Author Archives: Siim Teller
Gogoyoko just became the perfect online music store
Buying music directly from the artist has long been a dream of many music lovers. Our new partner Gogoyoko actually makes this simple without any of the bullshit of many other major online music stores where artists get only thin … Continue reading
Tunes from SoundCloud now embedded in catalog
Took us a while to catch on but you can now listen to flattrable Soundcloud tunes right inside our catalog (and flattr the ones you like). The screenshot shows Dope Star Inc.’s “We are the new ones” page (song embedded … Continue reading
And the Developer Challenge winner is… !
When we announced the Developer Challenge in January our biggest concern was that not enough developers decide to participate. Instead we had a much tougher problem – how to decide on the winner. In the end we had to pick … Continue reading
It’s a boy!… erm, widget! Beta testers wanted
In the spirit of releasing stuff earlier rather than later let me introduce a little something we’ve cooked up – a Flattr widget for your website. The idea with the widget was to make it possible to show your supporters, … Continue reading
Turn ad blockers into supporters – lesson from AlternativeTo
Ad blockers are a blessing for web surfers and a curse to website owners as it cuts down their ability to earn money from visitors taking advantage of their (hopefully) great content. AlternativeTo has found a very intriguing solution to … Continue reading
Developer Challenge – rounding up the submissions
Sunday midnight saw the deadline of our Developer Challenge. After gazing into the middle distance for about 30 seconds we decided to change the rules just a tiny bit and give all the teams an extra week to improve, polish, … Continue reading
What’s hidden in our newsletter header picture?
Yesterday I sent out our monthly newsletter that featured a header picture made up of a lot of logos, one scantily clad lady, one cute panda, and a gang of politicians wearing the Anonymous mask. 10 points if you recognized … Continue reading
Flattr subscriptions and Popularity Dance
One of the lesser known features of Flattr is the ability to subscribe to a Thing. It’s a simple way of donating to something over a longer period of time without having to remember to do it manually. It’s great … Continue reading
6 days left in our Dev Challenge!
When we announced the Developer Challenge a month ago we weren’t sure how much and what type of entries we would get. So happy to see that so far quite a few individual developers and teams have sent in their … Continue reading
Stop greedy entertainment industry profiting from you
When I re-read Peter Sunde’s blogpost “Maintain. Hardline. Kopimi.” this morning then something he says at the very end strikes a chord with me personally but also with Flattr “’cause that’s what we do”. Today I urge everyone to make … Continue reading
