DIDDY NAMES THE BAND DAY26... WTF?

Now I'm not saying our boy Puff Daddy ripped us off, but you gotta admit it's a little shady...

Our Story:
Where'd the name come from? It all started on July 26, 2003, when we got hitched. The site URL is based on that day. Source: Day26.com

Puffy's Story:
The moniker is derived from the band’s official formation last August 26th, when the five gifted performers were chosen by Diddy and MTV viewers around the world on the blockbuster Making The Band 4 season finale. Source: BadBoyOnline.com

Hmmm. Sounds pretty close to our story just 4 years later. Diddy, if you're gonna borrow our name, the least you can do is offer us a pile of money for the url!

3, 2, 1! NOISETAP 2.0 BLASTS OFF

We’re happy to announce the launch of the new and improved Noisetap.com. Noisetap—an online music community featuring user-generated content, reviews and news—has become one of our favorite projects here at Cottonblend Headquarters. We wanted to make the site even better, and that’s what we’ve done. New features include:

• "Send to a Friend" option that allows you to send a post link directly to your friends
• New categories (with new animal icons!) including Jazz, Classical and General
• “Related Artists" feature that allows you to tag your post with artist names the post mentions
• General layout redesign: top users are now listed right on the homepage

Tech-savvy folks (a.k.a. geeks) may wish to know we’ve spiffed up our operations behind the scenes. Highlights include:

• New ranking algorithm that rewards users more accurately for their activity
• Strategic content caching to enhance performance
• Better session management
• Strong cookie encryption
• Bookmarklet availability for easy posting on Noisetap
• Native UTF-8 unicode supported for all posts, features, reviews and comments
• General API enhancements

Please hop on over to Noisetap.com, admire the new digs, and post a story or two while you’re there.

(Please note: No animals were harmed in the making of this blog post. Thank you.)

WEB DESIGN: STUDIOS 2

Cottonblend is profiled in TASCHEN’s new book Web Design: Studios 2! We’re flattered to be among TASCHEN’s selections for “coolest design studios” in the world.

THE WEBBY AWARDS

We are very excited to announce Cottonblend is a 2006 Webby Nominee in the Professional Services Category.