Chirpbug Helps You Protest from Anywhere with Occupy the Street Interactive Live Feed – Started Wednesday, October 12th
New York, NY, October 14, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Chirpbug co-founders Janine DiTullio and Patrick Rogan are excited to announce Occupy The Street, an interactive website where users can have a voice in the Occupy Wall Street movement from any computer anywhere in the world. The Chirpbug coverage began Wednesday, October 12th to coincide with the live rally. To get engaged go to chirpbug.tv/occupy. Chirpbug co-founder Janine DiTullio commented, “It's the digital age, you should be able to wage an economic protest from the comfort of your own home- until the bank takes it away.”
About The Techology
Inspired by the needs of stand-up comedians, Chirpbug's technology aggregates users’ sentiment moment by moment and democratizes content of all kinds. Chirpbug’s social widgets have successfully connected fans and comedians in past events such as “Comics Riff on The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards” and “Laugh in the eye of Hurricane Irene.” Visit chirpbug.com to find out more.
About the Creators and Co-Founders
Janine DiTullio started her career as a stand-up comedian in Boston and moved on to write, produce and create on some of TVs most successful comedy shows. DiTullio's writing credits include Late Night With Conan O'Brien (earning six Emmy nominations and two Writers' Guild Awards), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and The Jon Stewart Show. She currently serves as story editor / head writer on Adult Swim's psychedelic series Superjail and writes on Metalocalypse with creator Brendon Small. Janine and Brendon met when she voiced the character of Brendon's mom, Paula Small, on Adult Swim's long running hit Home Movies (1999-2004). She co-created and EP'd the series Kill Me Now for Superdeluxe and The Stalkers, a finalist in the 2010 NYTV Festival that the Onion chose as "Best in the Festival." When she’s not dreaming up Chirpbugs or writing comedy, Janine rabidly reads about the economy and medical conditions she might not have. Patrick Rogan studied Computer Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction to earn his B.S. in Cognitive Science from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since then, he's coded his butt off at places like the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund and the Internet search engine Lycos, where he was one of the original engineers. When he’s not coding Chirpbugs, he satisfies his techno lust and practices head shots on his Xbox 360.
For more information or interview requests please contact:
Michael D’Amato/ press@chirpbug.com
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About The Techology
Inspired by the needs of stand-up comedians, Chirpbug's technology aggregates users’ sentiment moment by moment and democratizes content of all kinds. Chirpbug’s social widgets have successfully connected fans and comedians in past events such as “Comics Riff on The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards” and “Laugh in the eye of Hurricane Irene.” Visit chirpbug.com to find out more.
About the Creators and Co-Founders
Janine DiTullio started her career as a stand-up comedian in Boston and moved on to write, produce and create on some of TVs most successful comedy shows. DiTullio's writing credits include Late Night With Conan O'Brien (earning six Emmy nominations and two Writers' Guild Awards), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and The Jon Stewart Show. She currently serves as story editor / head writer on Adult Swim's psychedelic series Superjail and writes on Metalocalypse with creator Brendon Small. Janine and Brendon met when she voiced the character of Brendon's mom, Paula Small, on Adult Swim's long running hit Home Movies (1999-2004). She co-created and EP'd the series Kill Me Now for Superdeluxe and The Stalkers, a finalist in the 2010 NYTV Festival that the Onion chose as "Best in the Festival." When she’s not dreaming up Chirpbugs or writing comedy, Janine rabidly reads about the economy and medical conditions she might not have. Patrick Rogan studied Computer Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction to earn his B.S. in Cognitive Science from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since then, he's coded his butt off at places like the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund and the Internet search engine Lycos, where he was one of the original engineers. When he’s not coding Chirpbugs, he satisfies his techno lust and practices head shots on his Xbox 360.
For more information or interview requests please contact:
Michael D’Amato/ press@chirpbug.com
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