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Social Network Privacy Act: Could it help future CarlyCrunkBears?

The uproar over photos and messages associated with the Twitter account of Overland High's Carly McKinney, aka CarlyCrunkBear, offers a cautionary tale about the ways in which social media has changed the professional landscape. But a new bill headed to the Colorado legislature could make losing one ... More >>

Meet the 2012 Denver #WebAwards finalists

It's time for the 2012 edition of Westword's Denver Web Awards, our annual celebration of Denver's greatest digital minds. Back at the end of September, we put out a call for you, dear readers, to nominate your favorite online projects and voices, and a team of Westword staffers and contributors has ... More >>

Kyle Dyer dog bite: Kirk Montgomery on Facebook controversy, her condition

While covering the fallout from the Kyle Dyer/9News on-air dog bite incident, we noted the disappearance of a controversial Facebook post by staffer Kirk Montgomery and wondered if he'd been pressured to remove it. News director Patti Dennis denied any censorship and called such speculation "immoral ... More >>

Brady Quinn does Twitter damage control after seemingly ripping Tim Tebow

In a just-published GQ article, several comments from Brady Quinn seemed to rip Tim Tebow, stirring up the sort of Internet frenzy that we've come to associate with The Chosen One. As a result, Quinn tried to do damage control on his Twitter account, offering an extended mea culpa that repeatedly b ... More >>

Billy Canu, tech firm CEO, claims United rep in Denver called him and partner "faggots"

Note to homophobes: If you aim a gay slur at an Internet expert, the whole world is going to hear about it. That's one of many lessons in the story of Billy Canu, a tech-firm CEO who used social media to accuse a United Airlines employee in Denver of calling him and his partner "faggots."

Leaked! 2011 Denver #WebAwards winners

​OK, it's not really a leak if the source publishes the info -- more like a sneak-peek of Denver #WebAwards winners, we're publishing ten award winners this morning, in advance of tonight's party at Casselman's. It's open to anyone age 21 and up at 8 p.m.. (although anyone on our list of final ... More >>

Matt Scobey's Not for Sale: Denver: Art in the most unusual places

​ What is public art, and who gets to display it? How does that work? And why? Those are the initial questions that Denver artist Matt Scobey is asking with his Not for Sale: Denver project, for which he'll be randomly hanging artwork in nondescript locations around town -- artwork that anyone ... More >>

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At f8 conference, Facebook announces integration with Spotify, Turntable, Rhapsody

Via FacebookZuckerberg announcing Facebook's new music integration at f8 today.​At the F8 Developers Conference today, Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of a new music service that allows you to listen to music with friends through Facebook or just see what all of your frien ... More >>

Adslife is our browser game of the week

​Generally speaking, we don't bother talking about paid games here, but in the case of Adslife we're going to make a slight exception to the rule, because you can check out the first portion for free. Which is to say, Adslife is really something out of the ordinary -- and if you're wiling away ... More >>

Jared Polis and partner Marlin Reis having baby -- but not sharing any details yet

Jared Polis.​Jared Polis and his longtime partner, Marlin Reis, are expecting their first baby this September. But the media and members of the public shouldn't have any expectations about learning more details. At least not yet.

Today in Stoke: Vail Resorts' EpicMix app nominated for Webby Awards

​Still can't believe ski season ended yesterday at Vail and Breckenridge, the last of the Vail resorts still standing, even though it's still snowing up in them thar hills? As we reflect on the epic season now mostly behind us, the hardcore among us can visit EpicMix.com to to relive all our g ... More >>

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Twestival Denver 2011: twestivus for the rest of us!

The Denver Twestival promises to be less dramatic than this photo.​Tweethearts unite! Twitter users and non-Twitter users can network together without a technology barrier at the third annual Denver Twestival on Thursday at Green Spaces in downtown Denver. The Twestival (@twestivaldenver) is o ... More >>

Charlie Sheen is hiring a social media intern, and we're throwing our hat in the ring

Winning.​Charlie Sheen has a lot going on right now; giving interviews to anyone with a camera and microphone, getting fired, battling for custody of his kids, going bat-shit crazy and winning, duh. But he's not too busy to capitalize on his social media prowess. Sheen recently set the Guinne ... More >>

Popchips paying someone $50,000 to put up with Ashton Kutcher

Popchips seeks VP of pop culture. Get it?​Job market got you down? Sick of begging for jobs for which you're overqualified. Well, perk up: You could be earning $50,000 as the Vice President of Pop Culture for popchips. The chip company recently launched a campaign to find a sidekick for Ashto ... More >>

Celestial Seasonings unveils weird Twitter teatime with the Sleepytime Bear

Celestial SeasoningsJoin the conversation... with Sleepytime Bear​From the highly revolutionary world of social networking comes one of the stranger Twitter stunts we've seen in a while: Boulder-based tea manufacturer Celestial Seasonings is promising to change tea time by hosting a weekly vir ... More >>

Foursquare mayor profiles: How I found the mayor of Shotgun Willie's strip club

Leesa S., mayor of Shotgun Willie's​ Finding the mayor of Shotgun Willie's wasn't easy. In spite of the fact that Foursquare enables oversharing (I'm at the grocery store! I'm at the gynecologist! I'm at the grocery store, and so is my gynecologist!), the program does a fairly good job of pr ... More >>

Foursquare mayors reveal their territorial ambitions

Foursquare profiles: Michael Mulhern, mayor of the 15 Bus

Michael Mulhern makes a face worthy of the 15​Michael Mulhern would like you to know that he is "not a crack whore." Apparently, that's the first thing people assume when you're the mayor of the 15 Bus via East Colfax. "Yeah, I got a lot of weird comments when I posted that I got that mayorshi ... More >>

Meet the judges of the 2010 Westword Web Awards

​Pardon this interruption in headlines: We're happy to announce the judges of our 2010 Westword Web Awards. If you haven't nominated your favorite Facebooking restaurant, web start-up or Twittering bartender for the Westword Web Awards yet, what are you waiting for? Get to it!

Denver Post online circulation figures better than print, but hookup with The Onion is no joke

Dean Singleton.​Update:As of yesterday afternoon, the Denver Post hadn't published an article about its latest circulation report -- for space reasons, perhaps? However, such a piece appears in today's print edition -- and it's less spin-happy than usual, straight-forwardly conceding that sale ... More >>

Reflecting on the rise and fall of Five Iron Frenzy

By the time Five Iron Frenzy played its final show on November 22, 2003 at the Fillmore, it was, at the time, one of Denver's most successful acts. From the time it formed in 1995 until the time it folded nearly a decade later, the band built a rabid fanbase the old fashioned way, winner over one ... More >>

Monday Funday not so fun at H Burger CO

​Searching for a lunch venue for a friendly reunion today, I was pleased to stumble upon H Burger Co's Facebook page, touting the advent of Monday Funday. Echoing H Burger's Tuesday deals, Mondays at the five-month-old burger joint, 1555 Blake Street, now feature a new list of specials, includ ... More >>

Get ready for meals on wheels

Denver Post circulation press release and article: Can you tell the difference?

"Told you so."​The Denver Post isn't exactly known for writing about itself in hard-hitting fashion: Note its coverage of the bankruptcy filing by parent firm MediaNews Group's holding company, which attempted to bury the word "bankruptcy." As such, it's not especially surprising that the sam ... More >>

John Suthers orders state agencies to take down Facebook pages -- but he won't say why

​Colorado Attorney General John Suthers' office has ordered every state agency and institution of higher education to take down their Facebook pages if they have one, according to Rebecca Laurie, spokeswoman for History Colorado, which does have a page. Attorney General's spokesman Mike Sacco ... More >>

Looks like the mayor's Facebook page needs a status update

Twitter Tuesday: Matt Bernier, our featured Twit

​Our featured Twit this week is Matt Bernier (@mbernier on Twitter), a local web developer and blogger. Matt came to our attention when he was recommended as someone to watch by a fellow Twit (always a good sign on a medium used first and foremost for self promotion). When we realized he also ... More >>

Ignite Boulder lit my fire

​Infotainment. That chestnut of a neologism was originally coined, if I recall correctly, to describe cheesy CD-ROM products designed to entertain and educate. Later, it was used as a pejorative description of A Current Affair-style journalism. But for my money, there's no better word to char ... More >>

Five least legitimate uses of social media

"Let me tell you about this great sandwich I just ate..."​Social media is a great tool with dozens, if not hundreds, of legitimate, quality uses. It's an excellent tool for networking, doing all kinds of research, sharing important information, managing collaborative projects and so forth. Bu ... More >>

Life in Antarctica is cold — but bloggers there can still get burned

Mayor Hickenlooper has too many Facebook friends

Goodbye, friend. If you think it's time-consuming to maintain your own Facebook page, imagine how Mayor John Hickenlooper must feel. The guy's got nearly 5,000 "friends" -- or at least he will until the end of the day Tuesday, when they will all become simply "fans." "I am deleting this personal p ... More >>

Who are the tweetest of the Denver Post's Twitterers?

Lots of news organizations, including this one, have embraced Twitter -- but few have done so with as much vigor (and volume) as the Denver Post. The broadsheet's Twitter page lists more than twenty feeds specific to the paper, with some contributed by departments or topics (e.g. crime news and po ... More >>

The suit is slingin' Spud Bros. spuds!

Like 50 is the new 30, Twitter is the new talking. And here's yet another story about how one tweet put something into motion, so that a former venture capitalist is now spending his afternoon working the fryer at Spud Bros., located at 2010 10th Street in Boulder:Brad Feld is an entrepreneur, the c ... More >>

Channel 4 to Twitter -- gallbladder surgery?

Chop, chop. Who isn't jumping on the Twitter bandwagon? Last week, we told you about the Boulder Police Department's new Twitter feed. Now, Channel 4 is boasting about Dr. Dave Hnida, the station's medical expert, Twittering the gallbladder surgery of a seven-year-old girl. This gimmick, which can ... More >>

The debut of News on the Deuce: Were they trying to make it so funny?

The Deuce's new logo. The idea of Channel 2 rechristening itself as "The Deuce" -- a popular slang term for bowel movements -- in a strained attempt to woo a more youthful audience was mighty amusing. Still, even this decision couldn't adequately prepare viewers for the off-the-rails catastrophe th ... More >>

Westword seeks online intern, because we hear this web thing is huge

Attention college students (and overbearing mothers of college students): Westword is looking for an online-journalism intern to contribute to westword.com. The intern will focus on growing the site's multimedia presence, specifically with audio and video, but will contribute to all aspects of t ... More >>

Rowboat, row me to my shore

Photo: Ian McDonnellThanks to the magic of MySpace friendship, I was recently hipped to Rowboat, the beautifully melancholy project from Sam McNitt of Blue Million Miles. I haven't had the chance to catch the act live yet, but if the tracks currently streaming on the MySpace profile are any indicati ... More >>

Vices I Admire on the hunt for new bassist

Angry, artsy rockers Vices I Admire has been banging around northern Colorado for a few years now, and has a fair amount of local acclaim, based on its live shows, an EP and the song "Monster," which has appeared on a couple of compilations. On its MySpace page, the band compares itself to Incubus, ... More >>

Club 303's MySpace page was hijacked

DeAngelo Starnes is "recovering from media rape"

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