OK, it was more like a coincidentally timed outage, but …
Today’s SmartyPig giveaway was held at 3:00 PM Central Time. At approximately 3:02, I noticed that I couldn’t hit Twitter’s web interface any longer – it was asking me to log in as an employee. Sadly, I don’t work for Twitter, so I couldn’t use [...]
SmartyPig Contest Crushes Twitter
September 25th, 2008 · Comments Off
Tags: Miscellaneous · Twitter
TrustyPig Hogs Design From SmartyPig
August 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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 [...]
Tags: Internet
