Great news, Tom Werner has announced that the new incarnation Gravatar will be released next month:

The wait for Gravatar 2.0 is almost over. The new site will be released in early February with an all new interface and some great new functionality.

He’s started a blog on the Gravatar site to keep us all updated on the progress. Thanks Tom!

Oh and for those who had a What the? moment with the heading of this post, Gravatar = Globally Recognized Avatar. It’s what provides the images next to people’s comments on this blog (if they’ve set one up) using ZenPax’s Gravatars2 plugin.