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• Passing the Betterhumans baton

  I had the idea almost seven years ago. In the depths of an existential crisis, consumed with absorbing everything I could about transhumanism , and working for an internet start-up (before the first bubble burst), I decided to create an outlet and destination Read More...
  Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:38 PM by Simon / 2 Comments

  Tags: Betterhumans

• Welcome to the new Betterhumans.com

  Months after starting down this path , I am happy to announce (as you might have seen) the launch of a refreshed Betterhumans.com . The new site is lighter, less cluttered, more focused and more content-rich, changes aimed at expanding Betterhumans' Read More...
  Posted Sunday, June 03, 2007 2:57 PM by Simon / 6 Comments

  Tags: Betterhumans, Betterhumans X

• Death to Betterhumans; Long live Betterhumans!

  So a few days ago, I was ready to dump Betterhumans. I had planned to give members and visitors two weeks notice and then, if I couldn't find someone to take it over, just shut it down. Drastic, perhaps. After all, I've run the site for nearly five years Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:29 PM by Simon / 6 Comments

  Tags: Betterhumans, Betterhumans X

• Towards Betterhumans X: Server enhancements

  Well, that was embarrassing. For the past few weeks, we've been experiencing some quite annoying error messages. I spent hours looking into the problem, and found that the likely culprit was some bad code, some bad processes, some inefficient server settings, Read More...
  Posted Sunday, March 04, 2007 10:49 PM by Simon / 0 Comments

  Tags: Betterhumans, Betterhumans X

• Time for you to join the fun

  If you're concerned about the future of Betterhumans, and the future in general, I'm pleased to announce some major initiatives that will get you excited--and to invite you to join the fun. Extend life: Join the Betterhumans Mprize 300 group The first Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:13 PM by Simon / 0 Comments

  Tags: Betterhumans

• Betterhumans gets moderated

  As Betterhumans has grown, we've begun to experience growing pains. This includes in the forums, where we're increasingly experiencing problems including spam, flaming and trolling. A few weeks ago I put out a call for forum moderators . Three Read More...
  Posted Sunday, October 01, 2006 8:34 PM by Simon / 6 Comments

  Tags: Forums, Betterhumans

• Betterhumans upgraded to Community Server 2.1

  I've just completed the initial migration of Betterhumans to the final release of Community Server 2.1. The new build mainly introduces one piece of new functionality: The ability to specify certain responses in forum threads as "accepted answers." Read More...
  Posted Sunday, August 13, 2006 4:26 PM by Simon / 0 Comments

  Tags: Betterhumans, Upgrade

• Betterhumans gathering on Saturday, July 29

  This Saturday, July 29, we'll be holding an informal Betterhumans gathering in Toronto during the World Future Society's annual conference . If you're interested in hanging out and grabbing a pint with me, George and other Betterhumans members, Read More...
  Posted Monday, July 24, 2006 3:20 PM by Simon / 2 Comments

  Tags: Betterhumans, World Future Society 2006 conference

• Post relevance sorting: Should it be enabled?

  Well, now that the initial upgrade to Community Server 2.1 beta 1 has been mostly completed, I'm turning my attention to a few outstanding issues and bugs. And I'm also considering turning on a powerful new feature called "Post relevance Read More...
  Posted Tuesday, July 18, 2006 3:52 PM by Simon / 7 Comments

  Tags: Betterhumans, Post relevance sorting

• Betterhumans upgrade preview

  A few weeks ago, I spoke about some design changes coming with some new functionality (hopefully) in July. I've worked on refining these changes and now want to unveil a full-size mockup for preview. Click here to see the mockup. Please note that the Read More...
  Posted Thursday, June 29, 2006 4:51 PM by Simon / 10 Comments

  Tags: Betterhumans