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Quizlet celebrates its second birthday!

It’s been a full two years since I first had my little “inventor’s moment.” I was pacing around my living room, having my dad call out vocabulary words and responding with their definitions. It was an inefficient and tedious. It hit me that I could make the process more fun and much faster by creating a computer program to replace my dad. So I built a prototype. It worked beautifully, so I passed it around to a few friends, and soon enough I was spending all my free time building the site.

Fast forward two years, and Quizlet is a worldwide operation. More than two million terms have been entered and studied on Quizlet. Right now there are 61,763 registered users. I find it hard to wrap my head around that number. If all the Quizlet users got together, we’d fill Yankee Stadium and still have a few thousand people left over. And on recent weekdays, close to 1,000 people have been signing up per day. That’s like my entire high school registering itself every day.

So to celebrate Quizlet’s birthday, I added an oft-requested feature to the site: online status. If you’ve been on Quizlet in the last five minutes, a little “on” icon will appear next to your username on these pages: Dashboard, Group, Private Messages, and Set pages. Here is what it looks like: Online now. If you’re offline, no icon will appear.

If you would prefer not to show your status, I’ve added an option to the Preferences page. If you uncheck the “Show online indicator” box, no one will ever be able to see whether you are online or not. By the way, you can always access this page by looking in the top-right corner of the page for the “(prefs)” link.

And unrelatedly…

On Sunday I’m taking off for a college visit to MIT and Harvard. My first application (MIT early action) is due in 13 days! I’ll be getting an inside peek at the two schools, as I’ll be staying with current students and attending classes. If anyone is in the Boston area and wants to meet up (i.e. show a California kid around!), send me a message! I fly back Wednesday, so it’s not a big time window…

Lastly, together we’ve raised $510 for school supplies with the Quizlet Queries for Quid program. It’s a decent sum, but I know we can do better. So don’t hesitate to donate right here, right now.

Unfortunately, one of the proposals (the one to give vocabulary cartoon books to students in Chicago) has expired because it didn’t get funded in time. People who have already donated should now have the option of redirecting their funding to other proposals. To replace that one, I’ve added a great new one that will buy the world’s greatest game for different students in Chicago.

Also, the proposal to buy an LCD projector for a school in Mississippi (the proposal closest to my heart, and the one to which I donated $400), only has 18 days left to raise $911! If we all work together I have no doubt that we can pull that together. If you’re a student and don’t have a credit card, ask your parents if they can help you out. Any donation, no matter how small, helps a lot!

Thank you, everyone. Quizlet is the greatest adventure I’ve ever been on, and you’re all a part of it!

This entry was posted on Friday, October 19th, 2007 at 11:31 pm by Andrew and is filed under General, New Features, Quizlet Queries for Quid. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

89 Responses to “Quizlet celebrates its second birthday!”

  1. October 20th, 2007 at 4:59 am Ann:

    Happy Birthday, Quizlet!

    I can’t wait to see where it will go next.
    I’m so pleased to be a part of it!

  2. October 20th, 2007 at 5:43 am Paul:

    I know these have probably been said like a thousand times, but these are two features that would really make Quizlet a much more useful tool for me and many others.

    1. The addition of categories and rearranging. It would make life so much easier if you could put your sets in categories in your dashboard. It would also be great to be able to rearrange the order sets are in on your dashboard.

    2. Being able to remove cards in “Familiarize” part of studying would be great. I mean to be able to take out the cards you get right.

    Just suggestions, but we’d really appreciate them.
    Thanks!

  3. October 20th, 2007 at 6:20 am BananaizaFunnyFruit:

    The online status things are so cool!
    I’m trying to get my parents to donate for the quizlet queries for quid, and i think i may be able to donate within the next week!
    good luck and happy birthday!

  4. October 20th, 2007 at 9:21 am Grant:

    Happy Birthday to you…
    Happy Birthday to you…
    Happy Birthday dear Quizlet…

    Why am I singing happy birthday for a website?
    O.o

    Online status! Great! It’s nice to know that Quizlet is constantly updating.

  5. October 20th, 2007 at 11:05 am a_monkey:

    andrew thank you for putting the ON switch on because it tells you whos on THANK YOU

    GO QUIZLET LET THIS BIRTHDAY BE YOUR BEST
    andrew could you like make a little logo telling people its your birthday?

  6. October 20th, 2007 at 12:57 pm Lucy:

    Happy Birthday

    I am a new member and i already love quizlet. My scores have improved and all my friends have them. we talk and do homework.

    i can’t wait to see what will happen next!!!

  7. October 20th, 2007 at 5:00 pm lisette:

    happy bday
    thank you
    i’m so glad quizlet has been saving our hands (and our paper) for two years! yay!

  8. October 20th, 2007 at 9:50 pm Andrew:

    @Paul: Noted. Those are definitely good suggestions and they’re worth implementing.

    @BananaizaFunnyFruit: Nice work. Thank you!

    @Ann, Grant, a_monkey, Lucy, lisette: It’s really nice to see your warm fuzzies :) Thanks!

  9. October 21st, 2007 at 5:08 am Xatu:

    congrats on the college thing!!!

  10. October 21st, 2007 at 8:02 am Margaret:

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, QUIZLET!!

  11. October 21st, 2007 at 6:43 pm acbulldog57:

    Happy Birthday Quizlet!
    :-)
    Andrew, keep up the good work! Also good luck and congratulations on college visits!

  12. October 21st, 2007 at 6:45 pm Grant:

    About the PM system…

    It might be useful to put enable a title feature, as often the first couple letters in a PM don’t give you any idea of what the message contains.

  13. October 21st, 2007 at 7:07 pm BananaizaFunnyFruit:

    awesome the new modes for the sets are so cool i can’t wait to try them out :!: :cool:

  14. October 21st, 2007 at 7:09 pm BananaizaFunnyFruit:

    …how do i enter images:?:

  15. October 21st, 2007 at 7:20 pm Grant:

    I don’t think that’s a feature, currently.

    Though it’s been asked for several times.

  16. October 21st, 2007 at 7:21 pm Grant:

    It might work to allow the <img src= code in the term.

    Though there would have to be a filter to stop malicious coding… Maybe only .png/.jpeg/.gif formats?

    I have no idea if this would be possible, and an image scaling system would have to be implemented…

  17. October 22nd, 2007 at 6:49 am Anonymous:

    :!

  18. October 22nd, 2007 at 7:06 am bArReL rAcIn RoKs!:

    hApPy BiRtHdAy QuIzLeT!

  19. October 22nd, 2007 at 10:27 am Anonymous:

    Happy Birthday and Congratulations!

    You have done a great job.

    I am not sure were to post this:
    Will you add more alphabets, like those that write from left to write?

  20. October 22nd, 2007 at 3:14 pm Anonymous:

    hppy b-day

  21. October 22nd, 2007 at 3:54 pm Anonymous:

    happy b-day to u

  22. October 22nd, 2007 at 3:54 pm alex:

    I love quizlet

  23. October 22nd, 2007 at 5:05 pm BananaizaFunnyFruit:

    hmmm… thnks grant..
    but i tried .jpeg and it didnt work :(
    well, nm its gone now i think it was only there for a lil bit.
    thnks anyway :lol:

  24. October 23rd, 2007 at 8:39 am tcchsgirl33804:

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUIZLET
    i wonder where we will be going next ior i guess we will stay in the same spot as we are now.
    I love you quizlet.

  25. October 23rd, 2007 at 12:49 pm Anonymous:

    Happy birthday from DAN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL

  26. October 23rd, 2007 at 2:30 pm neverendingpi:

    …I wish it was my birthday

  27. October 23rd, 2007 at 4:43 pm firey-fun:

    happy b day i wish you a happy one

  28. October 23rd, 2007 at 4:46 pm firey-fun:

    happy brth day toyou happy brith day to you happy brithday dear quizlet happy brith day to you and many more on chanel four and scoobydo on chanel two:);)

  29. October 23rd, 2007 at 5:12 pm firey-fun:

    HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPYYYYYY BBBBBBBBBBB-DDDAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!:)

  30. October 23rd, 2007 at 5:43 pm munchkin:

    Happy B-day Quizlet! I wish I could do as much for you as you did for me!;););););)

  31. October 23rd, 2007 at 6:22 pm rachel:

    happy b-day quizlet lol its amazzzing!!!!

  32. October 23rd, 2007 at 7:22 pm ribymi:

    SWEET its my mom’s birthday too

  33. October 23rd, 2007 at 9:56 pm Ryan:

    Everyone else focuses in on quizlets ‘birthday’, but as another high school student, I would like to comment on my jealousy. I can’t find time to code at all, let alone and get ‘MIT grades’!

    Are you sending code samples with your ED MIT app? Or just a link to quizlet? ;)

    Good Luck with everything Andrew

    -Ryan

  34. October 24th, 2007 at 2:40 pm Becca:

    WoW! this site is amazing!
    thank you Andrew! keep
    up the good work! :)

  35. October 24th, 2007 at 11:45 pm TK Noodles:

    Happy BDAY TO QUIZLET!!!

    :)

    I think I am going to cry… T~T

    Congratulations on the college thing Andrew!!! :)

  36. October 24th, 2007 at 11:48 pm BNB222SG:

    yppah yadhtrib telziuq!!!!

    Read it backwards….

    i wish i can be as smart as you andrew to create these kind s of stuff… ;) ;) ;) ;)

  37. October 25th, 2007 at 1:26 pm arrsuhnal95:

    happy b-day quizlet
    hope there will be more koolio things on this website!!:)

  38. October 25th, 2007 at 3:30 pm goats-girl:

    happy b-day hope you have a lot more fun for the year and all the years to come:)

  39. October 25th, 2007 at 3:31 pm goats-girl:

    :) :)

  40. October 25th, 2007 at 3:43 pm Grant:

    Hey! I was wondering if there are any Greasemonkey scripts for Weebly?

    (mainly disabling the chat for yourself so you don’t slack off while visiting your group page, but without annoying everyone else?)

  41. October 25th, 2007 at 4:59 pm Yo:

    koolio

  42. October 25th, 2007 at 9:36 pm Mario (super 64):

    :D I love you quizlet! Thanks for everything!
    English grade: 94% –> 97%
    Thanks Quizlet! :D

  43. October 26th, 2007 at 1:51 pm firey-fun:

    :):):):):) happy b-day i just cant stop telling every one he he he he he :):):):):):)

  44. October 26th, 2007 at 7:48 pm jessica:

    hiiii rock on quizlet you are smarter than all the teachers put together you rule

  45. October 27th, 2007 at 8:39 am footballdudet:

    whuz up quizlet!!!!! I absolutely luuuv your site. It rox!!!

  46. October 27th, 2007 at 3:35 pm turtle1222:

    thanx quizlet!! u have helped me and my class study 4 EVERYTHING, from geometry 2 spanish 2 science.

  47. October 27th, 2007 at 7:36 pm firey-fun:

    happy brith day even thouth tons of peaple alread told you o well i’ll send it any way :):):):):):):)

  48. October 28th, 2007 at 10:13 am pinkluver16:

    congrtas!

  49. October 29th, 2007 at 8:37 am firey-fun:

    i have sent you tons of mesages o well no one cares:!:

  50. October 29th, 2007 at 5:03 pm Patrck:

    COOL!!!!!

  51. October 29th, 2007 at 6:11 pm Elizabeth:

    Happy Belated Birthday!

  52. October 30th, 2007 at 3:01 pm CaRoLiNe***:

    Hey! AWESOME job! I love quizlet and have a HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY! Hope u have fun! THANX SO MUCH 4 MAKIN QUIZLET I LOVE IT AND SO DO MY FRNDS! THANX
    hUgS

  53. October 31st, 2007 at 7:44 am TayTay:

    whooo go quizlet ur 2 years old such and accopmlishment :)

  54. November 1st, 2007 at 7:22 am Wyatt Stein:

    That is Awesome, but who cares about that in till it’s old (10-20). :()

  55. November 2nd, 2007 at 3:19 am ms:

    Happy delayed Birthday! That is so cool. Happy delayed Halloween, also! Quizlet is AWESOME because I don’t have to make flashcards anymore. Anyway, HAPPY B-DAY!!!!
    :)

  56. November 2nd, 2007 at 6:17 am PandazRule:

    i just entered and i just read that it was that second birthday of quizlet so… HAPPY SECOND BIRTDAY QUIZLET! .:-:. (random dots)

  57. November 2nd, 2007 at 6:19 am PandazRule:

    oh and it’s not really 6:17, i just live in a different time zone

  58. November 2nd, 2007 at 6:20 am PandazRule:

    :P

  59. November 3rd, 2007 at 6:34 am Anonymous:

    Happy b-day quizlet!!! u rock!!

  60. November 3rd, 2007 at 3:14 pm missyc:

    Happy B-Day Quizlet! You Are Cool!!!!

  61. November 5th, 2007 at 7:08 am Tommy:

    Happy birthday
    You are getting to be a grown up now you are what an accomplishment!!!!!!!!!!!

  62. November 6th, 2007 at 12:41 am Yazza:

    YAY!!
    Happy Birthday Quizlet!
    And created by a person our age(teenager)lol!!
    Great work it’s soooo handy, very smart invention!
    Thanks!
    :D

  63. November 6th, 2007 at 12:41 am Yazza:

    ;D

  64. November 6th, 2007 at 6:24 pm PandasRule:

    Quizlet rocks! you rock! Ur awesome! :cool:

  65. November 10th, 2007 at 11:33 am kmarieo13:

    good job Andrew! I just LUV Quizlet

  66. November 11th, 2007 at 4:32 pm tpatek:

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUIZLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    QUIZLET ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    GREAT JOB ANDREW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    YOU’RE A GENIUS!

  67. November 11th, 2007 at 5:07 pm ChEmWen:

    man, happy birthday! I could never figure out how to make a website, seems so complicated. well you rock and happy b day!

  68. November 11th, 2007 at 6:21 pm Jake:

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

  69. November 11th, 2007 at 8:27 pm Anonymous:

    happy birthday

  70. November 12th, 2007 at 11:20 am zumiezchick:

    happy birthday yays for you!!!!

  71. November 12th, 2007 at 5:37 pm pudding monkey:

    happy late birthday
    happy birthday to you,
    happy birthday to you!
    Yay! Funky monkeys

  72. November 12th, 2007 at 7:35 pm Anonymous:

    quizlet is :cool: quizlet is one of my most favorite websites :mrgreen:

  73. November 14th, 2007 at 7:01 am KKK:

    Quizlet is AMAZING!!! :)

  74. November 14th, 2007 at 7:03 am KKK:

    This is one of my most favorite webstites too! :)

  75. November 14th, 2007 at 2:22 pm CAPSLOCKSOMUCHFUN4U:

    CAPS LOCK’S SO MUCH FUN 4 U :)
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)
    QUIZLET ROCKS! :)

  76. November 16th, 2007 at 3:46 pm britt362:

    hay andrew thanks for making quizlet can u put like a icons list so people will know all the smiley faces

  77. November 16th, 2007 at 3:47 pm britt362:

    happy b-day quizlet

  78. November 16th, 2007 at 4:50 pm ?:

    yaya for quizlet

  79. November 16th, 2007 at 5:33 pm allie:

    Happy Birthday Quizlet! Does anyone know any other faces besides these? :? :) :( :twisted: :mrgreen: :P :D :O ;) :cool: :lol: :?: :!:

  80. November 18th, 2007 at 6:31 am Anonymous:

    :shock: i am in shock that quizlet is such a good sight me and my friends think taht quizlet rocks

  81. November 18th, 2007 at 7:44 am allie:

    thanks anonymous thats a cool one! :shock: does anybody else know some?

  82. November 18th, 2007 at 2:42 pm jessica:

    :oops: did i do somethin wrong/

  83. November 19th, 2007 at 11:09 am allie:

    fantabulous jessica! :oops: that one is awesome

  84. November 19th, 2007 at 6:01 pm Hunter:

    Cool. I think it’s a nice site, and it will be cool when it’s 5 years old!

  85. November 19th, 2007 at 6:01 pm Hunter:

    :D

  86. November 21st, 2007 at 10:15 am LILLY:

    Cogratulations Quizlet!!!!!!!
    I am so excited to be a member on this website!It’s amazing………………=)

    Sincerely,
    Lilly

  87. November 22nd, 2007 at 5:10 pm hamster101:

    happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  88. November 27th, 2007 at 1:39 pm Anonymous:

    happy b day i did nt know quiz let had been here this long

  89. November 30th, 2007 at 10:03 am Nicole L:

    happy birthday quizlet my birthday is Nov. 2nd YAY!!!!!!!

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