bomblog: Archive

Come join us! #socialTV meetup on Wednesday hosted by @ConstellationTV http://t.co/OUnqLfCw

Nov 8th

Inside FB on Orbitz 50 Faves: “really good at giving users the incentive to keep on playing and inviting more friends” http://t.co/l8tMPgG

Aug 31st

Check out @adamjsimon’s blog post on the future of film: http://t.co/SJdhHtk

Aug 11th

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The Future of Film

A friend of mine was recently asked to be on a panel about the future of film for The Academy (yes, that one), and asked what I thought about where the industry was going in the next decade. Below are some of the thoughts which came spilling out once I got typing, in no particular order: We’ll blur the lines between series of movies and series of television episodes pretty quickly. There will be...

Aug 10th

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Socialbomb at OSCon

We in Socialbomb Engineering had the pleasure of going to O’Reilly’s OSCon (Open Source Convention) again this year, and as expected, it was a great collection of open-source concepts, experts, and goodies. We even heard it was the biggest OSCon yet, with over 3500 people registered! Socialbombers Adam Parrish and myself, along with Socialbomb album Brendan Berg, gave a talk called...

Aug 5th

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RT @adamjsimon: In advance of tonight’s meetup: The Second Screen is the Social Screen http://t.co/dABwNw8

Aug 4th

Don’t forget to check out the August #socialTV meetup tonight with our guest @attractv. http://t.co/P2gmtzq

Aug 3rd

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The Second Screen is the Social Screen

At Socialbomb, we’ve worked on several different types of social TV apps, from sharing rich media related to time-shifted content in True Blood Live Feed, to co-viewing of live television in Skins Captionbomb. Unsurprisingly, all of our applications have been highly social - not just including a like button and a tweet button, but actually built from the ground up to integrate users’...

Aug 3rd

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RT @aparrish: hey check it out, there’s a readwriteweb post about my oscon talk on poetry and programming: http://t.co/ddQb0nY

Aug 2nd

At #OSCON today? Check out the #Tornado panel hosted by bombers @mike_dory @aparrish and @socialbomb alum @brendn http://t.co/EwHDVuS

Jul 28th

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RT @adamjsimon: Just 1 week until the next #socialTV meetup. Come talk TV + social + mobile with @socialbomb & @attractv! http://t.co/ld …

Jul 27th

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RT @adamjsimon: Less than 2 weeks until the next #SocialTV meetup at SBHQ, with @attractv! http://t.co/ldfgEka

Jul 22nd

Socialbomb + BBDO + HBO win a CLIO for True Blood Live Feed!! http://t.co/CjyAP7f

Jul 20th

RT @adamjsimon: Live streaming the NYC Social TV Meetup here in 1/2 hour: http://t.co/4rfhOl1

Jul 7th

RT @adamjsimon: The NYC Social TV meetup is tomorrow! Come talk mobile + social + TV with @Social_Guide & @socialbomb http://t.co/HZDVAWH

Jul 6th

Just 1 week until the next Social TV meetup at SBHQ, starring Sean from @Social_Guide! Come talk TV! http://t.co/cCMjDDd

Jun 30th

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RT @johnchavens: #socialTV event continues. Some intriguing models esp from Adam @socialbomb. #pnid http://t.co/tBEfrYI

Jun 25th

the bomb joins @social_guide @getglue @gomiso @playPHILO @tunerfish @facebook and others at #TVGoesSocial

Jun 24th

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Just updated the SocialTV group with dates for the rest of the summer: http://t.co/OZV1Rvq

Jun 3rd

The next #SocialTV meetup is a week from today at @GetGlue’s swank new offices! http://t.co/KABdIJy

Jun 2nd

Wall Candy, for My M&M’s just launched on Facebook. Go forth and put your face on candy, and candy on your wall! http://t.co/9VBju3F

May 19th

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RT @rebelprince: The next NYC #SocialTV meetup is on 6/8, w Sean Casey from @socialguide. Come talk mobile+social+TV with us! http://t.c …

May 14th

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At the last NYC Social TV Meetup...

We recently hosted the second NYC Social TV Meetup at Socialbomb HQ, and once again had a great turnout and a lively discussion around the emerging We kicked things off with an overview of the industry developments for the past month. The full list is embedded below, but a highlights included Yahoo’s purchase of Into_Now a mere 12 weeks after their public launch, and a lengthy discussion of...

May 10th

RT @DoryEx: Hey, so I’m teaching a class at General Assembly on Tuesday about developing for the Facebook API. It should be fun! http: …

May 5th

One week until the next NY SocialTV Meetup! Come talk second screens and coviewing with us. http://meetu.ps/RH9q

Apr 22nd

Metrics on who's doing what in social TV →

GigaOm did a great writeup on who’s doing what in social TV right now (with some great metrics). All the popular check-in services allow and encourage their users to post check-ins to Twitter. Granted, not each and every user of these services makes that connection, but indicating your TV viewing behavior to your Twitter followers has become one of the main reasons to use these services....

Apr 21st

True Blood Live Feed hits the Facebook Studio Spotlight! http://bit.ly/fil4jT Thanks @BBDONY!

Apr 21st

Recap of last month’s NYC Social TV Meetup: http://t.co/btM3Diz

Apr 14th

Socialbomb Engineering: Joyent Case Study on... →

The Challenge As a social technology company, Socialbomb helps clients deploy highly effective social media apps across multiple platforms and services. No simple task. And social media apps can detonate at any time: when a thoughtful, well-timed fusion of product marketing meets social media… Our good friends at Joyent (our intrepid and ever-friendly hosting company) wrote up a case...

Apr 13th

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Recap of the First NYC Social TV Meetup

Socialbomb recently played host to the first ever meetup focused on Social TV in New York City. We had a good turnout for our first meetup, with about 25 people coming by to talk about the intersection of video content, social media, and mobile computing. As people arrived, it became clear that we had a good balance of people working on social TV applications, people from the network and...

Apr 12th

RT @rebelprince: My post on the Topology of Social TV is live on the Talk NYC blog: http://bit.ly/eXjdix

Apr 12th

A Topology of Social TV

Television has always been inherently social, in that we watch it together and share it as a part of popular culture. And technology has been tip-toeing into the picture for years. But the thing that defines the modern era of Social TV, the spark that started the fire, is mobile computing. Laptops, smartphones, and tablets have put the our friends, tastes, and media front-and-center when it...

Apr 11th

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Defense Contractor Raytheon to Purchase Socialbomb for Undisclosed Amount: http://bit.ly/gFSuKt

Apr 2nd

Raytheon to Purchase Socialbomb for Undisclosed...

Defense contractor Raytheon has acquired Socialbomb, a social technology firm. In a unanimous decision this morning, Raytheon Corporation’s board voted to approve the acquisition of the New York-based technology firm that develops social web and mobile applications. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the merger would value the software company at $500 million, say sources close to the...

Apr 1st

Come talk social TV with us next Wed, 3/30! Free beer + the future of TV, what more can you want? http://t.co/lVnNlqN

Mar 25th

Nick Grossman with good points on “Bootstrapping a Developer Outreach Program” http://bit.ly/fiPRT9 thx @brainwane

Feb 26th

Socialbomb Engineering: Foursquare Hack Day →

bombshop: Foursquare held their first Hackathon/Hack Day on Saturday (the 19th) at General Assembly, and a whole bunch of NYC nerdtrepeneurackers (including half of Team Socialbomb) turned out to tinker. Hell of a day they set up. Team Foursquare worked with the GA folks to set everyone up with an amazing space, and gave us plenty of inspiration, food, and caffeinated beverages. Naveen and the...

Feb 24th

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Hey! Wed, 730a, w/ plenty of coffee, @scottiev will be discussing Social TV for #SMWNYC - see http://www.ibreakfast.com/

Feb 8th

Free Lunch Friday @socialbomb http://t.co/LzkggiG

Feb 5th

Socialbomb is hiring!

Socialbomb is hiring, and you should come work with us! We’re lookng for UI/UX designers, graphic design folks, and backend developers to join us on some really excellent projects. Shoot us a note if you think you might be a fit! UI/UX Designer: We’re a social technology company born and raised in New York City. Our platform connects people’s mobile phones, blu-ray players,...

Jan 13th

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Digital Surgeons breakdown of 2010 social demographics: http://bit.ly/dHn0Eq

Dec 20th

RT @firstround: Look at your holiday card. Now look at mine. Now back to yours, now back to mine. http://www.youtube.com/firstroundcapital

Dec 17th

RT @Mtn_Dew: Want a free 2 liter of Diet Dew? It’s all yours if you can get @DietDEWbot to tweet at you. http://bit.ly/fD1riH

Dec 16th

Socialbomb moves to our new HQ in DUMBO! http://bit.ly/hioGAZ

Dec 15th

Socialbomb moves to Brooklyn!

In May of 2008, Scott, Adam and I graduated from NYU ITP. Just a month before, we’d won the Stern Business Plan Competition, and with that, a grant to start a company. A month later, we had incorporated ourselves and laid the groundwork for our fledgling startup. We met in a room at our alma mater, worked from home and coffee shops, and mapped out plans for world domination for hours...

Dec 14th

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Sure to be a rocket: RT @JelliNoise: It’s heeeere! The Jelli for iPhone app is now available http://bit.ly/9soaEd

Nov 10th

We’ve got Ecomagination! Socialbomb joins the GE 100: http://bit.ly/9ixc8n

Oct 28th

This is what we did 12 hours ago RT @scottiev: the @Socialbomb challenge http://yfrog.com/jkjfzmj

Sep 23rd

Socialbomb gets a traffic boost from Zeus http://bit.ly/aaZgdd

Sep 22nd

Fisher-Price: Moments to Share™ for iPhone - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fisher-price-moments-to-share/id388414953?mt=8

Sep 9th