This past weekend Dan, Tony, Jeff and myself attended the Cleanweb Hackathon at the NYU Campus. The 24-hour event challenged programmers, college students, entrepreneurs and the like to create solutions for problems related to energy efficiency, transportation and clean technology. As Cleanweb notes on their website, the hackathon was an opportunity “to demonstrate the impact of applying information technology to resource constraints.” Companies such as Tendril, Genability, and Brighter Planet granted attendees access to their existing API’s, allowing hackers to… Continue Reading
Contributors / Steven Neamonitakis
Known around the office as The Greek, Steven flexes his design muscle for the Carrot Creative crew. When he's not designing, you can find him quoting Arrested Development, critiquing the start menu of his favorite video game or dealing with irony of being a colorblind graphic designer.
January 31, 2012
October 3, 2011
Timeline: History in the Making
The introduction of the Facebook Timeline has changed how and what you share on Facebook. The previous interactions that took place on your wall are still present, but the order and structure of information has significantly changed. This tool offers new ways of expressing meaning and could change how Facebook profiles are used in the future. Since the update is so reliant on time, the content seems to tell more of a story and if used correctly could even teach some… Continue Reading
August 16, 2011
An Opportunity Two Years in the Making
In June of 2009, I was interning at The JAR Group, learning everything I could about online marketing when I had the pleasure of attending my first Digital DUMBO. Being both a designer and front-end developer, it was really inspiring to see a group of people coming together to discuss everything that I was passionate about. I felt that I had found a community that I could explore the technological landscape with. One month later, I met Chris Petescia―Chief Product… Continue Reading
