It’s a scientific fact that Carrot Creative is the best and most badass company…ever. How did we become so amazing? Very carefully (seriously). Every person at Carrot has been vetted, interviewed, stalked, and hazed very carefully to ensure that they are the best of the best. And honestly, the Carrots are the most important part of the company. The Carrot office is known for producing brilliant work all while having fun doing it. That’s why we need to find candidates… Continue Reading
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March 23, 2012
March 21, 2012
SXSW: It’s what you make of it.
Thoughts on a good time in Texas from an almost-seasoned SXSW goer. SXSW has come a long way since its humble beginnings. My music business friends have been going since the early days, and the veterans among them tell me about the times of a twenty band music festival. Today the festival is part interactive, part film and all music, pulling hundreds of thousands of people to the epicenter of cool in the Texas capital city. I’ve gone to SXSW… Continue Reading
March 12, 2012
Creative Consumption
Several weeks ago my dear sweet MacBook Pro that leads a protected, sheltered life similar to that of a child in one of those big plastic bubbles had a bit of a dizzy spell. It reminded me of when the air conditioner freaks out and essentally kills itself at the beginning of The Brave Little Toaster. Oh you weren’t scarred by that film as a child? Count your lucky stars. If you want to subject yourself to that terrifing moment… Continue Reading
January 31, 2012
Social Media for a Cleaner Web
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
December 9, 2011
Spread the joy with Instacheer!
The Carrot crew thought long and hard about what to do for the agency holiday card this year, and after many late nights of apple cider and holiday cookies it dawned on us — Instagram! We’re an agency full of frenzied Instagram users, so why not incorporate one of our favorite photo-taking-social-networks into our annual holiday card? And thus, Instacheer was born! Carrot designed and developed a website that pulls in holiday themed Instagram photos that fall in snowflakes over… Continue Reading
October 13, 2011
Join the Carrot Family!
While my favorite thing about Carrot is the people and being small enough to know everyone’s favorite food (note to self: pick up peanut butter filled pretzels for Dan), it’s still exciting that we’re large enough to offer great benefits that rival any New York agency. We’re still working on that free cafeteria, but we do have medical, dental and vision insurance plans. We prefer that our team members spend their time worrying about how awesome the work they’re creating… Continue Reading
September 26, 2011
Did Facebook and Spotify just save the music industry?
A lot of Facebook news happened last Thursday, but some of the biggest news for me, and many of us here at Carrot Creative, is Facebook’s integration of music and the partnership with Spotify (Go Sean Parker, go). Essentially, this move blows previous attempts to “re-imagine the music industry” out of the water. By embedding a user’s listening history and real-time status and as a key platform feature, Facebook has now assigned a metric to every part of the music listening… Continue Reading
September 9, 2011
Remembering and Honoring
Today, like all days, Carrot Creative is proud to call America “home”. We are proud of the resilience, support and courage Americans have shown throughout the hard times following the September 11th attacks. We are also proud and honored to have the opportunity to watch the new One World Trade Center (known to us as the Freedom Tower) grow right across the water since we moved into our new office. The speed with which the tower is being built is an… Continue Reading
August 30, 2011
What Your Company Means For Your Stomach
In my years in New York City I’ve been fortunate enough to experience the gamut of companies. From large companies to the tiniest of tiny startups, I’ve seen the company landscape and let’s just say it’s not always pretty. Understanding what each type of company is like can help you understand the ideal company you eventually want to work for. I’m going to break down each, but I’m going to do so by equating them to desserts because, well, that’s… Continue Reading
August 25, 2011
BWB4 hosted by Bloomberg Sports
I’m not afraid to say that Blogs with Balls is my favorite conference — and I’m sure you can guess why. The founders are amazing, the panelists always blow me away, and the conferences are held in the coolest locations with the best after parties. This year it will be back in New York at one of the most spectacular corporate offices in the country — Bloomberg Global Headquarters. Blogs with Balls (BWB) is the leading sports new media event series… Continue Reading
