We want to blamedrewscancer for cancer still existing
We decided to do the little bit we could do to help out Drew and the rest of the #blamedrewscancer team. They've got a Blame-a-thon coming up on September 9th and are raising money to give to Livestrong. If you're interested in helping out or winning something from the raffle, check out the info below (or click here):
On September 9, 2009, Blame Drew's Cancer presents its biggest event yet: the first annual Blame-a-Thon, a 24-hour event and benefit concert to unite Philadelphia and a live audience on the web in blaming cancer for everything. All proceeds and donations from the Blame-a-Thon will go directly to LiveStrong, the Lance Armstrong Foundation (blame-a-thon.com).
The Blame-a-Thon will kick off with a midnight-to-noon party at Old City co-working space Independent's Hall and continue with a noon-to-midnight benefit concert at the North Star Bar in Fairmount. The entire event will be streamed online by Live Stream (livestream.com).
Now you can be a part of the Blame-A-Thon in a brand new way, even if you’re not there in person (in Philly). While watching the livestream of our 24 hour event benefitting LIVESTRONG, you can win raffle prizes. Even if you’ll be at the event, you can win.
How?
#rafflegrabs
Every hour we’re going to give one cool prize away (for the entire 24 hours), that’s 24 potential prize winning opportunites?!?!?!?! Amazing.
Every hour, at the beginning of the hour, we will tweet and say on our stream what the prize is, who it’s from, etc. During that hour you can #blamedrewscancer for something and add the hashtag #rafflegrab for a chance win (one random blametweet will be picked each hour!). BUT you have to buy a raffle ticket.
$9 for the WHOLE day.
AND, it goes right to LIVESTRONG!
You can only win once per each #rafflegrabs ticket you buy (so buy up to 24!), but ALL of the prizes are worth it.
This ticket is not for the event, but for entry into the Raffles throughout the day. One ticket enters you in all of the raffles for the full 24-hours!
It's a great way to raise money for cancer, show your support, and win some great prizes!
Tickets for the North Star Bar portion of Blame-a-Thon are available for $15 at bit.ly/blameathon.
Here are some of the prizes so far!
- * 23andMe Reaserch Revolution Kits (4) $99 value each
- * Signed Extract poster from Mike Judge, Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis and Dustin Milligan (courtesy of Miramax Films)
- * A genuine NHL hockey stick autographed by the Philadelphia Flyers Claude Giroux. This was donated to us by the wonderful Philadelphia Flyers organization themselves! (complete with certificate of authenticity!)
- Bolt Bus Gift Basket $250 value
- Autographed copy of Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith (3)
- Autographed copy of Twitterville by Shel Isreal
- Autographed copy of Wuffie Factor by Tara Hunt
- Autographed Survivor Buff by Survivor Africa winner Ethan Zohn
- iPod touch from textPlus $200 value
- $75 Gift Certificate to the Continental (courtesy of Starr Restaurants)
- $20 gift cards to Game Crazy (4)
- $50 Gift Certificate to the South Philadelphia Taproom
- Custom piece of art, involving Twitter and BlameDrewsCancer by Natasha Wescoat: http://natashasartcandy.com/
Oscars 2009 – Liveblog
The Oscars are here tonight and we're going to be covering it live. We'll be using CoverItLive and their liveblogging tool to bring you the happenings as they happen. We'll also be bringing in some guests and grabbing some good tweets from Twitter as those happen too. So, tune in here at 8PM EST and prepare for the show.
The post will autoupdate below with the liveblog as the event starts. You can also keep track of the Oscar results through the main IHM Oscars page.
IHM Adds Facebook Connect
It's pretty uncommon anymore to find someone that doens't have a Facebook account. Really, try it. Almost everyone has one. And because of that, IHM has decided to integrate with Facebook Connect.
From this point on, any new user has the option of signing up for IHM the normal way (creating an account by giving us their information) or they can signup through their Facebook account. Clicking the "Register with Facebook" button will provide you wtih a prompt that asks if it's cool with you that we connect to your account. Once you allow it, we're good to go and get your account put in the oven so it's baked fresh based on your profile ASAP.
Once you've signed up through the Facebook Connect process, you'll be able to forever log into the site through your Facebook account. To do this, go to the sign in page (like normal), but click the "Log in with Facebook" option. It's that easy.
So, if you're new and have been thinking about joining, we've made it a whole lot easier for you. Now to find out just how amazing IHM is, all you have to do is press a button. Just press the button.
While we're in a testing period with these new features, you may find some bugs. If you do, please don't hesitate to let us know. We'll get all your problems fixed right up right away.
IHM Goes Mobile
Have you ever been stuck at the theater trying to pick out the right movie for you without any info? Or have you debated with friends over who was in what movie or if a sequel was made of it? Have you ever watched a movie only to want to update your rating on it as soon as you leave the theater? We've got an answer for you now.
Today, we're releasing the first version of IHM Mobile. The site will turn into a complete mobile version of IHM that allows you to access all the benefits of IHM in a much more mobile friendly way. We've stripped back a lot of regular IHM to make this version that flies when cruising it on your mobile phone.
We decided to not only give the benefits of our site to our great IHM members, but to add some features for non-IHMers (or not-logged-in users).
As an nonIHM member/not-logged-in user, you can:
- Search for movies/tv shows and get their info
- See the IHM user's average rating on films/tv shows
- Browse the photo galleries for films/tv shows
- Browse the top/bottom 50 films on IHM
- Browse films and tv shows we've just added into our database
- Register to become an IHM member
As an IHM member, you can do all of the above and:
- Add movies to your collection
- Rate and categorize movies
- Leave public comments on films that display to the world on the film's page
If you have data access on your mobile phone, point it to http://m.iheartmovies.org to check it out.
As we measure the usage of the mobile site, we're looking to get lots of feedback from you all. We're hoping to add more and more possibilities to it to allow you to connect to IHM as easy as possible. And beyond just positive feedback, let us know if it looks ugly as can be on your phone or you run into any problems.