Well we just had our bit April Fools Day prank. You can find the mission at http://www.dailymission.com/mission/24b53/Never-Gonna/ The rundown is this: we created a mission offering up a $50,000 award and then took away the ability to compete. Ok, so not the most inventive thing ever, but give us a break! It was our first attempt and we didn't have time to do any elaborate coding like other sites. I can safely say that we got at least a handful of people with it. I got a few frantic emails and IMs along the lines of, "OMG I CAN'T PARTICIPATE FIX IT QUICK CUZ I HAVE A GOOD ONE I WILL WIN!"
So that's April Fools. The big news is that we're working on a new layout. We've finally found a graphic designer that "gets us." He understand what DM is going to be and he is leading the way in the design. It's great to work with a professional that doesn't need his hand held and to be told what to do every step of the way.
The redesign should launch sometime in the middle of April. Phil is heading upmost of the redesign. Since my wife had a baby 2 weeks ago it's been not-so-easy to get the time I need. Plus, this is one of those deals where too many cooks in the kitchen would mean disaster. At least that's what I tell myself so to not feel bad about not helping Phil with the coding in this round!
Look for the new version soon. I'll blog about it to let you know when it's done.
Cheers
-eli