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David Cook wins Idol!

Posted on: May 21, 2008 at 11:46 pm | Posted under: Entertainment, Television
Tags: American Idol, David Archuleta, David Cook, Summize, Twitter | Comments: 2 Comments »

Well, in the final seconds of my TiVo recording of American Idol, Ryan Seacrest announced David Cook the winner of American Idol.  I am not surprised by this result whatsoever.  I think that America woke up and realized who the better performer was and voted that way.

The only reason I am writing this post is because I am sick of hearing people on twitter complain about how David Cook is a cookie cutter rock musician (@jeffmccord) or that the wrong David won.  The right David won this competition.  The last thing we need is a 17 year old with an overbearing father trying to handle the pressures of being an American Idol.

I was on Summize this evening watching all of the ‘AI’ related tweets come in.  A lot of people are happy with the results, some were displeased, and the west coasters were pissed over the fact that everyone here in the east was ruining it for them.  Given that the show is done live in LA, why is it not shown live on the west coast too?  I never understood that about television networks, go figure.

Well, both Davids have a lot of work ahead of them.  I see 19 going to option both of their contracts, which will result in working with great writers and producers.  The only problem is trying to package Archuleta.  He has a magical voice, but where do you stick him?  Cook will be easy to package – ROCK.

Overall, it was a great season of American Idol.  Lots of controversy, a talented group of performers, Simon’s shirts got smaller, Paula seemed more loopy than usual, and the producers found more ways to waste time on the results shows.

Do you have any thoughts on American Idol and the results?  Leave a comment below.

Cheers!

The Twitter Song

Posted on: May 14, 2008 at 3:12 am | Posted under: Tweet Tees, Twitter
Tags: Alana Taylor, Tweet Tees, Twitter | Comments: 2 Comments »

Remember the song that Alana Taylor wrote and sang about Twitter? Of course you do.

Well, now you can remind yourself of that catchy tune with the brand new “Twitter Song Tee”. This beautifully designed shirt is available at the Eat. Sleep. Tweet. store.

I encourage all of you to head over there and purchase one today!

Cheers!

Use discount code: Alana and receive 10% off your order!

The all new Eat. Sleep. Tweet. (Tweet Tees) Online Store

Posted on: May 12, 2008 at 5:55 am | Posted under: Technology, Tweet Tees, Twitter
Tags: ecommerce, Shopify, Tweet Tees, Twitter | Comments: No Comments »

Well as you may remember back on May 1, I wrote about how I had worked with Albert [@iAlbert] to setup the Eat. Sleep. Tweet. store using osCommerce.  Well, after the store was up and running, things took a downward spiral pretty quickly.  Orders would show up in PayPal, but nothing would exist in the database.  Buyers that had setup accounts to purchase items were not seeing previous orders in their account, and on top of this – Albert had to contact the buyers after the sale to find out what shirt they ordered (this data is not passed along to PayPal).

So, after much deliberation and looking around, he decided to go with an online store powered by Shopify.  I spent the better part of Saturday night and Sunday modding out a template that leverages Lightbox and some AJAX-y goodness.  The end result is a an online store that is more flexible and with a provider that we can rely upon.

I urge you all to check out the store, located at: store.eatsleeptweet.com.  The main domain of eatsleeptweet.com will eventually provide the public with more information about the company, contain a blog, and offer information about how internet show hosts can partner with Eat. Sleep. Tweet. for giveaways.

As for me, I will continue to help Albert get the word out about the store and the work he is doing.

There are some big product launches on the horizon, so be sure to follow @TweetTees on Twitter to know what’s going.

Cheers!