We’re constantly searching the globe for talented developers to join our crew here at IntenseDebate. Drum roll please…

Please meet the newest rockstar to join our crew here at IntenseDebate, Mehmet Alkanlar. New to Boulder, Colorado, Mehmet joins us from Izmir, Turkey and has some heavy PHP/MySQL experience under his belt.

Mehmet holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Montana State University. But there’s more to Mehmet than meets the eye. He’s a skydiver, windsurfer, and classical guitarist – that’s a pretty well rounded developer right there.

He’s been here a little over a week and his abilities are already blowing our minds. Currently he’s tackling some back-end projects but you can expect to see him flex his dev muscles with some shiny new features soon enough. Please drop Mehmet a line in the comment section below, and be sure to check out his profile to learn more about him. Oh and swing by his twitter profile – he’s brand new and trying to get the hang of it!

Stoked to have you on the team Mehmet!

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So Klondike is having this What Would You Do For a Klondike Bar? video contest where the winner gets $100K. Let’s face it, there’s no way you’re going to win that contest. But IntenseDebate is giving you the opportunity to still be a winner!

Introducing IntenseDebate’s What Would You Do For an IntenseDebate T-Shirt Comment Contest where the winner gets $100 NO!, $50 NO!, $25 NO!… to feed their ego and an IntenseDebate t-shirt.

The rules are simple: leave us a comment detailing what you would do for an IntenseDebate t-shirt and if it’s t-shirt worthy then it shall be yours! Seeing as this is the first batch of t’s, we’ve got a limited supply.

You don’t even want to know what these folks had to do to get a shirt…

Posted by Michael Koenig in News

We’ve been receiving reports of email notification inconsistencies. We’ve been experiencing this on our end as well. Rest assured that we’re on it. This will be fixed shortly. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

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The Fellas at IntenseDebate

Posted by Michael Koenig in News

IntenseDebate would like to congratulate Paul Kedrosky on receiving the Silver Medal for the best financial blog from Pensions & Investments. If you’re not familiar with Paul’s blog, Infectious Greed, be sure to check it out and subscribe. Check out the full story here.

Congrats Paul!

-The Fellas at IntenseDebate

Posted by Michael Koenig in News

We’re proud to announce the newest addition to the IntenseDebate crew, Austin Hallock. Austin joins us as a self-taught programmer from Arvada, Colorado. At just 16 years-of-age, Austin has already been involved in several web ventures. So far we’ve all been blown away by his hard work and motivation, and somehow he’s actually ahead of schedule! In fact, some upcoming features are the product of Austin’s coding muscle.

Yeah, he’s a bit of a rockstar prodigy. He just might be the LeBron James of developers…

Glad to have you Austin! Keep on kickin’ ass and takin’ names.

Posted by Michael Koenig in News