It's a look into the future!

Wanna be on the cutting edge bleeding edge with your blog? Take a look at what might be coming in the future? Well, sometimes we have rough sketches we want you to see, that we use to collect feedback and help shape the work we’re doing. Trying out beta versions of our work in progress is easy.

On Vox, we’ve got a new help page that talks about the Beta setting for your account. In short, you can check the “Vox Beta” box in your account settings (scroll to the bottom) and try out new features we’re experimenting with, like the Control Strip. There’s more info over on Team Vox if you’re interested.

And on LiveJournal, our beta server allows our staff and support volunteers to preview upcoming releases and offer feedback. They catch any last-minute problems or concerns before we roll new code out to the entire site. Interested in beta testing new features on LiveJournal? Join the Support team — volunteers who’ve been around for a while get access to sneak previews of all our releases. It’s just one of those little perks that comes with helping the community.

And keep your eyes peeled, Movable Type fans — the daily builds on code.sixapart.com have been quiet as we’ve been deep in planning mode on the Athena project, but once there’s new code to share with the world, it’ll show up on the public code repository first.