Wednesday’s meme of the day was sillyphobia, a revealing of a person’s strange fears. A quick search on the #sillyphobia hash reveals the originator to be a fellow #dmtweetup member, @Kathy_L. The scope of #sillyphobia was nothing like the reach of #mangavatar a few weeks ago, but it was certainly fun to track the topic.
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There’s much buzz around the Des Moines Twitter community about the brand hijacking of our beloved SmartyPig. SmartyPig is a web startup based in Des Moines, IA that helps users build a savings account for various goals. This article isn’t about what SmartyPig is, it’s about what TrustyPig isn’t.
This is another classic instance of design [...]

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Tweetupbadges.com is a site dedicated to putting names to faces in the offline world. The site is owned and operated by a fellow #dmtweetup member, Rich Drake (@richdrake on Twitter). Rich is running a special through the end of August, dropping the price per badge (plus lanyard) to $2.10. For that price, [...]

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