As they say, the only constant is change; a statement that can’t be more true in our industry. Everyday we are on the pursuit of awesome and figuring out how we can bring that awesome to our clients. From whosits to whatsits applications to social networks, we need to have our ears to the ground and be able to react quickly for our clients. Aside from the usual suspects—Mashable, Techcrunch, PSFK, Hacker News, Adage, and Agency Spy—here’s a quick taste… Continue Reading
Happy Social Media Day!
If you didn’t get the memo status update, check-in, tweet, or comment, today is officially Social Media Day. So, from us to you—a little tribute to Zuck, Dens, Biz, and Chad.
Digital DUMBO is All Grow’d Up
This post was written and contributed by Andrew Zarick, Co-Founder of Digital DUMBO Follow him on Twitter at @A2Z. Over the last year Kaitlin Villanova and I have worked hard to grow and extend the Digital DUMBO brand to match the exponential size of the monthly networking event. As you may have noticed, last week we officially rolled out the new brand identity for Digital DUMBO across our web presence and collateral. Surprisingly, this is actually the third iteration of our logo. It seems… Continue Reading
Carrots in Canada: Tony Goes to FITC
Photo by Michael Sheedy Last week I had the (over)enthusiastic pleasure to attend FITC’s 2011 Toronto event, which I won a ticket to from the awesome people over at ActiveDen / ActiveTuts / Envato – thanks again! FITC has been community of creativity and inspiration for just about ten years, something I’ve always wanted to attend since I first heard about it but haven’t had the chance til now. The speakers are as diverse as the topics, and my only… Continue Reading
The Annual R.I.T. “Fishing Trip”
Each year we host interns from the Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.), with several segueing to full-time staff. Last Thursday, Carrot Creative made the annual trek up to Rochester, NY to attend R.I.T.’s “Creativity: Careers in Motion” event. As an alumnus, I have attended this event since Carrot began participating in the program, each time in the company of a different Carrot crew member. This time, Senior Creative Steve Badowski, joined me. The recruiting event is a great experience for both… Continue Reading
An Inspired Surprise from Our Biggest Fans Yet
Back in September, I was invited to speak to a former Carrot’s class at Syracuse University. We all know I never miss an opportunity to speak about Carrot Creative, inspire young, impressionable minds, and comb for talent, so I hopped on a prop plane bound for ‘Cuse. I was ecstatic to find that the students seemed to really get what I was saying. Carrot Creative has worked hard to create the kind of culture we boast today. We manage this… Continue Reading
Carrot’s (Hypothetical) Secret Santa
Tomorrow marks Carrot Creative’s fourth annual White Elephant tradition, but for shits and giggles, I randomly assigned Secret Santas to the Crew and asked them what they’d hypothetically give their fellow Carrot in a gift exchange. Here’s what they came up with: Mike would give Steve “a Hoop Fever arcade game because Steve is ON FIRE.” Steve would get Analee “1.75L of Gran Patrón Platinum Silver tequila because we all know how much she loves the holiday spirit.” Tony would… Continue Reading
Where the Thinkers, Doers, and Creatives Come to Play
Last night wasn’t my first time at Digital DUMBO. Even though I moved to L.A. for three years, my monthly trips to New York always coincided with the event. I lived 3,000 miles away and I’d somehow still managed to attend it almost a dozen times. But this time was different. It was my first Digital DUMBO as a full-time New Yorker, and more importantly, my first Digital DUMBO as a Carrot. Maybe it’s just me, but it’s different when… Continue Reading
Carrot Creative Reppin’ the MoMoBK Event
Dumbo loft, check. Free Brooklyn beer, check (thank you RRE Ventures). Everyone in room geeking-out over mobile apps, check. This pretty much sums up the Monday Mobile Brooklyn event this past Monday night where our very own Robert Gaafar, Carrot Creative’s CEO presented our submission to the NYC Big Apps contest: “Where Brooklyn App?”
