Today is the first Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup, and we are pumped! We can’t wait to meet Triangle (and beyond!) tweeps and show them a little bit about what makes the N.C. State Fair the…well…N.C. State Fair. We’ll be tweeting all night, and can’t wait to put Twitter names and faces together. We also want to give everyone who is coming out a big THANKS for helping us stock the shelves of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, since tomorrow is Food Lion Hunger Relief Day. Here are some more details we’ve posted over the last few weeks: Details...

As we get closer and closer to the Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup, we wanted to give you a little more information on what you can expect at the event beyond lots of tweeting, lots of friends and lots of N.C. State Fair lovers. We wouldn’t want to let our tweeps down when it comes to cool (free!) stuff. At the N.C. State Fair, we have many awesome sponsors, agriculture commodity groups, entertainers and friends who have donated their time and swag to the Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup, and we want to highlight them here. In addition to the other artists and entertainers at the tweetup, we have...

As we get closer and closer to the Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup, we wanted to give you a little more information on what you can expect at the event beyond lots of tweeting, lots of friends and lots of N.C. State Fair lovers. The Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup is upon us, and we are busy getting all of the final details in place. We have lots of fun stuff planned for the Folk Festival tent (including artists and entertainers who will be there, the awesome food you’ll be able to sample and the deep-fried Tweetup Badges we’ll have for the first 250 attendees), but we also have one adventure planned...

As we get closer and closer to the Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup, we wanted to give you a little more information on what you can expect at the event beyond lots of tweeting, lots of friends and lots of N.C. State Fair lovers. So now our tweeps know about the artists and entertainers coming to the Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup, as well as the awesome food they’ll be able to sample. But what about the all-important tweetup staple known as the tweetup badge? No sweat–we have you covered! This is actually one of the elements of the tweetup that we’re most excited about, mainly because we’ve never...

As we get closer and closer to the Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup, we wanted to give you a little more information on what you can expect at the event beyond lots of tweeting, lots of friends and lots of N.C. State Fair lovers. Last week we told you about some of the fun artists and entertainers we’ll have out at the first Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup. (Who is getting a Fail Whale painted on their face?) If you haven’t joined in on the fun yet, be sure to register for the event here, and come out to the Folk Festival tent on Food Lion Hunger Relief Day Thursday, Oct. 22, from 7 to 9 p.m. This...

As we get closer and closer to the Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup, we wanted to give you a little more information on what you can expect at the event beyond lots of tweeting, lots of friends and lots of N.C. State Fair lovers. We’ll be “releasing” these details every few days leading up to Thursday, Oct. 22, when four cans will get you into the fairgrounds for free. (If you don’t have four cans on you, you can always pay admission at the gate.) Keep an eye on the NC State Fair blog, on the Twitter account and on here on the Triangle Tweetup site to get the inside scoop, and...

Join us on Thursday, Oct. 22 at the first Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup at the N.C. State Fair. The event will be held in the Folk Festival Tent from 7 to 9 p.m. on Food Lion Hunger Relief Day. Bring four cans of food for Free entry to the fair. Register here for free for the Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup.

That’s right Triangle Tweeple, save the date April 30th and we’re coming to Durham, NC. Bronto has agreed to host Triangle Tweetup 2.0 2009. We’ll have guest speakers, drinks, food, door prizes, the always popular photo booth and more. A big thanks to Bronto. (@bronto on twitter) for hosting and Capture Carolina (http://capturecarolina.ning.com) for sponsoring. If you’re interesting in presenting or sponsoring Triangle Tweetup 2.0 please use the form on the contact page here: http://triangletweetup.org/contact/ or leave a comment or send a tweet to @triangletweetup. More...

First off, if you didn’t know the Phoneix Suns is the NBA”s 1st twitter team. You can thank A. Jo. Martin, the Digital Media & Research Director of the Suns aka @PhoenixSunsGirl on twitter for that.  Not only is she on twitter but the Sun’s graphic designer @paigeiam , webmaster @SunsWebmaster, blogger @SunsBlogger , Public Relations Manager @sunsprgirland and the Sr. V.P. of Marketing Partnerships @SunsBizDiva .  I’m sure you know by now that Shaq is on twitter also but did you know his teammate Adamre Stoudmire was on twitter too?  @vote4amare ? We’ll at least his pr team is....

Happy New Year everyone, or should I say Happy Tweet Year. Last year was an amazing year for meeting new people and building relationships, a lot due to the fact of twitter. Now with twitter becoming more main stream and working on a business model, more people are signing up everyday and it’s becoming even harder to keep up with all of the new sites, tools and tweets of your favorite twitter friends. With that being said offline meetups (tweetups) will become even more valuable as we continue to follow one another and build on the relationships we established in 2008 and build new relationships...