Toddlers, sneakers, and even scales can tweet – so why not dogs?

Image Copyright Mattel.

OMG! When I read this I almost fell over! Is it a hoax or is this for real... apparently so, now you can let your dogs tweet even if it is a random canned tweet that they have no control over the message other than when it is sent (when they bark or move) was featured on The Huffington Post.

A new Twitter-enabled dog collar called 'Puppy Tweets' from Mattel will allow Fido to broadcast its everyday actions on Twitter. Read the full story by Andrea Chang at LA Times

AND if that is not good enough for your pooch than Japan has something better... iPhone App Enables Dogs to Be Emo on Twitter

"If you want your dog to tweet but aren't sold on Puppy Tweets, check out Japan's BowLingual. The app, which should be available in English later this year, promises to analyze your dog's bark and translate it into one of six emotions, which it then syncs with a phrase that corresponds to that feeling. That phrase can then be tweeted out through your dog's Twitter account."

Read the full story on the Gadget Lab by Brian X. Chen at Wired Magazine.

Walking While Texting: Should There Be a Law?

Now this is what Tomsuey is all about! Look Up SPEAK! Stop walking around with your head down, hands tweeting/texting away... missing out on whats going on right in front of you! Next time you see someone walking and texting, give them a nudge in the shoulder as you walk by and say "HELLO" – share the delight of human interaction!

Read the article "Walking While Texting: Should There Be a Law?" By Kathy McManus here!

US States go after texting drivers

States in dark blue ban texting for all drivers. Light blue indicates states weighing legislation to ban texting for all drivers. Gray indicates states with no active legislation. White indicates states with no legislative session scheduled for 2010. Read the full article "States go after texting drivers" By Larry Copeland, USA TODAY here!

Finally the US is seeing some sense! I am amazed everyday at how bad the roads are getting by drivers who are doing 3 things at once... either talking or texting as well as drinking their coffee or reading a map quest printout... leaving no hands on the wheel? A friend has even seen a lady eating a bowl of cereal while talking on the phone and driving, now that's talent or an accident waiting to happen!

Tomsuey Tees in Australia!

A good friend of ours (and an amazing designer!) helped start up Australian Infront – one of the first online communities bringing together and promoting creatives in Australia with a huge global presence! He gave us a great intro into Australia so we sent him some tees in appreciation and also to blatantly promote us as well! Justin wrote us a nice little note on his blog... please check it out!

HOW/Tomsuey T-shirt Winners Announced!!

In a very unscientific and unbiased manner (names on lined paper picked from an empty box), we picked the 3 T-shirt winners!

Thank you to everyone who contributed their twitter accolades or woes in the HOW/Tomsuey T-shirt giveaway.

Entrants either posted their response to "To Tweet or not to Tweet?" in the HOW Forum or on twitter (#HOWgiveaway). 

Here are the 3 winners and what they wrote:

From the HOW Forum
Smutek says, "The coolest thing about twitter, to me, is all of the awesome little "twitter bird" illustrations that have spawned in the wake of its creation. Twitters effect on the art of bird illustration will be felt for centuries."

m@ says, "If I joined twitter to tweet, but no one heard it, would it really have happened? More importantly, would I still get 1 of these awesome T's?"

From twitter #HOWgiveaway
@oneupart twote, "Definitely tweet—it's creative corruption at its finest!"

The 3 winners got to pick any tee from the Tomsuey Store and they all picked 3 different designs – Feed Me Me in asphalt, Tastey Tweet in black and Tweet Who in Asphalt!

Downtown Live - August 22nd!

Tomsuey is taking part in the Downtown Live FREE concert series Art & Craft Market again this saturday, August 22nd, at Moore Square Park in Raleigh NC. Better Than Ezra will be headlining!

If you are in the area, come on down and introduce yourself and mention you saw this blog and we will give you $5.00 off any t-shirt purchase on the day!

What The Tweet?

HOW Blog is teaming up with Tomsuey Tees for a limited time T-shirt giveaway. All you have to do is jump on the HOW Forum and share your thoughts by commenting on the thread to the following: To Tweet or Not to Tweet (and why you love or hate twitter)?

Click Here to Post Your Comment
Not a forum member? It's super easy (and free). Click Here

Or, Post your thoughts on twitter (#HOWgiveaway).

From there, we’ll select three winners (two from the HOW Forum, one from Twitter) and share your answers on the HOW Blog. Post your comment by Wednesday, Aug. 12. Winners will be announced Thursday, Aug. 13.