<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/newyorkobserver/stylesheets/rss.css"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Betabeat &#187; GroupMe&#8217;s Steve Spillman Goes to the Valley</title>
	<atom:link href="http://betabeat.com/2012/04/groupmes-steve-spillman-goes-to-the-valley/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://betabeat.com</link>
	<description>Just another WordPress.com site</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:00:22 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language></language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='betabeat.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Betabeat &#187; GroupMe&#8217;s Steve Spillman Goes to the Valley</title>
		<link>http://betabeat.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://betabeat.com/osd.xml" title="Betabeat" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://betabeat.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
				
		<title>GroupMe&#8217;s Steve Spillman Goes to the Valley</title>

		<comments>http://betabeat.com/2012/04/groupmes-steve-spillman-goes-to-the-valley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
					<link>http://betabeat.com/2012/04/groupmes-steve-spillman-goes-to-the-valley/</link>
			<dc:creator>Jessica Roy</dc:creator>
				
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.betabeat.com/?p=38483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_38496" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 202px"><a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/04/10/groupmes-steve-spillman-goes-to-the-valley/00325c49-5607-415d-87c3-8a0920ed938d/" rel="attachment wp-att-38496"><img class=" wp-image-38496  " title="00325C49-5607-415D-87C3-8A0920ED938D" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/00325c49-5607-415d-87c3-8a0920ed938d.jpeg?w=300&h=300" alt="" width="192" height="192" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mr. Spillman (twitter.com)</p></div></p>
<p>What happens when a seasoned Alley veteran temporarily trades the MUD truck for Blue Bottle, the underdogs for the overlords, the stench of the East River for air that carries a hint of jasmine? A lot of anti-Valley tweets, apparently.</p>
<p>GroupMe's community manager, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/spillman">Steve Spillman</a>, tweeted his way through the Valley and came to the below conclusions.<br />
<!--more--></p>
<p><script src="http://storify.com/JessicaKRoy/groupme-s-steve-spillman-goes-to-the-valley.js"></script><br />
<noscript>[<a href="http://storify.com/JessicaKRoy/groupme-s-steve-spillman-goes-to-the-valley" target="_blank">View the story "GroupMe's Steve Spillman Goes to the Valley" on Storify</a>]</noscript>
]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_38496" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 202px"><a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2012/04/10/groupmes-steve-spillman-goes-to-the-valley/00325c49-5607-415d-87c3-8a0920ed938d/" rel="attachment wp-att-38496"><img class=" wp-image-38496  " title="00325C49-5607-415D-87C3-8A0920ED938D" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/00325c49-5607-415d-87c3-8a0920ed938d.jpeg?w=300&h=300" alt="" width="192" height="192" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mr. Spillman (twitter.com)</p></div></p>
<p>What happens when a seasoned Alley veteran temporarily trades the MUD truck for Blue Bottle, the underdogs for the overlords, the stench of the East River for air that carries a hint of jasmine? A lot of anti-Valley tweets, apparently.</p>
<p>GroupMe's community manager, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/spillman">Steve Spillman</a>, tweeted his way through the Valley and came to the below conclusions.<br />
<!--more--></p>
<p><script src="http://storify.com/JessicaKRoy/groupme-s-steve-spillman-goes-to-the-valley.js"></script><br />
<noscript>[<a href="http://storify.com/JessicaKRoy/groupme-s-steve-spillman-goes-to-the-valley" target="_blank">View the story "GroupMe's Steve Spillman Goes to the Valley" on Storify</a>]</noscript>
]]></content:encoded>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://betabeat.com/2012/04/groupmes-steve-spillman-goes-to-the-valley/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/becf95fa833b8aeb13f7720732bd6dc6?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jhanasobserver</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/00325c49-5607-415d-87c3-8a0920ed938d.jpeg?w=300&#38;h=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">00325C49-5607-415D-87C3-8A0920ED938D</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
