, you really want to send someone the great emails that we already send to you but forwarding emails around can mess up the styling.  Just type an email address in here and we’ll deliver a brand new one to your friend.  While they can see the email, they’ll still have to log in to see the real thing.

Facebook Share

We know most of our parents are big users of Facebook and we want to make sure your friends there stay up to date.  If you click the Share link, you’ll be given the option of sending a link out to the gram.  These links will still require that your friend log in, though.

We’re still trying to figure out if you’d like more public or private links, or the option to choose.  We welcome any feedback you have in helping shape this feature.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-09

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

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Better Invitations for All

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

We’ve been busy working over the past few weeks to improve the way that invitations are sent out to loved ones. This was initially prompted by some changes in the way Facebook allows notifications to happen, but we’ve made improvements overall now that we think will be better for everyone.

Here’s a quick video overview:

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