HELLO SXSW!

Just touched down in Austin and it’s true that everything’s bigger in Texas and SXSW is no exception! We're already hearing a lot of talk about the best places to eat and hangout inside SXSW and on the streets of Austin. Here’s a list of some of the top places people having been buzzing about:

Best Places to…

Grab a Beer: The Ginger Man 

Grab a Slice: Home Slice Pizza 

Pig out on BBQ: Smitty’s Market 

Get into a bar-brawl:  Donn's Depo

Attend a Tiki Themed Party: Gowalla Tiki Room 

Chow on Late Night Grub: La Mexicana 

Will add more after we do some additional exploring. Don’t forget to use meebee.com to meet at all these great spots! 

Want to go to SXSW? Or make cash doing so?

Calling all female geeks, web socialites and VIPs!

Want to get in to SXSW? Going to SXSW but want to make some extra cash? Then why not help out a startup web 2.0 site by doing a little bit of promo work? If you're a local, or someone who knows SXSW inside out, then let us know about your SXSW chops and we'll choose 1 or 2 lucky people to have a blast at this year's SXSW! (whether we pay for your flight, ticket or in cold, hard cash depends on the applicants). You'll be helping out our CEO JD with photos, videos, passing out meebee goods and more.

Email us at meebeebuzz [at] meebee.com and prove to us you can make a difference at this year's interactive festival. Please send a couple of photos, a few paragraphs and/or an online profile to show up what you got!

For the rest of you - we look forward to meeting, sharing and partying at this year's SXSW!
Check out our tips and tricks in getting the most out of SXSW.

meebee to rock SXSW

It's official, meebee will be buzzing around the highly anticipated 2010 SXSW event in Austin, Texas. With an estimated 60,000 attendees from all over the globe, the event should prove to be a wild ride filled with film stars, rock stars and computer stars alike. It's going to be our first year in attendance so we have a lot of things on our to-do list. Here's just a few:

Help others network to the max

So you've arranged your SXSW schedule down to a tee and refuse to miss a single event, good for you! But don't forget - it's much cooler if you roll to each event with a group rather than flying solo. Instead of creeping around by yourself, meetup with your friends using meebeee. Attending different events with a group will make it much easier to meet and network with other attendees.

Get interrupted by Kanye

We're not sure if he'll be in attendance again like last year, but if we are giving a speech, presentation maybe even a performance he is the man to ruin it. It's been too long since the Grammy's it's about time for a comeback! 

Tame the killer bee

We like to think that we know a thing or two about bee's and because the largest bee is located in Texas we will have to meetup.

Get everyone buzzed

The meebee crew will be doing everything possible to make this the best SXSW to date! At meebee.com, we work hard and play harder so keep any eye out for our meebee gang and you will be guaranteed an unforgettable time!

Hook up VIP'S

For select VIPS the meebee crew will be giving away a variety of awesome prizes, VIP cards to help save you time and money and a select few will have a chance to receive the Amazon hit "Your Time, Your Life!" 

Let us know what you like to do at SXSW and what you think we should add to our list. See you there! 

meebee's CEO takes on Steve Jobs, Apple and the iPad!

meebee.com CEO JD takes on Steve Jobs and gives a twist to the unveiling of Apple's iPad. With awesome new features such as iFlip ! Even a Turbo iFlip ! "Just pinch and flip..."



Plus, it's unbreakable and never runs out of batteries. "It's always on..."
*Get more of our videos on our YouTube channel.

meebee.com's User Stories of the Month (audio clips)

We've decided to change up our user stories for the month this time around and have included a few sounds clips of people talking about why they like using meebee. Our meebee mini-users of the month are Dave, Jeff and Kristen. They each use meebee for a bunch of different ways to help make their lives easier. Listen to what they have to say in less than 20 seconds each!

Drinks w/ mates
Name: Dave
Location: Washington State
About: Hard working student who uses meebee to party with his friends in his free time. Listen to his 15 sec. blurb
  

Biz Meetings
Name: Jeff
Location: New York City
About: Talks about how meebee has helped give him a competitive edge at work.
  

Sexy Dates
Name: Kristen
Location: Denver, Colorado
About: Hated getting annoyed by strangers e-mailing her and how meebee has put an end to it.
  

Congrats to Dave, Jeff and Kristen for being the meebee user's of the month! Send us an e-mail, sound clip or video letting us know why you love using meebee and to have a chance at becoming the meebee user of the month!

meebee Promo: Last Week to Win Cool Life Experiences

It's your last chance to win a free life experience! Ever wanted to zoom in a fighter jet? Or feel the buzz of racing a Formula 1 car? Or wanted to leap out of a plane when skydiving? How about getting up close and personal with a shark when scubadiving? If you love life, and the cool life experiences that go with it, then time is ticking.

meebee.com's promo is wrapping up this Sunday, February 28th. Be the King or Queen Bee (prizes for whoever uses the site the most) or The Honeycomber (prizes to the people who get the most sign ups in the month of February will win prizes.
*Click here for original contest post and details.
It's win/win: Utilize a fun, fast and friendly site that saves you time and hassle and have a chance to win a cool life experience. Even if you don't win, you still get a valuable site that saves you time and energy.

We've gotten great feedback about our contest as well as the site. Thanks everyone!

The Art of Multi-Tasking

Whether you're a frantic college student trying to find time to cram in a last minute paper, a busy exec. who needs to complete a never ending array of reports or a mom who has to go to work, drop your kids off at school, pick your kids up from school and prepare a delicious dinner all by 5pm, the fact of the matter is everyone could you some extra help with multi-tasking and saving time throughout their day. Here at meebee.com, we realize that each day moves by extremely fast and can often leave to added stress and incomplete goals. That being said, it's important to stay organized and take any help you can get. meebee.com can be used in many different ways for many different professions. Because you're so busy we have compiled a list of different professions and lifestyles and how using meebee can help!

1) The Super Mom: Instead of banking on your child’s "less than perfect" memory and waiting an extra hour for them after each practice or school event - start sending out meebee meetup's as a reminder of where and when you're coming. (It's much cooler than the note written on the lunch napkin...we promise)


2) The Slacker: The key to being a successful slacker is by putting forth as little effort as possible and getting a lot in return. So instead of cutting out valuable PS3 and X-Box playing time to send out back and forth texts and calls trying to figure out when you're available to mingle with your fellow slacker friends - simply send out a quick meebe invite and give yourself more time to do...well... nothing!

What do you LOVE?

Yes, Valentine's Day is over. Some of you are relieved, some of you couldn't careless. And maybe some of you are still "in the mood." So, since February is the month of love, we're going take that theme and put a little twist on it.  What do you LOVE? Not who, but what? Could be anything: reading, partying, studying, traveling, spending time with friends and family - what cool life experiences do you LOVE to do? (win one here with our latest promo)

At the Hive we did a quick breakdown of what we LOVE about meebee, as well as what we would LOVE about meebee given a few enhancements. A few of each:

What we LOVE about meebee
No back and forth hassle in writing up emails arranging the time/date/place to meetup
Its fun, stylish design
The ability to use icons to make meetups even quicker
Customizable - add your pic and use emoticons
Integration of Google Maps
The bee, of course!

And things we'd LOVE to have (that are coming soon!):
iPhone app
Add video, pics and music to meetings
Smooth syncing with more apps

What do you think? We're still in the BEETA stage, so we'd love to hear what you have to say!

meebee's Last Minute Valentine's Day Gifts

February 14th sneak up on you?  Just realized that you don't have anything for your sweetheart? Worried about the first impression? Might be the end of your relationship? No worries. meebee.com once again comes to the rescue and compiled a fine of list minute gifts to save you from being in the doghouse - 5 tried and true Valentine's Day gifts.

Dinner out - most places will be full this late in the game, but a few off-the-beaten path restaurants will still have a cozy table for two.

Home-cooked meal - Restaurants totally booked? Fear not, mix up a home-cooked meal. The extra effort, heart and sweat will show your loved one how much you care.  Get a heart-shaped slab of steak from Henry's Market. 

Candles and Roses - Classic, a little cheesy, but still effective.  Both can be found most anywhere, even it's the day of.  Surprise them with a candlelit room decorated with roses.  Or, a single long-steam rose works wonders, too.

meebee's Anti-Valentine's Day list

meebee.com realizes that Valentine's Day is a lot of fun for those that are happily head-over-heels in swooning love.  But we also realize that many people hate Hallmark Day, er, Valentine's Day.  So we compiled a list of sources that are not so much the mushy, commercialized tack that surrounds February 14th.

Anti-VDay - Forum with trivia, history, jokes and more
Be My Anti-Valentine '09 - A bunch of anti-Vday "cards" you can send to your friends.

Valentine's Day Survival Kit - An edgy diatribe on surviving Hallmark Day.
Anti-Valentine - For Single People Everywhere.
Valentine's Day Can Bite Me - Comments, and funny little candy hearts.
Ron's Anti-Valentine's Day Wake - All sorts of anti-Valentine's Day stuff.
Valentine's Day Sucks Facebook Group: Lot's of fun photo's and discussions.
Ringtone for Valentine's Day Sucks (myxer.com)

Gifts
Anti-Valentine's Day Gear - Buttons, stickers, magnets, mugs, T-shirts and more
CafePress - Anti-Valentine's Day gifts (T-shirts, cups, etc.)