This New Facebook Widget is No Joke...

CRESTED BUTTE, Colo., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Have you heard the one about the kid with a multicolored Mohawk who sits down on a park bench next to an old man reading a newspaper?

The old man looks up from his paper to take in the spectacle in front of him.

"What's the matter, old man," the kid sneers. "Never done anything daring?"

"I once got drunk and had sex with a parrot," the old man says. "I was just wondering if you were my son."

Love it? Hate it? Have a better one? Welcome to OpenMic, a new widget that debuts today on Facebook. The widget, developed by Maroon Gadgeteering, is designed to allow people on social networks to tell jokes, applaud the ones they like and heckle the ones they don't.

OpenMic is the first of a series of widgets that Maroon Gadgeteering, a subsidiary of Maroon Ventures, plans to launch for social networks and mobile platforms.

"Maroon Gadgeteering isn't meant to be all things to all people," said Charity Huff, Maroon Ventures partner. "Gadgeteering aims to bring like-minded people together from across the web. Interaction doesn't have to take place in traditional media. Widgets allow users to develop a community based on where and how they want to interact."

To download Open Mic on to your Facebook profile, click Application in the right nav. In the Edit My Applications screen, click the browse more applications button. From the Application Directory, search Open Mic.

About Maroon Gadgeteering

Maroon Gadgeteering, a technology foundry, builds apps that allow people to get together - however and where ever they choose. Maroon Gadgeteering builds across social networking platforms and delivery mediums: messaging, email, video, blogging, desktop apps, plug-ins. Check out our latest app, Open Mic. Tell a joke, share a joke, heckle a jokester.

About Maroon Ventures

Maroon Ventures is a professional services firm that connects emerging business opportunities with media companies to help them execute in local markets. Its members draw on extensive operational and strategic experience to drive innovation throughout the business lifecycle.

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2008-04-01 22:00:54 0325616 PRNEWSWIRE