The Second Cup: Twollar Bills, Y'all

Posted by Meghann Olshefski
Tue, 2009-05-26 11:16

Twollars: An Innovative Approach to Fundraising on Twitter

Twollars is a really interesting service; both because it has a genius idea behind it, but also because it raises some questions about the economy of micropayments through microblogging in general.

The Hipster Healthcare Revolution

Dr. Jay Parkinson might seem like your typical young Brooklynite–he’s on Twitter, voted for Obama, dabbles in photography, and attends the SXSW music festival. But he’s also heading up what might be a free-market solution to America’s health care crisis–and folks far outside Williamsburg, the fabled hipster ‘hood in which Parkinson practices, are taking note.

Twitter to Facebook: 5 Ways to Post to Both

There once was a time when our Facebook (Facebook reviews) friends wanted nothing to do with our Twitter (Twitter reviews) updates. Now that Twitter is growing at an astounding rate and rounding the mainstream bend, more of our Facebook friends have developed a fancy for Twitter themselves, and it’s becoming commonplace to highlight our tweets on our Facebook walls.