Carrot Creative Blog

Well, we are entering the home stretch of completing our first project with MLB.com. The next couple weeks will be spent tweaking any UI/UX design imperfections to create the greatest possible social network utility for our national pastime online. In working on this project, we have had an amazing opportunity to approach the interface and design from both the perspective of being true fans of the game of baseball and from the perspective of being professionals at the top of their game (small joke). We are confident that this dualistic approach, which we attempt to pursue on every Carrot Creative project, will create the ultimate social community sports experience. More to come soon! HOORAY FOR OPENING DAY!

Just got out of the facebook developer garage here at sxsw. The conference has been pretty amazing so far, I’ve met a lot of great people, and heard a lot of great ideas. When I get back to Brooklyn I’ll post some links to some of the better talks I heard and some of the pictures I took.

Tonight I’ll be at the tumblr rock band party, then who knows. Twitter @kortina if you’re out and want to meetup.

This week we begin the process of hiring a new Social Media Marketing Director to the company. We could not be happier to begin this process as it is a sure sign of our vast and continued success. I am sure it will not be long before we are the most recognized name throughout NYC and the Northeast as one of the truly creative Web 2.0 firms. If you are interested in this position, or know someone who would be a great candidate to become part of the Carrot Crew, please click HERE to find out more.

After work today, I’m leaving straight from the DUMBO office for Austin, TX.  I’m super excited that Carrot is sending me down to represent at SXSW.  I’ve wanted to go now for a number of years, but just haven’t made it yet for some reason.

Anyway, I’ll be down there meeting new people, taking photos, and hopefully learning a lot.  Let me know if you’re gonna be down there and want to meet up or if you have any suggestions for events to check out.  You can drop me a line at http://twitter.com/kortina

Now, back to work for a few more hours.

It’s not every day that a man finds a woman, falls in love, and knows he never wants to leave her side. And she, in return, will always tolerate his late nights at the office and quirky blog postings about a cat. Alright, so maybe this did not happen all in one night, but rather the course of a few years, still we are elated to congratulate Chris Petescia on his engagement to his long time girlfriend Lisa. After deciding that it would be in poor taste to offer an engagement ring logo for his proposal, Chris enlisted the help of Mike to assist in the dispensing of his entire life savings for the perfect ring for his special lady. And while he will not give us the full details of the magical night, one thing is for certain… We need to start planning for a huge bachelor party.

As my first post to the Carrot blog, it is with great pride that I would like to confess my geekdom. I, Kyle MacDonald am a large geek. And as said geek- I love geeky new stuff, and Carrot Blog’s new iPhone + iPod Touch Bookmarklet Icon is no exception.

As of today, our blog now sports its nifty new Bookmarklet Icon when saved as a bookmark on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Don’t worry if you don’t have either of those yet, (which our icon may finally make it worth buying) I will share with you our lovely new addition. Isn’t she shiny?

Well, it’s the first week of 2008 and that can mean only one thing… PRIMARY SEASON! The political debates are heating up in the office after a thrilling night of watching the Iowa Caucus results. Even though we all have differing opinions on who is the most capable to be our next President, we all agree on one thing—this election will be won be the candidate who can best engage and inspire young voters. Thus, we are thrilled, and urge all of you, to check out the Facebook/ABC debates this Saturday. And while we could not be happier that candidates, and the political arena in general, are utilizing Social Media, this is something we have seem coming for quite some time. In fact, I was feeling a bit nostalgic and found an article at MTV.com entitled Gen Y Turning To Web, Turning Off CNN, For Political News that discusses the power of Web 2.0 in politics and includes Carrot’s own Mike Germano and Mike Radparvar.

After feeling extremely slighted after this holiday season, when our bosses, Mike and Bobby, ignored our countless “Be Santa” letters to Santa, and handwritten letters written on company stationary asking for Nintendo Wii and flat screen TV’s for the office; Kyle and I went ahead and did something about it.