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Clarknt67, site update, and get ready for some obnoxious nagging
The new Daily Kos community quilt, finally hanging in our office (crappy iPhone photo) It's been a while since I've provided an update, but lots has changed and evolved in the subsequent months. So...
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Cranky Users: Gifted and Talented
Greetings, Cranky Users! Holiday greetings, in fact. Today we'll join in the general site-wide uproar about subscriptions and gift subscriptions, by discussing how to get and give subscriptions and why...
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'Buddy System' another example of Daily Kos community at its best
The first time I heard the old saw about what it's really like being a writer was in the days when I pounded out my mental scribbles on somebody else's 1930s Royal, a manual typewriter. It was before...
View ArticleOle Texan`s tags
This is a short diary. If indeed this is one. I have tried several times to post one and every time failed due to tags, tags that I fail to add.My tags according to my profile include President Obama,...
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Cranky Users: Streamers
Greetings, Cranky Users! As the New Diarists group has gotten underway, lots of questions have surfaced, and it's developed that it isn't only brand-new users who don't know the answers. So in this...
View ArticleDaily Kos Tech Team is Hiring
The Daily Kos tech team is looking to grow. We've completed the foundational work in our effort to port from Perl to Ruby on Rails, and we're ready to bring on more developers to help move features...
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DK Tag Character Set Update
DK Tech Team UpdateShe's a Character, and she's wearing Tags. It's the perfect stock photo for an otherwise dry bit of technical trivia! Kos announced a while back that we're working on a new image...
View ArticleCranky Users: We're out of our onesies!
It all started on February 1, 2011, with this diary announcing - on DK3 - the formation of the Cranky Users Group which would help us make the great switch to DK4:Cranky Users is a group for Kossacks...
View ArticleTest Diary by request. Best ignored.
This is just a test in this series:640 Pixel Image Test: class="nomargins"
View ArticleThe latest meta bullshit, and your single warning
Here we are, in the middle of the craziest GOP primary battle since forever, waging an all-out battle to protect women's rights, making gains against Rush Limbaugh, and working hard to damage the GOP...
View ArticleDaily Kos is looking for an online organizer
Hey Kossacks! Does this video make sense to you?If the answer is yes, then you might be well suited to one of the new jobs that Daily Kos is hiring for: Associate Campaign Director.The Associate...
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Thank you, DK developers; thank you, Markos
Finally today, you've done away with the 'via=' clause in the URL for diaries (posts).For anyone who hasn't noticed, and for those who have noticed and been puzzled, for the past year since the release...
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Welcome New Users: Ratings, mojo, nojo, bojo and mo'
Welcome, New Users, to Daily Kos. This Diary is intended to help you orient yourself to the site and ask questions about how to use it.In the Body of this diary you will find some links intended to...
View ArticleHow to be a Good Diary Host
I pop into a lot of different regular diaries that use rotating diarist duties, including WYFP, WAYWO, DK Quilt Guild, Books that Changed My Life, as well as others. Some of these regularly call for...
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New Diarists: After You Publish
Greetings, New Diarists! (And greetings to diarists of long standing, too!) In smileycreek's diary, How to Collaborate with Us on a Diary, she walked us up to the point where our diary has been...
View ArticleAnother tiresome meta update
Ah great. We have a big election less than six months away, and some people seem to think that their little flamewars are a productive use of their (and everyone else's) time. Unfortunately, part of my...
View ArticleTop community content of 2012
I'm digging into stats for some research, and decided to compile the five most community popular diaries on the site, per Google Analytics, between January 1 of this year and today.1. Global Food...
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So, you are not one of the "Rec List Cool Kidz®" - Never fear, you are in the...
We have all seen those Kossacks, and marveled at their knowledge, their insight, their superb writing and, let us not deny it, their magnificent sense of timing.Some folk have all the luck. Some...
View ArticleNew Diarists: Resources for All
This diary provides links to 1) resource diaries for drafting, formatting, and mechanics of the site; 2) advice diaries re writing, interacting with commenters, and working with groups; and 3) a list...
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