Amid the flurry of activities surrounding Internet Week New York (IWNY), Manhattan Ford will host a rooftop summer concert on Thursday, June 10th, featuring a performance by Cobra Starship. The performance is the flagship event for Ford, which is also launching www.fiestafunnel.com, an interactive tool for tracking the latest developments during IWNY, built by Carrot Creative. All of this comes as the company fast approaches its June release date for the new Fiesta, a vehicle designed with the tech-savvy crowd… Continue Reading
What Facebook’s New Social Plugins Mean for You
Since Facebook’s f8 event yesterday, the online community has been a-twitter (really) with everyone trying to make sense of the Facebook changes and updates. Here at Carrot Creative, we are anxious to help our clients understand all of the new opportunities these changes allow them, and we thought it would be helpful to toss our hat into helping out the public.
Social Media: An Enterprise Perspective
Recently I had the privilege of participating in a groundbreaking social media study underwritten by Cisco, spearheaded by one of my mentors, Dr. Neil Hair and sponsored by my Alma Mater, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the University of Navarra. The comprehensive global study sought to better understand how consumer-based social media tools effect both interpersonal collaboration within a corporate setting and external communication with key stakeholders. The direct impact of this study is not only a greater understanding… Continue Reading
How to get our attention
Here at Carrot Creative we’ve been getting a TON of résumés and it’s hard to keep track of all the amazing talent sending work in. But today, something different happened and we had to call it out. Looking to get our attention? Here are some tips: 1. Send a themed box full of Carrot Cookies plus a thought out résumé to our office. 2. Receive oohs and aahs from the team. (Plus smiles all day with full stomachs) 3. Accept… Continue Reading
Resolutions and a Happy New Year from the Carrot Crew!
We’re excited here at Carrot Creative. 2009 has some big things coming up for us. (Stay tuned for them, of course we’ll let you know!) To help get us in gear, I’ve asked the entire team to disclose their resolutions for the upcoming year. Without further adieu… Robert Gaafar, CEO Participate more in the NYC tech community, online and offline Get rid of the 10 foot pile of papers on my desk Establish a buzzword-free office. If anyone mentions a… Continue Reading
You Like Us, You Really Like Us!
Smashing Magazine compiled a list of this years top web designers and offered an insightful glance into their design process and all the sites they found influential in 2008. We’re thrilled that our very own website was chosen by Alen Grakalic of CSSGlobe and Templatica fame as one of his favorite sites of the year. Check out the whole article for some year-end eye candy. UPDATE We’ve been also featured as BuildInternet.com’s top site for jQuery navigation in 2008! Thanks for the… Continue Reading
Support for Growth in the NY Tech Community
As active members of this community, Carrot Creative would like to announce that we officially endorse Nate Westheimer for Community Organizer. Nate has proven his interest and dedication to the community and we’re here to back him and show our support.
