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Big Papa's BBQ bumps business using social media

Johnny MolfettaThe first pop-up, aided by Twitter.​Barbecue is a Southern and warm-weather food. So how is Big Papa's BBQ seeing an increase in sales in the middle of a Colorado winter? In much the same way other businesses are driving revenue, it's utilizing social media. In mid-November, Bi ... More >>

New study says junk food makes you dumb as well as fat

Lay off the junk​Hot on the heels of the new USDA nutrition guidelines, which basically boil down to "lay off the calories, fatty, and consume a vegetable once in a while," comes a study that gives you more incentive to eat right: Junk food doesn't just cause you to gain weight; it also make ... More >>

Gettin' Crafty: creating chalkboards

Your to do list goes here​For all those who give pom-pom critters for birthdays, feel an urge to stick googly eyes on everything or just occasionally get a twitch to fold some origami, we bring you "Gettin' Crafty," where we feature a craft you can easily make with minimal supplies and limited ... More >>

Lil Wayne's Twitter account compromised. Hacker fails to get the Internet riled.

​Yesterday, while Lil Wayne was presumably not diligently monitoring his Twitter account, it was compromised by an unknown Tweeter. Surely the Internet break-in sucked for Weezy once he was alerted, but the bigger problem lay in followers' laps: The faux LilTunechi was a blathering idiot, subj ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony trade: Melo using Twitter to vent and whine about rumors and haters

Carmelo.​The talk of a blockbuster Carmelo Anthony trade to the New Jersey Nets continues to build, and with it the pressure on Melo. Throughout the process, he's been cautious with his public comments -- but in the past day or so, posts on his Twitter feed have grown increasingly whiny and d ... More >>

New Belgium Brewing plans eight Lips of Faith beers in 2011

​Although I've never been New Belgium Brewing's biggest fan when it comes to their standard beer lineup, I've always admired the way the Fort Collins craft brewer -- Colorado's largest -- tries to keep environmental and employee-happiness issues on their list of priorities.

An ode to the McRib sandwich, which disappears again December 5

​ The McRib sandwich will be ripped from our hands, and our hearts, on December 5, cruelly taken away by the McDonald's corporation. Here is a poem I wrote to express my grief:

Five foods to serve your family to get them out of your house after the holidays

These will do the trick​So the holidays are coming to a close, the stock of leftover ham is depleted, and you're determined to get back to the normal, everyday routine of work, cleaning the hors d'oeuvre smears off the davenport, and paying off the mountain of credit card bills left in the wa ... More >>

Big Papa's BBQ uses Facebook and Twitter to sell ribs

Photo: Johnny MolfettaBig Papa's BBQ is all up in your Twitter.​If a truck pulling a large barbecue smoker pulls up next to you on the street, you might be in for some free food. As part of its new social media campaign, Big Papa's BBQ will be sending a mobile emissary to several locations aro ... More >>

We had a party and tweeted about it: Westword #WebAwards winners!

​If you were there last night, thank you for coming to the first-ever Westword Web Awards party at Casselman's, 2620 Walnut Street. The room swelled (see full slideshow from the Web Awards) to about 400 bloggers, photographers, shameless self-promoters and artists, who tweeted about the thing ... More >>

Lenny Lenn on Twitter, making bold statements and continually having to prove himself

​Lenny Lenn has an opinion, and he's not afraid to express it. He frequently makes big, bold statements about seemingly everything. One moment he's speaking in a quiet, humble tone about his technical training in post-production, for instance, and the next he's comparing himself to Andre 300 ... More >>

Get ready for meals on wheels

Google is shutting down blogs, trying to kill Twitter.

Do no evil my ass. Last night and into today, many people using a Blogger account to host a music blog logged on to find this. The news is making its way across the web now, but DJ/record producer Tommie Sunshine tweeted about it way early. The error message of doom.​ Presumably, people got ... More >>

Twitterpated: the scene shares its mind 140 characters at a time

The Twittervese has become one of the most entertaining and insightful places to catch a glimpse inside the lives of some of the most outspoken members of our local music community -- 140 characters at a time, of course. ​We never ceased to be entertained by the tweets of various members of t ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Ef Rodriguez, our featured Twit

Rodriguez onstage at Ignite Boulder 7 ​Our featured Twit this week goes by the handle @pugofwar on Twitter, and Ef Rodriguez most other places. When he's not busy blogging (on his own blog and for the Huffington Post), he can be found playing World of Warcraft, organizing events such as Boco.m ... More >>

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 >>

Twitter Tuesday: Eric Elkins, our featured Twit

​This week's featured Twit is Eric Elkins, a local writer, blogger, CEO of a social media company and "avowed narcissist." He caught our attention on Twitter because he's one of those Twits that's just everywhere -- he seems to know everyone, and everything going on, all the time. He's always ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Elisabeth Rappe, our Twit of the Week

​Today's featured Twit is Elisabeth Rappe, a local film blogger who writes for Cinematical. Rappe caught our eye on Twitter (where she can be found as @ElisabethRappe) because she is one of the rare members of that fabled species, the Geek Girl. In other words, she blogs (and tweets) about the ... More >>

Five fearless tech predictions for 2010

Nostradamus predicted Twitter, but he never thought Facebook would be as big as it is.​The end of the year -- and the decade -- is just around the corner. So it seemed like a good time to pull out the old crystal ball and look ahead to the year and decade to come. Predicting technology is a f ... More >>

Twitterpated: the scene shares its mind 140 characters at a time

​The Twittervese has become one of the most entertaining and insightful places to catch a glimpse inside the lives of some of the most outspoken members of our local music community -- 140 characters at a time, of course. We never ceased to be entertained by the tweets of various members of the sc ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Tim Davids, our featured Twit

​Another Tuesday, another Twit we'd like to bring to your attention. Today, the Twitter limelight falls on Tim Davids, a writer and filmmaker from Boulder. When we opened nominations a few weeks back to figure out who we should be featuring, Davids tweeted this: "i wanna be a featured twit. t ... More >>

Twitterpated: the scene shares its mind 140 characters at a time

​The Twittervese has become one of the most entertaining and insightful places to catch a glimpse inside the lives of some of the most outspoken members of our community -- 140 characters at a time, of course. We never ceased to be entertained by the tweets of various members of our scene and susp ... More >>

Social-media Frankenstein

​Every day, I use multiple social media services to work, stay in touch with friends and keep up to date with what's going on in the world. Half an hour on MySpace here, twenty minutes of Facebook there, and a quick look at Twitter every hour -- it adds up. So, until the future I predicted h ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Michael Salamone, our featured Twit

​Our latest round of queries asking the Twits of the world to justify their following has yielded some good results. Exhibit A: Michael Salamone (@michaelsalamone), a funny guy who persistently bugged us to feature him until we had no choice. There was just no other way to shut him up. Just ... More >>

Introducing Twitterpated: the most captivating tweets from our favorite follows

​Unless you're a willful and adamant luddite or a conscientious dissenter pop culture trends, you've undoubtedly noticed how Twitter has steadily and unceremoniously unseated all the other social networking sites to become the primary means of communication and information dissemination in the Oba ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Holiday prep edition

​Back again in our old "three Twits to follow" form for a special Holiday prep edition to get your burgeoning Twitter feed feeding you stuff you can use as the holiday season descends. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westword_music and @casciato. @Colorado_Moms: If it ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: artbyNemo, our featured Twit

​Our featured Twit this time out was one of the few who drew several nominations from people other than himself -- he's really quite popular. (Granted, he did nominate himself, because, like everyone on Twitter, he likes to self promote). You can find him on Twitter as artbyNemo, and, it tur ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Meta Twitpoll edition

One woman got props from Punky Brewster via Twitter!​This week we decided to go a little meta with our Twitter poll. See, we know what Twitter has done for us (shameless self-promotion, convinced us that we needn't put on pants to "socialize" with strangers, taught us to think in 140-characte ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: CacheFlowe, our featured Twit

Photo by Chuck Iversen​This week, we've decided to select a favorite Twit from among the masses and press him to justify his following. Our selection is @CacheFlowe (aka Justin Gitlin), a local musician/artist/technical whiz-kid with a hand in many a music and/or art project around town. Plus, ... More >>

We're dumping you, tweetheart

Does your icon look like this? We're done.​Look, it's time for us to talk. We've been following you for a while now, and it's just not working out. We're going to have to dump you. It's not you, it's us. Okay, that's a lie. It's you. See, like all too many a new Twitter user, when we starte ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Lauren Cook, our featured twit

Lauren Cook.​This week, we asked actual twits why we should follow them. And among the many, many amusing responses we got, the tweet by Lauren Cook (@laurencook) took the prize for its timely nods to two great figures in western history. Find out what she tweeted to sell us, as well as what s ... More >>

Shoe-In

Twitter Tuesday: Old media on new media

​Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westword_music and @casciato. @CBS4Denver: I'm not a big watcher of television news, and by that, I mean that except in cases of huge breaking stories (elect ... More >>

Win stuff in our random midweek contest!

​Welcome to the debut of our random midweek contest in which we give you a bunch of you a bunch of random things from our office for answering a bunch of random questions every week. Kind of random, eh? Anyhow, for the inaugural edition of our humpday hoedown, we thought we'd take it kind of easy ... More >>

Win stuff in our random midweek contest!

​Welcome to the debut of our random midweek contest in which we give you a bunch of you a bunch of random things from our office for answering a bunch of random questions every week. Kind of random, eh? Anyhow, for the inaugural edition of our humpday hoedown, we thought we'd take it kind of easy ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Helpful hints, drunken wisdom, pop culture gold

​Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westword_music and @casciato. @SocMediaRckStr: If you're just getting started with social media, it's nice to have some hints about what it can do, how to do ... More >>

Twitter haters hate Twitter, says USA Today

​In a groundbreaking story printed yesterday, one of USA Today's crack investigative journalists broke the story that people who hate Twitter don't see the point of using Twitter! And in related developments, people who find marriage pointless rarely marry, vegetarians don't like meat, and wat ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Booze, books and conservative thoughts

​Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westword_music and @casciato. @DenverHappyHour: Do you need a drink or three today after work? Not sure where to go? This fine Twitter feed is full of nothin ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: New media in Denver

​Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westword_music and @casciato. @ChannelMassive: Gaming is rapidly becoming one of the main pastimes of our society. And since most mainstream media still just ... More >>

Twitter trying your patience? Join the eSwarm instead

​If you dipped your toes into Twitter but found the whole thing a disorganized, confusing mess, have a look at the just-launched social networking service eSwarm. The idea is to take the best features of existing social networking service such as Twitter and Facebook, streamline them and apply ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Nature, science and other Denver things

Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westword_music and @casciato. @DenverMuseumNS: The Twitter feed of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science has a wide variety of cool nature and science-y stuff. Thi ... More >>

Who will be the Broncos' Twitter MVP?

​As training camp gets into full swing and the football season looms ever closer, our beloved Denver Broncos are stuck in what's known as a "rebuilding" year. As a team in flux, the orange and blue face many questions. Can Josh McDaniels succeed as a head coach? Will Kyle Orton be able to exec ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Feel good, learn stuff, lean left

Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westword_music and @casciato. @Gaiam: The Twitter feed of Boulder-based company Gaiam, which makes "products for a healthy mind, body, home and planet." The firm's t ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Themeless edition

Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westword_music and @casciato. @Zaibatsu -- One of our local Twitter power users. Zaibatsu -- aka Reg Saddler -- is an IT consultant by day, social media rockstar ... More >>

When Athletes Tweet: Why go to Broncos training camp when you can follow that shiznit on Twitter?!?

Kyle Orton's not on Twitter. But his neckbeard is.​This week marks the end of a most bizarre offseason for the Broncos, as players start trickling into Dove Valley for training camp. (Can you "trickle in" on 76-inch rims? Probably not). Of course, you can take in the practices yourself start ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Lights, camera, Twitter!

Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword and @casciato. @ColoradoFilm: What better place to start off the movie edition of Twitter Tuesday than the official Twitter feed of Colorado's Office of Film, Telev ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Mile High Music Fest edition

Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword and @casciato. @WidepreadPanic: To kick off this very special edition of Twitter Tuesday, dedicated to amping you up for the Mile High Music Fest this next weekend, ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Leaders in their field

Back again with three more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword and @casciato. @govritter: Lest you retain doubts that Colorado is a state on the cutting edge, that tech is our very lifeblood, need I point out that our ow ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: All music edition

Back again with three more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword and @casciato. @TCGO1974: The Twitter feed of Kamtin Mohager, aka The Chain Gang of 1974, one of Denver's up-and-coming musical exports and an active Twit. Cu ... More >>

Social media -- getting the word out quickly and sometimes accurately!

"I'm not dead. I feel great, actually." As noted in a blog earlier today, new media, and social media in particular, played a huge part in disseminating the news of Michael Jackson's death yesterday. Chances are most of us heard about it directly or indirectly through Twitter, Facebook or MySpace. ... More >>