We’ve had quite a few great chapters added to SendMeHome stories recently that we thought we’d let you know about.

1) Disposable Camera tied to a Bench

This story involved tying a cheap disposable camera to any bench in a high traffic area for one day and seeing what pictures get taken. It was started back in Santa Barbara but has recently had another chapter added from Palo Alto, California. There are some … Continue Reading

If you haven’t heard yet, SendMeHome was named 64th of the 100 top products of 2009 by PC World!! Here is the official article:  http://www.pcworld.com/article/174171-7/the_pc_world_100_best_products_of_2009.html

We appreciate the recognition and the review they did earlier in the year.

In other news, we’ve installed a discussion feature, called Envolve, that will allow you to converse about SendMeHome stories in real-time. (As opposed to just through the comment feature) You can find out more about it at http://www.envolve.com

Stay tuned for more exciting news from SendMeHome!

A few weeks ago Andrew and I had the pleasure of being introduced to Glen Hodges and Gabe Cano. Together they own and operate Specialty Color Services, a photography lab here in Santa Barbara. Gabe and Glen have a knack for promoting their business using the web and social media, turning their seemingly small town photo lab into a one with a large global prescence.

At the tail end of 2008 they conducted a photography contest in which they collected 1,900 images from around the globe. Avid photographers were asked … Continue Reading

Last week we received a phone call from Peter Holder, host of Holder Tonight on CJAD Montreal and CFRB Toronto. He heard about SendMeHome through a listener of his that had notified him about Andrew’s traveling bacon pan, which is now in Minnesota after traveling through Rhode Island and California.

During his 30 minute slot Peter interviewed us about Send Me Home.

James Tamplin and Andrew Lee on Holder Tonight with Peter Anthony Holder

Click the link to listen in your browser or right click and select “Save Link As” in order to download the file to your computer.

I just ran across a wonderful tool that I’ve been looking for since September. I wanted to duplicate Wordpress’ Ideas feature, but never found a good service and didn’t want to write my own.

Fast forward 6 months. I just found this great tool from UserVoice. If you head to the homepage you’ll notice the tab that says feedback on the right hand side. You can easily click on it and give us suggestions or vote on suggestions that others have entered.

We’re looking forward to hearing what we can do to improve the service!

The Cash for Creativity contest is now closed to new entries. We have 16 exciting entries now. Over the next 3 weeks these entries will try to collect followers. The top 3 stories will receive cash prizes, as well as the story that we find most creative. Here are the current top 5 stories:

1. Webcam MUSIC VIDEO! (34 facebook followers)
2. Album of Astounding Strength and Inarguable Awesomeness (12 facebook followers)
3. My Kickass Kicks (7 facebook followers)
4. Show Me You TAT (4 facebook followers)
5. Ketel one citroen 50ml (3 facebook followers)

Good luck to all our … Continue Reading

We’ve had a couple of great pieces of press coverage in the last week, which we’re really excited about.

We were interviewed last week by Brad Stone a Technology Reporter for the New York Times. On Tuesday his article ran in the technology section of the paper and was also published online.

The article focuses on the creative ways people have returned lost property through the web. Brad illustrated the often painstaking effort that some people go to in order to return valuables which have high tangible and sentimental value. All the more reason to use Send Me Home … Continue Reading

Today we’re launching our Facebook Application along with our first real marketing push.

We’re giving away a grand. 1K. 10 Benjamins.

All you have a do is create a great SendMeHome Story. Simple right? (If you’re not up to speed on what a SendMeHome Story is - find out here)

To win money your Story has to have the most people interested in it - following it - by May 4th. 6 weeks from now. So create something that people can relate to and collaborate around and the money is as good as yours.

Oh! And in case we didn’t … Continue Reading

I know things have been quiet lately, we’ve been pretty busy dotting out i’s and crossing our t’s. In a few hours time we’ll be sending out a press release that marks the official launch of our Facebook application and announces our first real marketing push — the Cash for Creativity competition. Below is our official press release, here is a PDF version, and details on the competition will follow shortly.

It’s going to be a busy day!

SendMeHome.com Launches New Facebook Application
Collaborative story telling is now available via Facebook, with $1,000 in cash prizes

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 24th 2009 – … Continue Reading

Last night we put out our latest release. We’re excited about the new opportunities it brings.

First of all, we’ve redesigned the homepage, the about pages, and given tweaks to various graphics throughout the site. We hope that first time visitors to the homepage will now get an understanding of what SendMeHome is quickly and easily. Our mantra of minimalism still remains, but we believe that presenting a range of extremely useful and relevant information can still embody simplicity. We’ve moved the login and sign-up functions onto the homepage itself. This reduces clicks and help all our users get to … Continue Reading