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03/31/201903/31/2019 Geeky Swedes 3 Comments

Did you know we have a weekly email newsletter? Last week we discovered that an expired credit card (oops) led to the temporary suspension of the My Ballard newsletter, which […]

Comments are now for registered users only

12/17/201812/18/2018 Geeky Swedes 27 Comments

Well, we tried. Due to the incessant toxic comments from a very small number of users – this story put it over the top for us – we’ve switched comments […]

Ideas for improving comments?

05/25/201805/25/2018 Geeky Swedes 65 Comments

We’ve tried LOTS of different approaches to comments on My Ballard over the years. We began with open comments, then switched to Disqus, then switched to Facebook comments (backlash!), then […]

Introducing Ballard’s best restaurants and a neighborhood guide

01/24/201801/24/2018 Geeky Swedes 9 Comments

Since the redesign in November, we’ve been working to add new goodies to My Ballard. Here are a few of the recent additions: We brought back the Ballard restaurants section […]

Our most memorable stories on My Ballard’s 10th anniversary

12/11/201712/11/2017 Geeky Swedes 5 Comments

A decade ago, we were new to the neighborhood and inspired by the West Seattle Blog and Capitol Hill Seattle Blog. So we decided to start a blog for Ballard, […]

After nearly 10 years on the web, My Ballard relaunches with new look

11/26/201711/26/2017 Geeky Swedes 4 Comments

The 10th anniversary of My Ballard is coming next month (can you believe it?), and other than making us feel old, it made us realize the site was long overdue […]

Highlights from the new Ballard forum

01/26/201401/26/2014 Geeky Swedes 1 Comment

Since we launched the new My Ballard forum and classifieds a couple weeks ago, over 250 neighbors have registered, publishing nearly 1,000 posts. It’s a great place to share observations, […]

Comments are now open to everyone

01/21/201401/21/2014 Geeky Swedes 12 Comments

After an overwhelmingly positive response to our question, we’ve made a change so anyone can leave a comment without a Facebook account. However, that means you’ll need to register first […]

Improving My Ballard comments with Facebook

06/21/201106/22/2011 Geeky Swedes 1 Comment

Since My Ballard began in December 2007, we’ve worked hard at keeping the site open, inclusive and community friendly. Through your comments, forum posts, emails, Facebook posts and tweets, you’ve […]

Introducing deals from North Seattle neighborhoods

10/05/201010/05/2010 Geeky Swedes 3 Comments

There are a lot of coupon and deals sites popping up in Seattle, but they’re mostly run by out-of-town businesses and focused on the entire metro area. After hearing some […]

Improvements to My Ballard’s comment system

08/06/201008/06/2010 Geeky Swedes 47 Comments

A couple weeks ago, we asked folks in the forum for feedback on My Ballard’s comment system. Many of you asked that we allow users to help moderate comments, as […]

New features on My Ballard

07/26/201007/26/2010 Geeky Swedes 18 Comments

We added a few new features here on My Ballard over the weekend, which you can visit via the navigation at the top of the page: Events: We’ve added a […]

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