Blogsmith CodeJam (number 7, btw) rolls on. The hotel we're at is great, much much more functional than our previous trips.

Found this picture on the blogorlando flickr stream (chris's, I think?). That's us launching Engadget HD while sitting in on one of the presentations. I'm not sure why Gavin's so sad. I think he was hoping to see Ryan Block's hat as one of the contest prizes.

Links:

• Testing out PRLeap.com - Our exploration of SEO/promotion continues.. Anyone have any clever ideas to share?
  
• TV Squad starts a Vodcast - Jeff Spicoli is going to play Einstien... sigh
  
• 6 ways to fix a Confused Information Architecture - Alert box, take it as you will.
• Free UCF Tickets For Southern Miss - Purchase a UCF/Southern Miss football ticket for tonight, enter "WINUCF" for the special code.
• It's somebody's birthday. - Or.... is it? Happy Birthday Gavin!

Tags, clouds, voting OH MY!

After a fairly late night yesterday, we launched the newest incarnation of Engadget this morning. Check it out. There's still a ton of work to be done, and plenty of tweaks to be made. The idea was to get as close as we could in the time we had, and then put it out there. We'll listen to the community and build up from there.

The comment structure is a different one, in my opinion, it's kinda neat. Basically, the idea was to watch how Engadget users were using the site and kind of bring that work flow up to speed. The challenge was to try to find a hybrid approach between the flat discussion format thats used throughout the blogosphere, and the threaded conversation models present on forums. What we came up with is something Gavin affectionately calls "Hyperthreading". It's flat, but with references to the things they're in reply to. You can then choose to view these inline, you can tear the thread off into a new page (and subscribe to it via RSS), or you can continue to skim the conversation flat style like you're used to (and many seem to prefer). It's a bit different, but if you want to innovate, you have to be bold and try things.

Let us know your thoughts.. We're open and willing to adjust things (and expecting to!)