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Looking for suggestions

So, we’ve quietly built out a latin alphabet empire of 43 Things sites in Italian, Portugese, French, German, and Spanish. When the sites start out, they are empty (just like 43 Things once was) and they really need a few intrepid extroverts to start using them and spreading the word to other folks who might be interested in the sites. With 43 Things, it was almost too easy to get folks started using the sites, but we aren’t as smart when it comes to word of mouth in languages we don’t understand. Can you kind folks share any suggestions on how we might spread the word?

The first idea we had to raise some awareness was to ask 43 Things users who might speak these languages to help us finish some of the translation work. In particular, we don’t have a great collection of quotes in each language like we do for English. We thought 43 Things users in the local countries could probably help us come up with some good quotations.

The new sites are at:

http://it.43things.com
http://es.43things.com
http://br.43things.com
http://fr.43things.com
http://de.43things.com

If you want to give us any language specific feedback, you can do it here, or send us email at [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected].

I’m sure there are more good ideas out there than we have inside the co-op, so please help!

See more progress on: Come up with sensible, organic ways to promote international versions of 43 Things

Aiutami!

We were fortunate to get early interest in 43 Things from folks in Italy, particularly after this article ran in La Repubblica.

If you’d prefer to use 43 Things in Italian, please help test out http://it.43things.com and send comments or suggestions to [email protected]. I think I can even field the mail in Italian, but I can’t make that offer in any other language.

See more progress on: Find 43 people that can help us launch 43 Things in Italian

Rockin Robot

Maktub
Originally uploaded by Carrick.

You can hear Daniel's band on the radio in Seattle and live on the internet doing an acoustic version of their new album. The new record is released tomorrow. Daniel's voice is deep on the radio. Maktub played a sold out show this past weekend here in Seattle - leading up to what ought to be a great tour.



Don't miss your chance to meet Robot Spils on the road (and see a free Maktub show). We are cheering for you guys!

Tonight: first time since the new baby was born

I’m really terrible about maintaining the proper balance of romance and family life (I’m probably pretty terrible at maintaining any sort of balance) but tonight Anne & I are going out to our favorite restaurant in Seattle, for the first time in nearly a year. Hopefully we’ll keep this up at least monthly (and maybe bi-weekly). I’ll mark the goal done when we have 5 in a row.

See more progress on: go out on “date nights” with my spouse on a regular basis

The best is yet to come.

I know I’m adding to the hype, but I think backpack is that good.

See more progress on: Use backpack