If you'd like a "taste test" of Blog Riffer or TriggerNote, you can now download Lite versions of both over at the Gecko Tribe Nexus.

BlogRiffer/Lite is the RSS feed reader portion of Blog Riffer. The plugins have been removed, so it doesn't include the blogging and sharing features.

TriggerNote Lite is an introductory version...
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Version 1.6 of TriggerNote is ready for download. Along with one bug fix, this update adds several new Actions, Triggers and Recipes that can be used for parallax scrolling and other scroll-based animation effects.

Changes include:

Fixed a bug in the In-View Trigger that prevented it from responding to window resize events.

Added a Scroll/Resiz...
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Version 2.13.4 of BlogRiffer is ready to download. Changes in this update include:

Added a workaround for a HostGator security setting that was preventing BlogRiffer from publishing to WordPress and other blogs that use the MetaWeblog protocol. (More on that below).

The Blogger and Tumblr plugins now display a useful error message and instructions whe...
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A bug has been fixed in the YouTube plugin for CaRP Evolution. The new version is available for download. Find it under "CaRP Evolution / Individual Parts / Plugins", or in the full "CaRP Evolution 4 (with plugins)" archive.

This update fixes a bug that prevented the "use-https" setting from working. The purpose of this...
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Version 1.5 of our Website Interaction Engine, TriggerNote, is ready for download.

Along with a few bug fixes, this version gives you an additional way to control which TriggerSets are loaded on each page. Changes include:

Added a new Selector option that requires the Selector Group to be explicitly loaded on the page (more o...
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Our free Critical-Mass Blogging Teams got several upgrades yesterday, designed to increase activity and interaction between Team members.

Critical-Mass Blogging Teams offer bloggers a way to connect with like-minded bloggers and build relationships that naturally strengthen credibility, drive traffic, and aid content creation. There is no cost for the service.

Yesterdays upgrades included the addition...
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Version 2.13.3 of Blog Riffer is ready for download. This update fixes the following issues:

Fixes a bug that could prevent some scheduled Tweets from being edited or deleted if there was a scheduled background task in the database at the time of editing.

Fixed a bug in the URL shortening plugins that caused the...
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Version 1.4 of TriggerNote is ready for download. This update contains the following enhancements:

Statistical analysis of split test results so that you'll know when you've collected enough data to end a test. Stay tuned for a video where I'll show how common rules of thumb for deciding how long to run a test ca...
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Version 2.13.2 of Blog Riffer is ready for download.

This update contains the following changes:

Fixes a bug that could result in duplicate feed items being created for feeds where the item links were redirected.

Adds support for relative redirects.

Cosmetic improvements to many of the plugin control panels.

How to Upgrade

You may eith...
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Version 2.13 of BlogRiffer is ready for download.

This update makes Tweet scheduling easier by adding preset schedules, similar to Buffer and Hootsuite, but with one important difference, which I'll explain below. It's related to a Tweeting strategy my brother learned from his social media advisor. More on that in a minute.

First, here's a...
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