First Twitter cookbook
10-10-2010
Almost every day the Irish home cook Maureen Evans publishes a recipe on her twitter account @cookbook. Evans currently has just over 35,000 followers to try her recipes at home. Because the messages on twitter may only be 140 characters long Evans uses abbreviations. Thus s + p for salt and pepper. The dishes Evans publishes vary from noodles to biscotti.
Twiner at Xanders Bazar
7-10-2010
Xanders Bazaar Winebar and Kitchen, located in Zwolle (The Netherlands), started a Twitterconcept called Twiner, which stands for Twitter, diner and wine. Every 2 weeks, this restaurant acts as a meeting place for 13 Tweeps. During a Twiner-evening, a three-course diner costs € 24,50, excluding the wine.
Partytweet is hot
6-10-2010
Partytweet.nl is where social media and parties come together. This website gathers all photo’s and tweets of different parties. The agenda shows the planned parties and where you can meet your friends.
Pay fast and easy with a tweet
6-10-2010
Several e-papers can be paid by a simple tweet. Send a tweet to create publicity!
Co-lunching
3-10-2010
Colunching is an idea developed by a young entrepreneur of Essezed Communication. Colunching is making a lunch-appointment with friends and their freinds on Facebook. This makes your virtual network more real. This concept is unique, because you select your lunchmates based on shared interests, work, culture etc.
Absolut GLIMMEr
1-10-2010
The Absolut GLIMMER is this years’ limited edition. The bottle is covered with a crystal pattern and inspired by the idea of ‘making the present exceptional’. Through Facebook, consumers can win a pre-party.
Snakes and Lattes
17-9-2010
The café Snakes & Lattes in Toronto offers its customers a choice of 1,500 board games. It wants to increase the personal interaction between customers in the bar. The cafe therefore has no wifi.
Like Facbook in real life
28-8-2010
On the three-day event Coca Cola Village in Israel, visitors wear RFID wristbands that are linked to their Facebook account. When they come out of a ride and they liked it the keep the bracelet in front of the ‘Like-box’ which automatically puts the message on Facebook.
Travel the world together
19-8-2010
The website Globetrooper enables adventurous people to meet companions for their journeys. Put your dream trip on the website and people can sign up for your trip or you can invite people. The trip can also be ranked by other users.
Carpool to concerts and festivals
18-8-2010
Festivals and concerts often create traffic jams and usually there are too few parking spaces. The “Ride here right now” website enables carpooling for the visitors.