diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
index a490b53df..0eabddf39 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     .right
       %ul#landing_nav
         %li= link_to '@joindiaspora', "http://twitter.com/joindiaspora"
-        %li= link_to t('.developers'), "https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora"
+        %li= link_to 'github', "https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora"
+        %li= link_to 'blog', 'http://blog.joindiaspora.com/' 
         %li= link_to t('.login'), new_user_session_path, :class => 'login'
 
   - else
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index d737c7ba2..e742947cd 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@
         .brandon= t('.powered_by')
         %ul#footer_nav
           %li= link_to '@joindiaspora', "http://twitter.com/joindiaspora"
-          %li= link_to t('layouts.header.developers'), "https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora"
+          %li= link_to 'github', "https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora"
+          %li= link_to 'blog', "http://blog.joindiaspora.com"
 
     :javascript    
         var is_ssl = ("https:" == document.location.protocol);