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Tom started following the idea "Implement Facebook Connect Integration" in Ning.

Tom set one of Tom's replies as an official response to "What about Moms?" in Odadeo

Tom replied on January 08, 2009 09:02 to the idea "What about Moms?" in Odadeo:

Hi Samscam
There is quite a good magazine available already - FQ Magazine. You can subscribe here: http://www.fqmagazine.co.uk/
I know the guys that run it, and it's a pretty decent product.
All the best
Tom

Tom replied on December 05, 2008 11:53 to the idea "What about Moms?" in Odadeo:

I agree - the possibilities of a big family network are endless.

I've been watching parenting sites for over 10 years, and they usually get dominated by mums very quickly. Dads stay away, because they can be quite an intimidating place, and, let's be honest, they're usually pink or purple and talk about "You and your pregnancy".

Parenting is code for mothering. Just look at the magazines. Designed for mums.

So you can either have a 'mums' site, a 'parents' site (which is really a mums site) or a 'dads' site. No one has developed a real parents site yet (with equal participation from mums and dads).

But here's the rub:

If all the dads get on board, we could probably get the mums to join too, later.

If we started with 'parents' or 'mums', the dads would never come.

And yes... I think dads do appreciate somewhere that's just for them, and we've got a slightly different mode of communication. Mums like big long conversations - you've just got to look at bulletin board sites like mumsnet.com to see this. This model has never really been taken up in big numbers by dads, so we're building the system as a very bespoke tool for dads at the moment.

We're working out a wide range of ways in which mums and other relatives can get involved - for example, by updating your kids status while you're at work.

Tom replied on December 02, 2008 14:58 to the problem "FireFox comment bug" in Odadeo:

Not good. Thanks for letting us know - we'll try and tackle this as soon as we can.

Tom replied on November 29, 2008 13:55 to the problem "How did you get a photo of me without me uploading it?" in Odadeo:

Hi Crispness
My apologies for a spelling mistake - it's gravatar.com - if you right click your photo on Odadeo and click "view image", you'll see that the photo is hosted at www.gravatar.com - I hope that clears up the confusion

Tom replied on November 29, 2008 13:02 to the problem "How did you get a photo of me without me uploading it?" in Odadeo:

Hi Crispness - the photo is your Gravitar, from gravitar.com, which you must have signed up to at some point. Gravitar is a service that allows blogs and social networks such as Odadeo to recognize you when you sign up :) I hope that clears things up!
U

Tom replied on November 27, 2008 13:41 to the question "No Odadeo account but still getting spammed daily" in Odadeo:

Hi Jim
Can you let me know the email address that you sent your request to, and when you sent the emails? I'm having difficulty finding your requests and want to make sure that we're picking up requests like this.
Thanks

Tom replied on November 21, 2008 21:58 to the problem "unable to update my kid's status" in Odadeo:

Hi - I can't replicate this on Firefox on my mac - can you have another look and let us know if this is still happening? Cheers!

Tom replied on November 21, 2008 21:55 to the problem "no confirmation when adding badge comments" in Odadeo:

Thanks for letting us know - this is a good point and we'll look at what we can do about it.

Tom replied on November 21, 2008 21:54 to the problem "header logo obscured" in Odadeo:

Hi - yep - I think we'll limit the username length - this will apply to all new usernames but you'll be able to keep yours if you'd like - or change it if preferable - your username will continue to bork the layouts if you keep it unchanged though.

Tom replied on November 21, 2008 11:05 to the problem "I cant log in!" in Odadeo:

Hi Shropdad - sorry to hear this - we'll look into it for you.

Tom replied on November 19, 2008 09:16 to the problem "header logo obscured" in Odadeo:

Hi Ben
Thanks for flagging this up - I think there are quite a few layout issues created by your long username. We'll look into this.

Tom replied on November 13, 2008 18:31 to the problem "Redundant badge groups" in Odadeo:

No worries - I'm sure we can get rid of the extra entry.

Tom asked a question in Odadeo on November 10, 2008 22:19:

The Odadeo question

What is the right question for Odadeo to ask?
1. How am I going to be a better dad?
2. How am I going to be a great dad?
3. How am I going to be a dad?
Any other ideas?

Tom replied on November 10, 2008 22:12 to the problem "Add a new child" in Odadeo:

Hi Phil - your kids should have their own tab but if you're looking for an add kid link, can you use the link Stef posted above for the moment - we need to put it in.