Sean, Andrew and I each took passes at The Font Game. Andrew nailed 17 of 34 (not bad for a developer with side interest in type), I got 28 of 34 (good enough for their ‘wall of fame’ but I should probably be ashamed ) and Sean won our mini-challenge with a Carrot record of 30 of 34 (though, in all fairness, he DID get to go to TypeCon 2007…
More results to come as the other Carrot guys take a try at it!
Thanks to @AngryGirlfriend for the link!
Social Change is making great strides on Facebook in just one week. Social Change, of course, is the newest endeavor of Dank Apps that is positively altering user interaction for the betterment of mankind on the Facebook platform. Having already raised hundreds of dollars since its launch on April 8th 2008, Here’s how Social Change raises awareness and support for the most pressing social issues: For every new user to the application, $.02 is raised. After that, any activity within the application generates revenue to be donated to the cooperating charities. Currently, Social Change works with: The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, The Clinton HIV/Aids Initiative and the Nature Conservancy. This impressive and innovative utilization of Facebook users’ activity has already garnered media praise from VentureBeat and AllFacebook. We, at Carrot, are so proud of Dank Apps and are so grateful to be a part of SocialChange. We hope you enjoy our creative design on this project, but more importantly, we hope you engage in such a simple, fun yet world-changing experience.
We at Carrot would like to remind all of our clients, friends and family that diversity and acceptance are at the core of Carrot Creative. Thus, this year we are taking serious strides to further our diversity education by allowing each staff member the opportunity to watch, either live or via TV/webcast, the home opener of their respective baseball team. As we speak, Robert is watching the Mets in the comfort of Shea Stadium working from his iPhone, while Kyle and I take fifteen-minute breaks to catch webcast clips of the Red Sox. Not only are all Carrot Crew members offered this experience, but we have also imposed a no-taunting stipulation effective now until the beginning of September. Condescending remarks of 2-3 season starts will now be replaced with consoling happy-hour specials and congratulatory high-fives.
However, on September 1, all stipulations are void, and booing shall commence (in a competitive yet friendly manner). Until then, Go Sox… I mean, GO BASEBALL!
Mike was recently confirmed as a speaker at this year’s NY Digital Basins Software Forum. This two day conference, May 22-23, is presented by Concerted Networks and will be located at the Auburn Public Theater in Auburn, New York. Mike will be speaking on day two of the conference on the topic of “Creating Award Winning User Interfaces for Web 2.0 Sites.” This speaking engagement adds to the already impressive list of engagements held by Mike within the past year, including Graphing Social Patterns and Social Media 2007.
Yesterday, I attended this month’s New York Tech Meetup at the IAC Building. As always, these events are a great place to meet the up-and-coming faces of the Web 2.0 world in NYC, as well as relate with other programmers, developers and professionals after a good day’s work. Below are the list of presenters from the Meetup, which I encourage everyone takes a look at as there are truly some great ideas brewing in the Northeast.
- Steve Rosenbaum—Magnify.net
- Oliver Hurst-Hiller—DonorsChoose.org
- Mark Ghuneim—Trendrr
- Ben Kaufman—Kluster
- Ben Satterfield—Twiddla
- Justin Ouellette—Muxtape
- Nate Westheimer—BricaBox
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!
Today marks yet another potential scoring drive for Carrot Creative. I just got back from a meeting with the NFL (National Football League), yet I am still awestruck with the potential of working with a client that is solely responsible for our winter recreation (that being staring at a wide-screen TV or laptop screen for hours on end to watch the gridiron games). Although I can not further elaborate on this potential opportunity, I can say that the new logo for the NFL and the Championship rings for the New York Football Giants, both of which I got to see first hand at the meeting, are simply stunning.
Remember the days of school pictures? Mom would lay out our best clothes and say, “smile big, but not too big– and no scary faces,” as we headed out the door to have our greatness capture in front of a pastel hue backdrop? Those days may be long gone, but the need to immortalize ourselves through planned photographs has still not left the souls of the Carrot Crew, thus today marked the first annual Staff Picture Day at Carrot Headquarters. (more…)
