Hey all -- We just recovered from a couple hours of downtime. It wasn't too fun, for you or for me. The database that was holding each set's words and definitions had been crashing for the past few days, causing daily downtime (ack!). So tonight I decided just repairing it each time wouldn't do, so…

I just built this super cool system for translating Quizlet's interface into different languages. You can already use Quizlet to type in data in other languages, but this will actually translate Quizlet's English interface (the navigation, the instructions, etc.) into other languages. It's ready to…

Hey everyone. Sorry for the rough stretch today. I just got Quizlet back up after some pretty heinous downtime. Everything should be 100% back to normal, and none of your data should be lost. Feel free to moan in the comments. UPDATE: Some users have reported finding their groups deleted. I've track…

I'm super excited to announce that I've launched forums on Quizlet. I announced my intention to build them back in March, but never got around to finessing the administration parts of it until recently. Why forums? Because they're oh-so-useful. They can provide communication in a way that discussion…

Hey everyone. I'm back! And guess what today is? .... Quizlet's birthday! Quizlet launched to the world on January 17, 2007. And I'm very proud to say Quizlet surpassed 100,000 registered users a week before turning one. I've been working on a new version of the Learn mode for quite a while now, an…

Hey y'all - it's been awhile. I don't have any new features to announce tonight, but I'd just like to take this time to keep you in the loop about what's going on inside Quizlet right now. In the past few weeks - especially the past few days - Quizlet has become intolerably slow at times. The servic…

I'm back in California, after spending the earlier half of this week visiting colleges in Boston. I fortuitously arrived in Boston only several hours before the Red Sox won Game 7 and clinched their spot in the World Series, so my MIT hosts had plenty to be happy about. The best way to celebrate th…

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…

It's one of those days when I release a bunch of cool stuff! But before I blow you away, let me remind you that I'm still soliciting donations for the Quizlet Queries for Quid school supply program. We need your help to make it actually happen! The vocabulary cartoon book proposal is about to expire…

I've been noticing something lately, and it's been in the back of my mind long enough to write a blog post about: The more my programming and general computer skills advance, the further from an "average" user my perspective becomes. In other words, my spectacular computer talents give me…

Woo! It took just 252 days for Quizlet to reach the 50,000 users. I couldn't be happier with the road Quizlet has taken up to here, and I'm glad to share this moment with all of you! Thanks to everyone who has told their friends and colleagues about Quizlet. I couldn't have done it without you!

Hey all, I just got Quizlet back online after an annoyingly long stretch of time - it was about 10 hours long. I hit a hard disk space wall, which is the same problem I had last time (the only other time) Quizlet went down. I want to extend a sincere apology to all of you who tried to use Quizlet to…

My new buddies! (I've got the helmet)Hello Quizlet! It's been awhile, hasn't it? I've had a busy summer, and I thought you might like to hear about it. :) I had the great opportunity to spend 2 months volunteering for AmeriCorps and the Student Conservation Association. It was the best way I could…

There's no better place to relax than in the grass...This is me with SCA people and pirate facepaint. Yar!Hiya everyone. Today was the last day of school for me, so yippee! Junior year was hard, and now it's done... And now, like I said in the last post, I'm taking off. In exactly seven hours, I'll…

Summer is coming! It's getting warmer every day. The hellish descent into finals week is getting closer. And with the end of finals comes the joy that is summer vacation. Yes! Before I get into how awesome that is, let me just quickly note that the messages page has been updated to allow viewing of…

Hey all. It's been awhile since I last posted - sorry about that. Just want to give a status update... Perhaps you've been noticing some intermittent slowness when using Quizlet. I've been noticing it too - 30 second load times for each page are no fun. Sometimes it's nice and snappy, sometimes it's…

I just made some great updates to the Quizmarklet. Here's what it can now do: User-contributed definitions. Before, it was just using the (excellent) WordNet dictionary, but I have now expanded it to use the ever-expanding word lists from Quizlet's users. It only uses words that are in sets open to…

Good morning! It's been a rough day, with Quizlet experiencing its first major downtime ever. Quizlet is now back and rolling as normal. I believe the problem started around 6 AM, and has just been resolved at 12:45 PM. My sincerest apologies go out to everyone who couldn't use Quizlet this morning.…

How often do you crack open a dictionary when you see a word you don't know? Probably never. So, what can Quizlet do about that? More than you can possibly imagine. Muahahaa Friends, meet the awesome that is THE QUIZMARKLET: (to clarify, 'awesome' is a noun in colloquial teenage slang these days) (…

This past week I've been working on a lot of little things, fixing bugs and tweaking some text stuff. Thanks to everyone who has sent in bug reports - they've been very very helpful. But I'd like to take the opportunity to give a quick demonstration of a new game I'm working on for Quizlet - codenam…