Once again it was Hack Day at Tumblr! You've probably seen one of these posts before. A couple of times per year we slow down our normal work and spend a day working on scratching a personal itch or features we want as user and see how far we can get with our hacks. One thing from the last Hack Week in January made it out: new default blog avatars!
Here are some of the projects that got built for our most recent Hack Day in September. Some of these things you may also end up seeing on the site… and one of them isn’t included here because it’ll likely be a fun Halloween surprise. 👻
Instead of telling you about this here, we have the extreme pleasure of telling you that this already launched! Read all about it over on the Changes blog. Instead, what we can preview here are some potential new interface elements for these advanced search options, now that we have them thanks to @lesianlen:
There are many thousands of reactions, likes, and reblogs happening on Tumblr every second. Right now you can only really “see” these happen if you are frantically refreshing your feed (which, we know, some of you do). Wouldn’t it be neat if the note count, reactions, etc, all update automatically as you scroll your favorite feed (or many feeds at once with Patio)? Check it out this hack from @leogcrespo:
Likewise, some of our beta testing Communities are extremely active, with new members, comments, and reactions flying around. Right now we don’t have a way to show those actions, as they happen, inside the community, but we know we’ll need something like this. @yi5h hacked together a sidebar widget “activity tracker” that shows recent activity happening inside a community in near-real-time:
As always, stay tuned to the @changes blog to see if any of these hacks make it on Tumblr for real! Especially the aforementioned-but-as-yet-unrevealed Halloween surprise…
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For #wcus contributor day I did some writing, with a post on WordCamp US & Ecosystem Thinking.
The new Terminal B at SFO is really nice. You almost feel like you’re in Singapore. SF is so back!
Critical feedback:
* Stores should stay open later
* Faucets and sinks aren’t great
* Food and store selection is amazing, including Starbird. (Open late!)
* Feels like it could have more restrooms
Temple Burn. Always totally silent.
Heart sculpture, I'm not sure the artist.
Some art cars around the burn.
The Man Burn. The fireworks were pretty spectacular this year.
El Pulpo Magnifico, many people's favorite art car.
People write notes inside the porta-potties.
I think this was the Bipolar Express.
From every angle the Temple was stunning.
Spot the man.
Watch out for wildlife.
