On some sites, when you see a story you like you can vote for it. And this creates a “most popular” ranking. We’ve decided to take community voting a step further.

Now, when you are moved by a story you can Meme-It!

Meme-It lets you vote for stories based on how you reacted to them. Users can choose from six emotional descriptors by clicking on the Meme-It icon, which is a small graphic based on the smiley. The six descriptors are “insightful,” “tragic,” “humorous,” “uplifting,” “enlightening,” and “just weird.”

Then, on our DailyWe section, you can look at the top stories for each emotional category. For example, you can find the most enlightening stories or the most tragic stories of the day. We think putting the news in better context is always a good thing.

In addition, we’ve made two other enhancements to the site:

• We’ve launched video stories, which can be found across our category pages.
• In the email version of DailyMe (HTML only), you’ll find a redesign that includes better navigation and more content. If you aren’t getting daily emails, go to Edit Settings (link in upper right navigation) and click on Set Delivery to arrange for email delivery on the schedule your prefer.

As always, please try our new features and let us know what you think.

- Neil

We are just days away from our Official Launch Party this Saturday. After MANY discussions and negotiations over the blue and green frosting for our designer cupcakes, I think we are finally good to go!

The entire DailyMe team will be there along with Pete Cashmore and Karen Hartline from Mashable who are co-hosting the event with us. If you have not yet gotten your tickets, there are still some available via Eventbrite.

- Lisa

Mark your calendars – the DailyMe Official Launch Party is right around the corner. We will be hosting our party along with Mashable as part of their SummerMash Miami event. So come enjoy a night of cocktails, hors d‘oeuvres, and maybe even a little dancing?

Saturday, August 2, 2008, 7:00 PM
Opium Garden
136 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, Florida

Tickets are limited and have just been released on Eventbrite.

DailyMe also will be giving away 10 tickets to the party to our users. To enter the giveaway, which will be a random drawing, all you need to do is complete our survey about the new DailyMe. Send your name and email address to jennifer [at] DailyMe.com and we'll send you a link to the survey.

We are looking forward to meeting everyone & toasting this milestone!


- Lisa

Thanks for giving us yet another reason to celebrate this week. Happy Birthday & many, many, many more!!

- DailyMe North & DailyMe South

We’ve just thrown the switch on the next step in the evolution of DailyMe – our DailyMe.com news destination.

This user-centric web destination brings the DailyMe experience to an even broader audience through three distinct editions:

• DailyMe, our original, personalized service;
• DailyWe, where stories are ranked by the community; and
• Top News, selected by our DailyMe editorial team.

All three editions include the robust content, both licensed and user-generated, that users of our DailyMe service have enjoyed for some time. They also bring together many of the technology components we’ve built: our personalization application, delivery platform, advanced news search, rules and processes for importing and classifying content, and RSS feeds. And, of course, users can continue to read licensed news stories without ever leaving DailyMe.

The three editions can be selected via tabs on the DailyMe homepage, where Top News will be the default. (Of course, existing users will continue to receive their DailyMe personalized edition without interruption across all delivery options.)

We’ve been working on this launch for some time and are very excited about the new site. So please test out our new editions and do let us know how you like them.

- Eduardo