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The timestamp (the representation of system time) reaches 1234567890, the number of seconds since the epoch (Jan 1, 1970). </p> <p>Here in California, this occurs at <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://www.isit1234567890yet.com/">exactly</a> 3:31:30 pm. To celebrate this special occasion, the Snap team will have its traditional Snappy Hour today exactly at <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://flickr.com/photos/hmk/3276427019/">9876543210</a>!</p> <p>On top of that, it's <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th">Friday the 13th</a>. An auspicious day for the superstitious numerologists among us, for sure.</p> <p><em>This post was written by Scott Johnson, a senior software engineer at Snap.</em></p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-1349" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/11/10/vote-for-snap-shots-on-mashable-open-web-award/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Vote for Snap Shots on Mashable’s Open Web Awards!"">Vote for Snap Shots on Mashable’s Open Web Awards!</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/11/10/vote-for-snap-shots-on-mashable-open-web-award/#comments" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Vote for Snap Shots on Mashable’s Open Web Awards!">2 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/author/jay/" title="Posts by Jay Meydad">Jay Meydad</a></span> November 10th, 2008 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/in-the-news/" title="View all posts in In the News" rel="category tag">In the News</a>, <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/product-announcement/snap-shots/" title="View all posts in Snap Shots" rel="category tag">Snap Shots</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>Nominations for <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://mashable.com/openwebawards/home/">Mashable’s Open Web Awards</a> have officially opened, and we hope our faithful users, publishers and followers will help Snap Shots be voted the #1 Blog Plugin!</p> <p>To vote, simply type in your email and hit the "Submit" button in the widget below. Then spread the word and share your vote with your Twitter followers and Facebook friends. Don’t forget to check your inbox for an email asking you to confirm your vote. </p> <p>Update: The winners were selected and unfortunately Snap was not chosen this year. We will try again next year.</p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="feedback_post"> <div id="post-1348" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/11/07/snap-shots-remains-a-leading-widget/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Snap Shots Remains A Leading Widget"">Snap Shots Remains A Leading Widget</a></h3> <div class="listing_label"><img src="/web/20090327041240im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/themes/k2/images/feedback_label.gif"></div> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/11/07/snap-shots-remains-a-leading-widget/#comments" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Snap Shots Remains A Leading Widget">3 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/author/jay/" title="Posts by Jay Meydad">Jay Meydad</a></span> November 7th, 2008 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/in-the-news/" title="View all posts in In the News" rel="category tag">In the News</a>, <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/feedback/" title="View all posts in User Feedback" rel="category tag">User Feedback</a>, <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/product-announcement/snap-shots/" title="View all posts in Snap Shots" rel="category tag">Snap Shots</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>Lijit <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://www.lijit.com/blog/2008/11/06/widget-statistics-revival-20/">released</a> their very useful widget statistics based on data collected between Sep-Nov '08. This time Lijit chose to remove Snap Shots from the "search" category but in the overall ranking, <strong>Snap Shots remains in position #9</strong>.</p> <p>We agree with Lijit that Snap Shots is not a search widget. Snap Shots serves users much better than a search engine. Using our Semantic approach and technologies, Snap Shots brings content and related advertising to the user in the right place and time, and eliminate the need to switch focus to a parallel search process. You can read our suggestion how to classify Snap Shots <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://www.lijit.com/blog/2008/11/06/widget-statistics-revival-20/#comment-1216">here</a>.</p> <p>This is yet another opportunity to thank our publishers and users for the continued usage, support and feedback.</p> <p>Thank you for the entire Snap team.</p> <p><img id="image1347" src="/web/20090327041240im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/uploads/wijit_installs_bar_110620081.png" width="450" alt="Lijit Widget Statistics - Nov 2008"/></p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="feedback_post"> <div id="post-1345" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/09/24/snap-introduces-a-crunchbase-shot/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Snap introduces a CrunchBase Shot"">Snap introduces a CrunchBase Shot</a></h3> <div class="listing_label"><img src="/web/20090327041240im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/themes/k2/images/feedback_label.gif"></div> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/09/24/snap-introduces-a-crunchbase-shot/#comments" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Snap introduces a CrunchBase Shot">2 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/author/jay/" title="Posts by Jay Meydad">Jay Meydad</a></span> September 24th, 2008 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/product-announcement/" title="View all posts in Product Announcement" rel="category tag">Product Announcement</a>, <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/feedback/" title="View all posts in User Feedback" rel="category tag">User Feedback</a>, <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/product-announcement/snap-shots/" title="View all posts in Snap Shots" rel="category tag">Snap Shots</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://www.crunchbase.com/">CrunchBase</a>, a website operated by the TechCrunch team, has become a great free source of information about technology companies, people, and investors.</p> <p>Today, we are happy to announce a new type of Shot that was built using the CrunchBase API - The CrunchBase Shot.</p> <p>Anytime you link to an entry on CrunchBase, the link gets automatically enhanced with a Snap Shot that contains rich profile information about a company, a person, or an investor. </p> <p>Here are several examples:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://www.crunchbase.com/company/snap-technologies ">Snap Technologies</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tom-mcgovern">Tom McGovern</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/mayfield-fund ">Mayfield Fund</a></li> </ul> <p><img id="image1346" src="/web/20090327041240im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/uploads/CrunchBase%20Shot.png" alt="CrunchBase Shot"/></a> </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div id="post-1344" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/08/21/snap-is-hiring-wanted-senior-software-engineer-data-mining-quantitative-analyst/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Snap is hiring: Wanted Senior Software Engineer, Data Mining / Quantitative Analyst"">Snap is hiring: Wanted Senior Software Engineer, Data Mining / Quantitative Analyst</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/08/21/snap-is-hiring-wanted-senior-software-engineer-data-mining-quantitative-analyst/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Snap is hiring: Wanted Senior Software Engineer, Data Mining / Quantitative Analyst">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/author/agostino/" title="Posts by Michael Agostino">Michael Agostino</a></span> August 21st, 2008 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/jobs-at-snap/" title="View all posts in Jobs at Snap" rel="category tag">Jobs at Snap</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>We are seeking a highly intelligent, innovative, quantitative and technically savvy individual to analyze process complex data sets related to online advertising marketplace.</p> <p>• Are you a pioneer looking to apply your skills to an emerging market?<br/> • Are you innovative, driven and enjoy scouring data and a market to come up with better ways of doing things?<br/> • Do you have intermediate to advanced programming skills in at least one high level language (Perl, Python, Java, Ruby or shell scripting)?<br/> • Do you have experience working with extremely large data sets exceeding 1 TB?<br/> • Do you have an engineering mentality, i.e. knack for figuring out what went wrong by taking apart and then putting back together again?<br/> • Do you enjoy working with end results oriented team that likes to win?</p> <p>If you said "yes" to all the above and you have a passion for the Internet industry, this may be the position you have been seeking. </p> <p>Responsibilities</p> <p>• Make Snap successful.<br/> • Gather, understand and maintain Internet online advertising data.<br/> • Deliver insights based on underlying trends in the data to improve efficiency of Snap’s strategies<br/> • Ensure collected data is accurate and rapidly accessible.<br/> • Apply economic principles to datasets to develop and model media buying and selling strategies<br/> • Optimize data collection process to scale to larger data sets.<br/> • Collaborate with others to test and refine strategies based on the data sets.</p> <p>Requirements / Qualities</p> <p>• BS degree required or MS preferred in computer science, computer engineering, statistics, or applied math with an exceptional GPA<br/> • 3 years professional programming experience in at least one high level language (Perl, Python, Java, Ruby or shell scripting)<br/> • Experience with Linux and related tools<br/> • Work experience manipulating large scale datasets via flat files and common database skills<br/> • Ability to apply a pragmatic financial or business outlook to daily work and long-term plans<br/> • Experience using statistical modeling packages such as SAS and interest to test emerging tools such as HADOOP, a plus<br/> • Experience in financial services or investment management, asset management, risk management, a plus<br/> • Experience with machine learning algorithms, a plus<br/> • Highly intelligent, motivated, innovative, with ability to accept and give very direct constructive criticism for improvement in an ego-less manner<br/> • High energy with strong work ethic and commitment, ability to operate with tight deadlines in a startup environment</p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-1343" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/08/18/snap-is-hiring-wanted-manager-of-product-development/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Snap is hiring: Wanted Manager of Product Development"">Snap is hiring: Wanted Manager of Product Development</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/08/18/snap-is-hiring-wanted-manager-of-product-development/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Snap is hiring: Wanted Manager of Product Development">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/author/agostino/" title="Posts by Michael Agostino">Michael Agostino</a></span> August 18th, 2008 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/jobs-at-snap/jobs-archives/" title="View all posts in Jobs Archives" rel="category tag">Jobs Archives</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p><strong>Title: Manager, Product Development<br/> </strong><br/> <strong><br/> Job Description<br/> </strong></p> <p><strong> THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED</strong></p> <p>Snap is looking for a hands-on Manager of Product Development to lead its software engineering team in delivering innovative Snap Shots products.<br/> Reporting Relationship: Reports to Chief Technology Officer</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <p>1) Make Snap successful.<br/> 2) Grow and manage a high performance, experienced software engineering team that delivers new Snap Shots products and features.<br/> 3) Create new tools that allow customization and provisioning by Snap’s publishing partners and Snap’s operations team.<br/> 4) Develop tools and scripts to speed development of new products<br/> 5) Work with senior members of the engineering team to ensure technical design is consistent with Snap’s architecture and is of high quality.<br/> 6) Liaison with business development and product management to ensure new publisher and content partner deployments are successful.<br/> 7) Plan and schedule execution of product engineering efforts making appropriate trade-offs in time, quality and budget.</p> <p><strong>Requirements / Qualities</strong></p> <p>1) Track record of success in dynamic, small group or company environments.<br/> 2) High energy with strong work ethic and commitment.<br/> 3) Ability to collaborate with others in an ego-less manner to get the right answer.<br/> 4) Experience in successfully managing engineers and projects.<br/> 5) Strong communication skills, particularly in managing team and communicating technical matters to non-engineer stakeholders.<br/> 6) Ability to develop simple tools and scripts using Linux, Apache, Mysql, Perl, PHP, Python, and XML.<br/> 7) 5 years experience in software with at least 1.5 years as a technical lead or development manager. Experienced in the product development life cycle requirements gathering, specification, documentation, testing, release, and maintenance. Familiar with CVS and Bugzilla or other mainstream version control and bug tracking packages.<br/> 8) BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering preferred</p> <p><strong>Company Overview</strong></p> <p>Snap is one of the largest distributed media networks on the Internet, already reaching more than 19% of the US audience and 35 million unique global users each month in 48 languages. Over 100 times per second, we reveal the content that users want, in the best form possible, and deliver it to them right where they are. Our Snap Shots products are used on over 2,000,000 websites and blogs, who appreciate the improved experience we provide their users along with the additional advertising inventory we create. Our Engage products help major content owners add depth to their own offerings and extend their reach across our network to build awareness, traffic and revenue. Together, they comprise a complete solution that is helping to re-aggregate content and users in an increasingly fragmented Internet. Snap’s business model is based on selling advertising on the Snap Shots products.<br/> Launched in 2006 by Bill Gross, Snap is backed by blue chip Venture Investors including Mayfield Fund and Idealab. </p> <p><strong>Environment</strong></p> <p>Snap is a mid-stage start-up. Snap has achieved it market success with a relatively small team (less than 30 employees) of HIGH IMPACT team members. Snap intends to continue to follow this strategy of keeping the organization small in the immediate term but will expand as revenues grow.<br/> The Snap environment is a start-up where employees are personally passionate about the products and building the business and doing what is necessary to achieve our shared goals. It is a meritocracy where great ideas from any team member is celebrated and pursued yet “good ideas are killed as we only have time for the great ones.” We are an “always on” team that values fact based decisions, speed, entrepreneurship and sweating the details.</p> <p><strong>Company Benefits</strong></p> <p>• Fun people in a great environment<br/> • Stock options package<br/> • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans<br/> • Life insurance<br/> • Company holidays and Paid Time Off (PTO)<br/> • 401k<br/> • Subsidized lunches, gourmet coffee, free snacks, daily fruit and healthy snacks, and free soft drinks<br/> • Casual dress<br/> • Great working environment</p> <p>Position Location: Pasadena, CA. Local candidates only, no relocation</p> <p>INTERESTED CANDIDATES SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR RESUME AND SALARY HISTORY TO MIKE AGOSTINO: mna {at} snap {dot} com </p> <p>Snap is an equal opportunity employer</p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-1341" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/08/17/snap-peoplecom-introduce-the-people-shot/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Snap & People.com introduce: People Shot"">Snap & People.com introduce: People Shot</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/08/17/snap-peoplecom-introduce-the-people-shot/#comments" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Snap & People.com introduce: People Shot">1 <span>Comment</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/author/jay/" title="Posts by Jay Meydad">Jay Meydad</a></span> August 17th, 2008 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/product-announcement/" title="View all posts in Product Announcement" rel="category tag">Product Announcement</a>, <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/product-announcement/snap-shots/" title="View all posts in Snap Shots" rel="category tag">Snap Shots</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>Now it’s easier than ever to keep up with your favorite celebrities!</p> <p>Snap has recently launched a test program with Time Inc’s People.com to deliver a customized People celebrity Snap Shot across Snap’s top entertainment/celebrity partner sites. The specialized People Shot will give users headlines, photos and the latest news on top celebrities from the People.com website.</p> <p>To see the People Shot in action, check out on celebrity sites such as <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://yeeeah.com/2008/08/14/quickies-cut-it-out/">Yeeeah</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://bumpshack.com/2008/08/15/mamma-mia-soundtrack-1-album/">BumpShack</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://celebrity.rightpundits.com/?p=4205">Right Celebrity</a> and others. </p> <p><img id="image1342" src="/web/20090327041240im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/uploads/The%20People%20Shot%20.png" width="450" alt="People Shot"/></p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="post-1337" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/08/08/compete-ranks-snapcom-as-a-top-mover/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Compete ranks Snap.com as a top mover"">Compete ranks Snap.com as a top mover</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/08/08/compete-ranks-snapcom-as-a-top-mover/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Compete ranks Snap.com as a top mover">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> August 8th, 2008 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/in-the-news/" title="View all posts in In the News" rel="category tag">In the News</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>We were really happy & proud to see yesterday the report from <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://blog.compete.com/2008/08/08/top-growing-sites-july-2008-media/">Compete</a> which ranks Snap as one of the fastest growing sites in July 2008. Thanks!</p> <p> <img id="image1336" src="/web/20090327041240im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/uploads/Compete%202008-07-movers.gif" alt="Compete fastest growing sites - July 2008"/> </p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="feedback_post"> <div id="post-1335" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/08/06/snaps-ceo-to-attend-building-block-2008/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Snap's CEO to speak at Building Block 2008"">Snap's CEO to speak at Building Block 2008</a></h3> <div class="listing_label"><img src="/web/20090327041240im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/themes/k2/images/feedback_label.gif"></div> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/08/06/snaps-ceo-to-attend-building-block-2008/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Snap's CEO to speak at Building Block 2008">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> August 6th, 2008 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/feedback/" title="View all posts in User Feedback" rel="category tag">User Feedback</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>In case you plan to attend Digital Hollywood's Building Block 2008 event in San Jose tomorrow, make sure to attend <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://www.digitalhollywood.com/08BBlocks/BBlocks08-Thurs7.html">track IV</a> - Technology Redefining the Future Web 2.0 Infrastructure: The Enabling Tools, Applications and Services.</p> <p>The track starts at 11:05 and our CEO & Co-Founder, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://www.crunchbase.com/person/tom-mcgovern">Tom McGovern</a>, will be one of the panelists.</p> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div id="post-1334" class="item entry"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0px 10px 0px 15px"> <div class="itemhead"> <h3><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/07/18/twiistup-4-wrap-up/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to "Twiistup 4 wrap up"">Twiistup 4 wrap up</a></h3> <small><span class="metadata"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/2008/07/18/twiistup-4-wrap-up/#respond" class="commentslink" title="Comment on Twiistup 4 wrap up">0 <span>Comments</span></a> <span class="chronodata"> <span class="posting_link"><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/author/snapstaff/" title="Posts by Snap Staff">Snap Staff</a></span> July 18th, 2008 in <span class="posting_link"> <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/misc/" title="View all posts in Miscellaneous" rel="category tag">Miscellaneous</a>, <a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/snap-speaks/" title="View all posts in Snap Speaks" rel="category tag">Snap Speaks</a> </span> </span> </small> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 15px"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px 15px 0px 0px"> <div class="itemtext"> <p>Thank you all for checking out our booth at Twiistup 4, grabbing <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaymeydad/2672524840/">Snap Beach Balls</a> (too bad the pool was covered) and providing great feedback.</p> <p>Vivian Lee from JuiceCaster, you are the lucky winner of a Nintendo DS & Guitar Hero bundle. We will contact you to make pickup arrangements. Have a rocking weekend! </p> <p>See you all again at Twiistup 5.</p> <p><img id="image1333" width="400" src="/web/20090327041240im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/uploads/Twiistup%204%20raffle.jpg" alt="Snap's Post Twiistup 4 raffle"/></p> <div class="snap_noshots" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://technorati.com/tags/Twiistup%204" rel="tag">Twiistup 4</a>,<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://technorati.com/tags/Snap.com" rel="tag">Snap.com</a>,<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://technorati.com/tags/Snap Shots" rel="tag">Snap Shots </a>,<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://technorati.com/tags/JuiceCaster" rel="tag">JuiceCaster</a>,<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://technorati.com/tags/Nintendo%20DS" rel="tag">Nintendo DS</a>,<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://technorati.com/tags/Guitar%20Hero" rel="tag">Guitar Hero</a></div> </div> <small><span class="metadata"> <span class="emaillink"> </span></span></small> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <hr/> <table class="navigation" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left" width="25%"> </td> <td>Showing 1 to 10 of 529 Snap Posts</td> <td align="right" width="25%"><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/page/2/"><img src="/web/20090327041240im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/themes/k2/images/next_entries.gif"></a></td> </tr> </table> <hr/> </div> <hr/> <div class="secondary"> <div id="twitter_div"> <h2 class="twitter-title">Snaps Twitts<br/> <span style="font-size: .8em;">(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://twitter.com/Snap">follow Snap</a>)</span></h2> <ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240js_/http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240js_/http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/Snap.json?callback=twitterCallback2&count=5"></script>   <div class="sb-feeds snap_noshots"> <h2>Feeds</h2> <p>  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://www.addthis.com/feed.php?pub=snapshots&h1=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.snap.com%2Ffeed%2F&t1=" title="Subscribe using any feed reader!"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240im_/http://s9.addthis.com/button1-rss.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Feed Button"/></a>  </p> <ul><script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240js_/http://embed.technorati.com/embed/gggakq48w6.js"></script></ul> <ul> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240js_/http://s24.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=s24snapblog"></script> </ul>  </div> <div class="facebook snap_noshots"> <h2>Snap Facebook Group</h2> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090327041240/http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2469261486"><img src="/web/20090327041240im_/http://blog.snap.com/wp-content/uploads/facebook.png" alt="Facebook"/><br/> Join our facebook group</a> </div> <div class="sb-categories"><h2>Categories</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/badge-o-rama/" title="View all posts filed under Badge-O-Rama">Badge-O-Rama</a> (104) </li> <li><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/product-announcement/co2-saver/" title="View all posts filed under CO2 Saver">CO2 Saver</a> (5) </li> <li><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/snap-shot-add-on/firefox/" title="View all posts filed under Firefox">Firefox</a> (4) </li> <li><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/gold-publishers-program/" title="View all posts filed under Gold Publishers Program">Gold Publishers Program</a> (1) </li> <li><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/hotshots/" title="View all posts filed under HotShots">HotShots</a> (3) </li> <li><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/in-the-news/" title="View all posts filed under In the News">In the News</a> (74) </li> <li><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/snap-shot-add-on/internet-explorer/" title="View all posts filed under Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a> (2) </li> <li><a href="/web/20090327041240/http://blog.snap.com/category/jobs-at-snap/jobs-archives/" title="This is just an archival place for job posts that are no longer active but might want to be saved for future use. 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