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Kineda Now Optimized for iPhone and Android Handsets

Kineda is now optimized for your iPhone, iPod touch or Android touch mobile device. There’s still some minor tweaks I’d like to make, but nothing that will affect your browsing experience. The mobile version is lightweight, fast-loading, and still yet very feature-rich. To view the site on your phone, just enter kineda.com as you usually

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Interested in Getting 10000+ Followers on Twitter?

There’s an interesting experiment going on Twitter to gain a large number of followers with little work. I decided to give it a whirk to see where it all goes. If you’re interested in getting 10000+ followers on Twitter, try this.

A Thank You to Kineda’s Top Commenters

Kineda receives over 20,000 unique readers everyday, but only a small fraction (less than 1%) of you ever leave a comment. I wanted give a warm thank you to everyone that does leave comments, because it brings a smile to my face when I’m able to create an conversation with you. Lurkers on the other

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

It’s about an hour away from being Christmas Day here in California and I wanted to get a head start to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Weekly Link Roundup – 12.22.08

Happy Monday! Christmas is right around the corner. Thundercats movie spoof with Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman and Van Diesel. Nike Cortez Flymotion (Sneaker Freaker) BBC/Icecream Season 8 Lookbook (BBC Blog) Snobiety) Vans 2009 Spring/Summer Watermelon Pack (Trashbag Aesthetics) Top 10 Asian America Actors in 2008 (Edopeno) Have a link/tip you’d like to share? Let us

Vote for Kineda in the WordPress Showcase

Election day might be over, but there’s one more vote I’d like to ask from you — a 5 star vote for Kineda in the WordPress Showcase! Thanks for supporting Kineda.

Weekly Link Roundup – 11.18.08

Happy Tuesday! Turkey day is right around the corner. Nissan reveals the new 370Z (Jalopnik) Sean Kennedy Santos takes beautiful pics (Santos) Nike Tennis Classic CL Pack (High Snobiety) Custom Holiday Cards from Dwell Magazine (Design Milk) GX-1 Bluetooth Ski Gloves (GearCrave) Have a link/tip you’d like to share? Let us know!

Weekly Link Roundup – 10.27.08

Happy Monday everyone! A bar that glows! (Complex Magazine) Rock is Dead and Paper Killed It (Threadless) Santa makes a comeback. (Hypebeast) Love live polaroids. (Uncrate) The entire planet in the palm of your hands. (Marketing Pilgrim) Have a link/tip you’d like to share? Let us know!

Miley360.com Steals Kineda.com Design

The fools at Miley360.com have ripped the design of Kineda thinking we wouldn’t catch wind of it. Please leave your comments here and on this Flickr screenshot. Thanks for your support as usual!

Kineda MOO MiniCards

Ordered these last week and they came in today. MOO MiniCards ($19.99 for 100) are a fantastic alternative to boring business cards. Their MOO MiniCard Holder ($4.99) holds about 15 cards.

How to Integrate WordPress and bbPress in 3 Simple Steps

I’ve gotten a stream of e-mails asking how I’ve been able to integrate WordPress and bbPress to share a single user database. For those that are unfamiliar, WordPress powers Kineda’s blog while bbPress powers Kineda’s Lookbook (a highly customized WordPress/bbPress install). Integrating WordPress and bbPress so that your blog can have a forum is quite

Beta Testers Needed

Are you a style junkie? If so, let me know. Coming soon is a new Kineda community feature that’ll knock your pants off, and you could help make it even better. I need about 10-20 beta testers. Hit me up in the comments or contact form.

Vote for Kineda in the 2008 Glam Network Awards

(Image used with permission from Acme Photography) The 2008 Glam Network Awards are here and Kineda has been nominated for the Best Lifestyle Publisher award, and the voting ends tomorrow! Head over to the Glam Network Awards website (no registration required) and show us your love by voting for Kineda in the Lifestyles category. If

A Fair Use Photo and Image Lesson

I learned a good lesson today in the use of photos on your blog found on the web — not every image is free. While looking for an image to use on my Vote for Kineda post a few weeks ago, I scoured the search engines for something that conveyed the feeling of being happy.

Glam’s Spring Mix Party

Fashion community StyleMob was recently acquired by Glam, and they’re having a party to celebrate the new union! The party will be complete with an on-the-streets street fashion show, vlogging snapshots, tons of dancing and of course, and goodie bags. Wear your best spring dress or suit and you might get swept up in the

Take the Go Red Heart Check Up Quiz

At the start of February, we asked you to take part in National Wear Red Day. On Valentine’s Day, we asked you to Love Your Heart. Hopefully, you participated in both events, but if you haven’t, it’s not too late. In fact, it’s never too late to educate yourself and your loved ones about heart

Love Your Heart this Valentine’s Day

What better way is there to show someone in your life that you love them on Valentine’s day than to show you truly care about their heart. “Go Red For Women” celebrates the energy, passion and power we have as women to band together to wipe out heart disease and stroke – the No. 1

Win Luxury Christmas Chocolates from Hotel Chocolat

With the festive holidays coming around the corner, Kineda is giving you a chance to win luxury Christmas chocolates from the recently launched by luxury chocolate company, Hotel Chocolat (review of Hotel Chocolat in November). Below you’ll find five Christmas questions that will set you off on an online puzzle hunt for our secret code.

Kineda Featured in Best of CSS Design 2007 List

If you love web design eye candy, you won’t want to miss the Best of CSS Design 2007 list released the morning by Nick La of Web Designer Wall. Nick is an amazingly talented designer and illustrator that also runs the infamous Best Web Gallery which features thousands of inspiring CSS and Flash designs on

Be a Part of History as Kineda Turns 10

Next month, Kineda officially turns 10! Can you friggin believe it? I’m simply in awe when I think about it. It’s a momentous occasion where we’ll be celebrating by offering you and nine other Kinedians a chance at a sweet limited edition 10-year-anniversary t-shirt! Although the design will be kept as a birthday surprise (Kineda’s

Nominations for the Open Web Awards

The Open Web Awards, hosted by Mashable, are the first ever online, open collaboration awards event, to recognize the best online communities representing web 2.0. Kineda is one of the 24 blog partners participating, so please nominate a web 2.0 website or two in each of the following categories: Sports and Fitness Places and Events

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving. We’ll be waking up early tomorrow for Black Friday. If there’s any awesome sales you know of, please share! Here’s a couple sites that should be on your shopping radar: Black Friday Ads Official Black Friday 2007 Site

Win a Case of Starbucks Coffee for Thanksgiving

Our friends over at Mom’s Buzz are giving away a box of 72 2.5oz packages of French Roast Starbucks Coffee worth $150.00. If you love coffee, or hot chocolate (the alternative prize), fill out an entry form for your chance to win!