Who Wants a T-Shirt?!?

In a rapidly changing economy, Turbo140 is working for you to find gigs so you can earn extra cash. Some gigs are dirty, some are multilingual (as is this current Turbo140 gig up for bids), and some are too good to be true -- which brings us to @Turbo140's latest feature -- "gag" gigs.

Today we are featuring a newly posted "gag" gig on Turbo140.com wherein we are looking for a properly hilarious punishment for FIFA President Joseph "I Can't Hold My" Blatter. Sign up and place a hilarious bid and win a Turbo140 t-shirt. It's that simple! We'll award the gig to the funniest bid and ship the coolest "Turbo140" t-shirt on earth. Make us laugh world, because the World Cup is making us cry.

What Hat Do You NOT Feel Like Wearing?

Since launching Turbo140 a few weeks ago, we've been receiving a lot of questions -- such as "Can you design Sprocket [our beloved logo] wearing a mankini"?  Probably the second most frequent question we receive is what kinds of gigs should I post on Turbo140?  We're working on designing a new page for the site to help generate suggestions, but in the mean time -- try thinking about hats...

In one episode when Homer Simpson was getting ready to make a lot of phone calls, one of my favorite quotes is, "Marge.  Give me your address book, four beers, and my conversation hat."  So when thinking about what to post on Turbo140 -- essentially what you want someone else to do for you -- consider all of the hats you DON'T feel like wearing.  Granted, I'm not sure it's wise to outsource calling a bunch of family members, as tempting as that may be, but here are a few suggestions to get your started.  

Take off your...

• I-hate-computers hat -- there's no reason why you should have to design your own blog or website

• Yard work hat -- have someone else mow your lawn and trim your hedges

• Honey-do hat -- enjoy a cold one while someone else runs your errands

• Workout hat -- it's a whole lot easier (often with a better view) when you have a trainer to help with your workouts

• Good samaritan hat -- why should you have to actually haul your donations to Goodwill

• Gardening hat -- it's too hot to toil in the garden; enjoy an iced-tea while someone else gets their hands dirty

• Crazy bride hat -- from invitations to color swatches for your dress, take a load off while other people do the hard work

• Oops hat -- so what if you forgot something at the store, have someone else run that errand instead of doubling back

That's just a few ideas, and we're surprised every day by the interesting and unique ways that people and businesses are using @Turbo140 to make their lives easier.  And the best part about it is that actual people (as opposed to spammers and scammers) bid and compete for your gigs.

Now go get your gig on.  I'm going to see if someone on Turbo140 will pick up a sandwich for me...  It's good to be lazy.  Or to put it euphemistically -- it's good to be efficient.

Who needs Disneyland?

Who needs Disneyland? Turbo140 is going to The Launch Conference!

ThisWeekIn hosted its first live, global meetup tonight for its TWiST show. Yet another brilliant idea from the freakish Calacanis mind. People from all over the world tuned in live to watch a special broadcast featuring key cities and pitches from deserved – if I don’t say so myself - startups that are crushing it… Of course, Turbo140 was one of them!

Led by our trusty CEO @hegranes who organized the Phoenix event which was held at Gangplank (no, there aren’t pirates, but you wouldn’t want the captain of the Black Pearl to utter their wifi password to you), Turbo140 was well represented, receiving good reviews and comments from the chat room. We didn’t walk away with an iPad, but @Jason did award Turbo140 (and the other presenting companies) a ticket to his Launch Conference (slated for this winter).

A great event that continued to get better after the show, as the bubbling startup minds at Gangplank stuck around, critiquing business plans, showing off technology, and providing some unique insights and suggestions into each other’s businesses. Really cool cats over there. Looking forward to spending some more time at Gangplank. Plus, I found a guy to make some much needed Turbo140 t-shirts! Most importantly, I found a couple of people who seemed interested in bidding on a recent Turbo140 gig where someone is looking for lessons for his (currently out of control) radio-controlled helicopter.