Carrot Creative Blog

Even with the new year still weeks away, 2008 is already looking O-mazing for the HUE HD Webcam and Carrot Creative. The HUE HD Webcam, a Clique Communications product, has made the front page of O, The Oprah Magazine’s, O List for the January 2008 edition. HUE continunes to receive praise for its compatibility with Macs and PCs alike, its high-quality sight and sound and its flexibility, but as stated in the O List, “The real draw is that it’s as cute as a button.”

Today I will be part of a speaking panel at Web Community Forum. The panel will comprised of Teresa Valdez Klein and Dave McClure, and we will be discussing Facebook as a professional tool. Notes will be provided later on in the week, as it will be a collaborative effort of the entire Carrot Crew to summarize the events of this week’s forum for all of you.

Facebook for Professionals: A Session for the Community Building in the Age of Facebook Conference.
December 5, 2007 • 11:30 am
Presented by Mike Germano, Dave McClure, Teresa Valdez Klein

Be Santa is proving to be the shining star for the holiday season on Facebook. In just two weeks, Be Santa has enlisted active users all over the world, who have sent tens of thousands of virtual and real gifts for the holiday season. Be Santa is already being heralded as one of the hottest new applications, and certainly the best of holiday applications produced for Facebook. Check out these three blogs for all the blog buzz on Be Santa: FaceReviews, AllFacebook and WhatApps.

Jason and I will be out in Seattle this week to meet with clients and attend the Web Community Forum. We are both looking forward to speaking engagements at the Forum as well as getting to know the Seattle Tech Culture. We both feel honored to be in the land of Microsoft and Starbucks. (Although Starbucks is becoming ever more important to the Tech scene and Carrot Crew than Microsoft). If you happen to be attending the Forum, shoot me an email. By the way, does anyone know of some great places to eat in Seattle?

Everyone at Carrot would like to thank Rock You’s VP Ro Choy for taking time out of his busy schedule and meeting with us for drinks last night. With a Sierra Nevada in one hand and using the other to describe viral enginnering it was a nice way to discuss something we are passionate about with someone who is managing the team that is paving the way for social applications and community development. We at Carrot plan on using Rock You’s Ad Platform on our next application comming out January 1st called … like I’m really going to tell you right now. Stay tuned!

Carrot Creative is proud to announce the release of Dank App’s BE SANTA. This Facebook application allows you and your friends to Be Santa and spread the joy of the Holiday season to Facebook walls near and far. Be Santa users can send virtual and real gifts from Amazon.com as well as write Christmas wish lists. Gifts stay wrapped until December 25th, when users open the gift and are entered into giveaways rewarding $2,500 in real gifts to lucky virtual gift recipients and letter writers. Every gift given and letter written is give you a better chance at free gifts– now that will brighten anyone’s Yuletide.

I am thrilled to announce to all of the Carrot Creative staff, friends and family that the Clique HUE HD was named to Time Magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2007”. HUE HD joins the ranks of technology juggernauts Sony, Yamaha and Blackberry in this year’s “Tech Buyer’s Guide” section of Time.

We’ve been keeping silent about this for a couple of weeks now, but we are very excited to announce that Dank Apps Inc. has received a $250,000 investment from Bay Partners!