April 2010
1 post
February 2010
1 post
January 2010
1 post
Posting events to Sponty is now even easier!
Posting events to Sponty has just gotten even easier. You can now post events from Twitter. Like this:
U2 surprise performance at the somerville theater at 2:00 pm #sponty
or this:
cupcakes + dance party at The Enormous Room, Cambridge, MA on 1/10 9:00 pm #sponty
The format is basically: {what} at {where} at/on {time} #sponty
Don’t forget the #sponty hashtag.
Your...
December 2009
3 posts
Sponty 1.1 is now available on the App Store
Sponty 1.1 is now available on the app store. The new version is even faster. We also did the following enhancements:
1. You can now see the names of all the people who are down with an event. Previously, you could only see their photos:
2. The app can now tell you which of the people in your iPhone’s contact list are also on Sponty:
Get it now here: http://www.thesponty.com/iphone
Be hangoutable, now in more cities.
We’ve just extended Sponty’s regional networks into a few more cities. Sponty is now available in: Ann Arbor, Ausin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, Minneapolis, Montreal, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver and DC.
Since we’re based out of Boston, Sponty has networks for the following fine institutions in Boston/Cambridge: Northeastern, Boston University, Harvard, MIT...
Why Sponty?
How did people discover fun social activities before cell phones and text messaging happened?
Since I don’t know for sure, here’s a hypothetical scenario. Let’s talk about Chad; a junior at Boston University in 1993. Chad works at Best Buy part-time and is just heading home on a Friday evening hoping to hang out with some of his buds. Figuring out where the best parties...
November 2009
2 posts
4 tags
Sponty now hooks up with your Facebook, and your...
We just rolled out a new feature: Auto-posts to Facebook and Twitter from Sponty. So now your not so hangoutable friends can find out about the fun things you find on Sponty’s Featured Feeds.
Here is what a Facebook post looks like:
You can enable the hookup in your settings page.
Cheers,
marram (and the Sponty Team).
Be hangoutable. Now on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
The awesome folks at Apple have been gracious enough to let us be one of over 80,000 apps on the App Store. We feel special.
Yes people, Sponty is now officially available on the iTunes App Store! You can download it here: http://www.thesponty.com/iphone
And by the way, there is also a secret. Only Sponty for the iPhone can create a certain type of event. To unlock the feature, shake your phone...
October 2009
2 posts
A.R.T
Shows at the American Repertory Theater, are now featured on Sponty.
September 2009
2 posts
Gardner After Hours
August 2009
3 posts
The Mighty Sponty Widget! Here is a live sample
July 2009
1 post
June 2009
8 posts
May 2009
9 posts
Speed optimizations in Sponty
This post is a bit technical, so it is different from most of what we’ve been posting here on the Sponty blog.
One of the most important requirements of the underlying technical infrstructure of Sponty is speed. We’re obsessed with making Sponty run super fast: on your browser and your iPhone.
This post is about the specifics of speed optimizations on the client side. By client,...
Tweet your hangoutability !
Sponty can now tweet your spontaneous lunches as soon as you post them. You can enable this feature in your settings page.
April 2009
3 posts
Intern at Sponty !
Sponty makes you hangoutable. It is the easiest way to put together casual social events with your friends. We are looking for a crack marketing and business development intern to join our small and talented team. As an intern at Sponty, we will give you real marketing and business projects to solve. You will get to define creative marketing strategies that will shape the future directions of a...
March 2009
4 posts
Sponty is on the front page of Thrillist Boston !...
http://www.thrillist.com/boston/sponty
Sponty is on the Front Page of Mass High Tech!
http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/03/09/weekly15-Google-poses-location-aware-mobile-tech-challenges-legitimization.html
February 2009
4 posts
January 2009
4 posts
MIT TechFair
Sponty is going to be at the MIT TechFair next Monday, 2/2/2009 at the Rockwell Cage at MIT.
Stop by and say “Hi!”.
December 2008
12 posts
