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    Kyle MacDonald

    Kyle refused to write a bio for the website. As head of the Carrot Creative "Keeping it Real Committee" he claimed that writing his own bio wouldn't be keeping it real. We agree.

    Kyle MacDonald October 5, 2011

    What f8 means to the Facebook Platform

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    The speed at which the Facebook Platform moves has always been astoundingly quick. Developers who choose to rely on Facebook to build socially rich and contextual apps are required to react and maneuver swiftly as Facebook is constantly making changes and improvements, yet little have been as profound as what was announced at the 2011 f8 Event. Not since the 2007’s event where the Facebook Platform was launched has the paradigm shifted so much. Timeline Facebook’s Timeline re-imagining of the… Continue Reading

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    Kyle MacDonald April 20, 2011

    Quick Prototyping of Ideas

    Part of Carrot Creative’s business advantage is our ability to move quickly through the online process, from idea all the way to product. Whether client work or side project, prototyping is a central part of this and we are constantly prototyping new ideas and technologies. If you can imagine an environment where creatives and strategists generate unique and often challenging development problems for our production team, each and every day, you’ll understand why functional models are so important. Crawl Before… Continue Reading

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    Kyle MacDonald September 16, 2010

    Meet Tom Milewski, Carrot’s New Development Ninja

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    Good developers are hard to come by…especially right now.  As brands, agencies and companies embrace the power of technology, more and more people are hiring in-house talent, putting developers in high demand.  That’s why when Tom Milewski popped up in our Careers inbox, I scrambled to get him to move from Philadelphia to Brooklyn to join Carrot. His understanding of web development, stellar qualifications and social-media expertise made him a perfect fit as the newest member of the Carrot team. … Continue Reading

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    Kyle MacDonald August 16, 2010

    Ever Want to Be a Carrot?

    We’re sending out a call for developers.  And this isn’t some mamby-pamby “after a month of fooling around we’ll maybe get back to you” kind of call…this is a “we are going to hire you within two weeks” type of deal. Sick of slugging away at your job?  Want to work with fun people, a french bulldog and a voice-activated R2D2? How about tackling brands like Disney, Ford and the NFL?  Come join a tech team of hilarious, wicked smart… Continue Reading

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    Kyle MacDonald April 23, 2010

    What Facebook’s New Social Plugins Mean for You

    Since Facebook’s f8 event yesterday, the online community has been a-twitter (really) with everyone trying to make sense of the Facebook changes and updates. Here at Carrot Creative, we are anxious to help our clients understand all of the new opportunities these changes allow them, and we thought it would be helpful to toss our hat into helping out the public.

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    Kyle MacDonald February 5, 2010

    Down & Dirty: A Social Media Agency's Take on Facebook Platform Changes

    What will the current and upcoming changes to the Facebook platform mean for clients and their existing Fanpages?  As Director of Technology (and Director of  the “keeping it real committee”), I wanted to give everyone a heads up on the changes, but keep my ‘geek-speak’ to a low.  ‘Keep It Simple Stupid’, that’s my motto. Application Interaction There will be no more application-to-user notifications. Meaning the small notification box in the bottom right of the bar on Facebook will no… Continue Reading

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    Kyle MacDonald April 10, 2009

    Music to our ears and work

    Here at >carrot creative, we pride ourselves on working with clients that we like. No, scratch that—LOVE. We take pride in doing stellar work for people that do really cool things. So, when we had the opportunity to work with a company that not only resides in DUMBO with us but is also known as an industry power player—the answer was obvious. Sign. Us. Up. We’re happy to announce today that >carrot creative will now provide social media strategy, design… Continue Reading

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    Kyle MacDonald December 30, 2008

    You Like Us, You Really Like Us!

    Smashing Magazine compiled a list of this years top web designers and offered an insightful glance into their design process and all the sites they found influential in 2008. We’re thrilled that our very own website was chosen by Alen Grakalic of CSSGlobe and Templatica fame as one of his favorite sites of the year.   Check out the whole article for some year-end eye candy. UPDATE We’ve been also featured as BuildInternet.com’s top site for jQuery navigation in 2008! Thanks for the… Continue Reading

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    Kyle MacDonald April 17, 2008

    Carrot Birthday Party Live!

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    Kyle MacDonald April 17, 2008

    Mashable Reviews Social Change

    Dank Apps newest application, Social Change has been featured in the industry-leader in social networking news, Mashable. If you haven’t read our blog lately- Social Change is a new revenue sharing Facebook application that donates part of it’s proceeds to specific certain causes. Currently they give to 4 different causes… The Clinton Global Initiative—HIV/AIDS Initiative – Earn For AIDS Breast Cancer Research Foundation – Earn For Breast Cancer The Nature Conservatory – Stop Climate Change NowStudents For A Free Tibet… Continue Reading

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