Wonder if I can keep this post to only 140 characters…
…nah.
Answers.com, or rather @AnswersDotCom, is hanging out with the Twitter community in Tel Aviv, sponsoring today’s 140 Characters Conference. The 140conf explores the ‘State of Now’ – a real-time look at real-time web. Speaking of real-time web – check out the conference live.
Bob Rosenschein spoke to the crowd on ‘Investing in the Real-Time Web’ earlier – take a peek (video to follow):
Bob Rosenschein addresses the audience at #140conf about sticking it out and evolving as a web start up.
Hearing from Jeff Pulver, the creator of the 140 Conference.
Answers.com is proud to sponsor the 140 Conference.
If you haven’t already read the TechCrunch article that leaked the story late yesterday, or the press release that went out this morning, well, that is why I am here to tell you about the new bird in town: the Answers.com Hoopoe.
It is a really cool project in the alpha stage. Tweet your question @AnswersDotCom and get a reply with a snippet of the answer and a link to the full page on Answers.com.
Pronunciation tip: Wondering how the chirp you’re supposed to pronounce Hoopoe? Have the following conversation out loud with yourself -
“Who goes there?”
“Edgar Allan Poe.”
Fun tip: Aside from tweeting the question with @AnswersDotCom, you can also use either #answersdotcom or #hoopoe in your tweet to get the same response.
Our very own Shaya (@pickleshy) is running around SXSW Interactive with tons of Answers.com gear to giveaway. If you’ve been answering @Answersdotcom‘s tweets and getting prizes for it, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t been – well, only 2.5 days left!
Shaya reported a bit on what she’s seeing and hearing at SXSW and here are a few snapshots to piece together… Oh, and the following statement that Shaya will have to explain at some point:
“Crowdsurfing sheep, flame-throwing buses, robots that play music, random random random (and ppl who call it stochasticity). Nearly saw a terrible rehashing of the super bowl Janet Jackson event during a slightly slutty soul sistas karaoke performance.”
Bag o’ giveaways in transit to Austin, Texas.
Getting the interactive on.
Lego A-burst!
Moose dude.
Answers.com sticker pole dance.
Sticker makes its mark.
The one and only Shaya!
Stay tuned for more tales from Texas later this week…
As folks from across the globe (!) gear up to arrive in Austin, Texas, this week for South by Southwest, Answers.com is packing its bags with goodies to give out during the SXSW Interactive conference, from March 12-16.
If you’re going to be attending the event, make sure to follow Answersdotcom on Twitter. When questions about SXSW are tweeted, reply to Answersdotcom with your answers and win a prize! You’ll get prize-pick up instructions and walk away the proud of owner of an Answers.com… well, why ruin the surprise?
Answers.com’s very own Shaya will be at SXSW Interactive too, so make sure to say hi. You can follow her at Pickleshy and get her perspective on the conference, too.
By the way, if you have been following @WikiAnswers on Twitter, you’ve been getting all kinds of updates and Q&As. If you want even more – including daily trivia – best to follow @AnswersDotCom, which is soon to become the main Twitter account for the world’s best answer engine.
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