Archive for August, 2009

Chargers Fan On ESPN OTL!

Monday, August 10th, 2009


ESPN OTL examines the impact of Twitter on athletes

Towards the end of June, San Diego Chargers All-Pro linebacker Shawne Merriman was the guest celebrity for a tweetup that took place at a trendy nightclub in downtown San Diego. ESPN had a film crew there to capture part of the action. This past Friday the ESPN show Outside the Lines aired a segment, Twitter & Athletes (embedded above) which includes some of the footage from that tweetup with Merriman and interviewer Jennifer Van Grove. I was in the VIP section courtesy of the fabulous Jenn, so when the cameras were on the audience, I was right up front when I appear in the clip at around the 1:50 minute mark. Nice!

Twitter Is Down: Alternative Things To Do

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Twitter Status
Screen capture from the Twitter Status Blog

Alternative Things To Do:

1. Talk about Twitter being down on FriendFeed
2. Talk about Twitter being down on Facebook
3. Talk about Twitter being down over IM
4. Leave a comment on a blog post about Twitter being down
5. Talk about Twitter being down via text message
6. Talk about Twitter being down over email
7. Tip BinaryWolf that Twitter is down
8. Write your own blog post about Twitter being down
9. Talk about Twitter being down on Plurk
10. Talk about Twitter being down on Identi.ca
11. Talk about Twitter being down internally on Yammer
12. Think about Twitter being down
13. Call an actual friend to talk about Twitter being down
14. Invite an actual friend over to talk about Twitter being down
15. Go outside

(via @techcrunch)

Greg Grunberg Promotes Yowza in San Diego

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Greg Grunberg
Greg Grunberg using his iPhone to follow me (@binarywolf) on twitter

Actor Greg Grunberg (Heroes, Alias, Felicity) appeared at Rubio’s Fashion Valley mall location in San Diego last Thursday. He was in town to promote his new Yowza application – a mobile coupon app that searches out local deals based on your current location. Greg and Rubio’s spread the word about the event via Twitter and Facebook. A good sized crowd turned out including a few news people, hanging around Rubio’s for chance to talk with Greg and snap some pictures.