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Free Friday: Watching Irene

by admin on 26 Aug ’11 in Cool Stuff, Design, Digital, Free Stuff, NYC, News, Squeaky, Technology, Web Trends, community, social media, twitter with No comments

This has been an exciting week in terms of big news. The DC earthquake managed to shake things up on the East Coast as well as on the Twittersphere; Steve Jobs decided to step down as CEO of Apple; The Yankees rocked three grand slams in one game and now we are all preparing for Hurricane Irene.

Nowadays when natural disasters strike, people tend to turn to social media to find and share information. So the team at Squeaky has created a free tool to help you track what the Twitter community is saying about Irene.

Utilizing the power of hashtags and the Twitter API we’ve created portal to provide people with real-time updates on the storm. So stock up on water, food, other essential supplies and head to irene.squeaky.com for up to the minute information and don’t forget to contribute to the conversation by sharing your photos, links and stories with any of the following hashtags and keywords: #irene warning, #irene help, #irene evacuation, #irene, #hurricane, #hurricaneirene.

From all of us at Squeaky,

Have a happy and safe weekend!

A Little Retraction for a Big Talent

by admin on 1 Aug ’11 in Digital, Mobile, Squeaky, Technology, company culture, iPhone, social media, web development with No comments

With so much information available on the web, it’s hard to distinguish between fact and fiction. And as avid internet users, we’re typically weary of blogs and individual sites as valid sources of information but when it comes to major publications we—for the most part—tend to believe what we read. The following is our own retraction/correction and an example of why we should not always believe everything we read.

Recently our in-house start up, Crowdbeacon was written about in Entrepreneur Magazine.

Even though it is an honor for our agency and the product, it was unfortunately inaccurate in naming the mobile application’s creators. Crowdbeacon was actually the brainchild of start-up expert, Robert Boyle, Anthony Del Monte and a skilled Sardinian developer named, Luca Columbu. Scott Wells was misquoted as the co-creator because he was the one who conducted the phone interview. Scott is one of our lead strategists and was important in launching Crowdbeacon’s social media and marketing efforts.

For the most part, the other details of the article are true but in publishing this correction, we wanted to highlight Luca for all his hard work and dedication in developing Crowdbeacon. They may have neglected to mention you Luca, but we know how hard you worked; all the hours you put in and we are glad to have an intelligent developer such as yourself on the Squeaky team.

Grande Opera!

Free Friday: Turntable.FM

by admin on 29 Jul ’11 in Cool Stuff, Design, Digital, Free Stuff, Networking, Squeaky, Technology, community, facebook, music, social media, web development with No comments

If you don’t already know about Turntable.fm you are missing out on a creative and fun way to share and discover new music with friends. Turntable.fm combines music with social media while incorporating a game-like twist. Just log in with your Facebook account and then find a room with a genre that tickles your fancy.

From there, you can rate what’s playing as either ‘Lame’ or ‘Awesome’ via a convenient meter. A lame rating will contribute to a song getting skipped (if enough people vote that way) and an awesome rating will allow the DJ who played the song to acquire points. The more points you acquire, the more avatars you will unlock.  If there is an opening on the stage you can step in and play some tunes or—if you don’t feel like it—you can just hang out and let others do the spinning.

Although the music selection is slightly limited, there is still a good amount of music to choose from. Plus, you can  upload your own mp3s to play them. This  allows you to share that new album with your friends or even let them listen to your latest indie project to see what they think.

Overall, this innovative web application creates a pleasant experience by allowing users to share music and interact with friends. Currently, they have a significant amount of features but as a relatively young product, it has the potential to grow and we will likely see additional features in the future. We love it and hope Billy Chasen and the Turntable.fm team continue to improve an already awesome product.

IHadCancer.com Goes Live!

by admin on 27 Jul ’11 in Cool Stuff, Design, Digital, Networking, Squeaky, community, giving back, social media, web development with 1 Comment


The Squeaky staff has been hard at work preparing for the launch of I Had Cancer and that day is finally here. If you didn’t already know, I Had Cancer is a revolutionary, peer-to-peer social support network that is focused on helping those affected by cancer. Whether you’re a fighter, a survivor or a supporter of someone affected by cancer, I Had Cancer provides a platform to find information and connect with others.

As a boutique interactive agency full of driven individuals, Squeaky incubates in-house projects such as I Had Cancer as a way to utilize and improve our coding, design, branding and business skills. Still faithfully devoted to our client work, the in-house projects have separate resources assigned to them in addition to the staff’s help.

Have you got a story to share? If so, yours could help someone in need, so head over to IHadCancer.com and sign up. While you’re there, don’t forget to share with any friends and family who may also be interested because every person touched by cancer has a story, and I Had Cancer is the place where these experiences are shared.

Is Your Personal Information Public?

by admin on 25 Jul ’11 in Cool Stuff, Digital, Enlighten Me, Google, Google Plus, How To's, Networking, community, facebook, social media, twitter with No comments

We all have varying network profiles, blogs and personal web pages, which means there is a wide array of our personal information on the web. Or is there? Well it all depends if you’ve taken the time to consider what you make public and what you keep private especially when creating your new Google Plus account.

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