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The End of Movember

Alexis Lamster — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:08:06 +0000

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Well, the time has come. It’s been a long month of creepy moustaches here at the Carrot office and we’re strangely sad to see it end. To celebrate Movember we gathered the guys for one last shot and included a few enthusiastic Carrot girls as well. Big thanks to Bear Witness Pictures for helping with these photos!

And please remember to donate to the cause. Today is your last day!

A huge thanks to everyone who has supported our Movember team so far! See you next year!

A Moustache-y Check In

Alexis Lamster — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:16:25 +0000

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We’re over half way through the month and it’s time to check in on the moustache brigade at Carrot Creative. These fine gentlemen have taken moustache growing to the next level. Check out the Carrot crew at Brooklyn Bridge Park… and don’t forget to donate to the cause!

The Crew

Steve Badowski

Adam Katzenback

Will Hutson

Tony Briceno

Nick Perold

Dan Sullivan

Bob Whitney

See you at the end of the month!

2010 New Year Resolutions

Robert Gaafar — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:56:48 +0000

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It’s a new year and new decade for Carrot Creative, and we’re excited for what the future holds. At the beginning of every new year, we like to put together our new year resolutions for you to enjoy. It seems like every year there are more names and failed attempts at humor on this list. Without further ado, here they are!

Robert Gaafar

Attend more tech events/meetups
Blog it out more
Try to figure out how to get work done while I’m sleeping
Build a padded room office for Mike Germano to run around in

Mike Germano

Start NYC Digital District
Spend even more of my life working
Drink more

Chris Petescia

Get out for more events, tweetups, meetups
Catch 2-3 live shows /month
Create a solid hub/stream of personal webs
Put off planning of 2010 wedding until 2011

Katy Kelley

Learn the lyrics to Blackalicious’s “Alphabet Aerobics”
Greet at least three new followers on Twitter daily
Set aside time to write better and more engaging content on the Carrot Blog
Narrow it down to only one Chipotle burrito a month (this is a very lofty goal)

Kyle MacDonald

Practice my Ruby 5x a week
Attend more tech meetups
Attend more concerts
Go to the doctor when I need to
Not light a match

Steve Badowski

Become a Javascript Wizard
Finish my portfolio website
Hike part of the Appalachian trail

Maury Postal

Travel more
Learn to cook (edible food)
Publish a book
Meet Phil Collins

Jeff Brunelle

Rule the office in NBA Jam
Replicate my mom’s strawberry jello salad (best thing on earth) and eat healthy everyday
Learn Yoga and Tai Chi
Wear more flannel

Kaitlin Villanova

Keep it fun & healthy
Continue to learn about the elements of design to make my job as liaison between client and Carrot designers more efficient.
Eat a cinnabon with Colin and Lebron James
A.B.C.

Antonelli Briceno

Learn to write and contribute the blog with tech updates
Finish one of my personal/portfolio sites
Finish one of my Flash/iPhone games
Find a movie buff to see all the new movies with

Jacob Cass

Make a new year’s resolution.
Adhere to the resolution.
Complete new year’s resolution.
S***, now what?

Colin Murphy

Have a cinnabon with Lebron James
Loose the gut (which may or may not be directly related to eating Mama Badowski’s cookies)
Become a better designer (Kyle, Chris, Steve, Tony and Jacob I’m always down for a lesson)
Earn a permanent spot on the Carrot team

I’m sure by now you are either laughing or asking for that three minutes of your life back that you spent reading this. Anyways, now to the serious stuff. It’s been extremely rewarding to work with all of these talented people and to watch them help Carrot grow over the past five years. It’s going to be a great year and we look forward to sharing with you all of the exciting work that we have lined up for 2010!

Thank you Marcus Eaton Trio & TR3

Chris Petescia — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:52:12 +0000

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I just wanted to express my gratitude to Marcus Eaton Trio and Tim Reynolds / TR3 (and both of their crews/management) for their generosity and kindness. If you missed out on Saturday’s show at the Highline Ballroom in NYC, be sure to catch these guys when they’re back to NYC, likely in a couple of months. Not only are both bands tremendously talented, they are great folks to hangout with (a great perk of my job), and certainly great clients to work with. While there are several fans at Carrot who enthusiastically agree, I wanted to personally note that I am looking forward to continued work with Tim & Marcus!

Twitter Cigarette

Sean Engelhardt — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:43:33 +0000

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Half the staff here at Carrot are quite “into” Twitter. The other half, not so much. @mikegermano made a tweet about the addictive nature of Twitter that caused an interesting discussion and the start to a big blog post comparing Twitter to cigarettes. While we work on the article we just wanted to have a visual of some Twitter brand smokes…

Birdz in Brooklyn

Chris Petescia — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:07:47 +0000

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Bobby, Sean and I went down to the waterfront between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges today at lunch… beautiful weather, blue skies, killer birds…

Yes, there were birds of prey about. Ok, they were chained to posts by the ankle, but still very much alive and awesome! A raptor exhibit-bus was near the park for an informational show about Hawks, Owls and even a Bald Eagle… there were a bunch of school children trying to crowd us, so we did the right thing and left before any school yard brawls could ensue, but not before snapping a few pics. The grand-daddy above brings the iconic song America, F*ck Yeah! to mind…

Shoutout from the Couch

Julius — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:57:02 +0000

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Julius here. So my first Shoutout from the Couch goes to Brian Shaler. Most of you probably know Brian from his infamous “Shalerjump” seen across the webiverse, however Brian is also a very talented web developer and photographer based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Brian was recently in town for PodCamp NYC 2.0, and stopped by the office for the afternoon to get in some work and, of course, a Shalerjump. Posing for the picture with him made me feel like I was in a live version of Super Mario, the NES original version of course. Anyway, thanks for visiting the Carrot offices Brian, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.

Orange Julius

Julius — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:26:32 +0000

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Well its about time the rest of the Carrot Crew let me in on this blog thing. Hello! Hola! Hej! YO!

For all of those who do not know me, and even for those that do, allow me to formally introduce myself: I’m Julius. I come from the land of IKEA, you may have heard of it. And if you have been in the office, or if you have seen any pictures of the office, I am the big bright orange dude on all fours.

Anyway, enough about me. Lets get to my job at hand, since the Crew is always telling me I lounge around too much. As the recently appointed Liaison to Community Engagement (AKA I make sure people are comfortable when in the office) I will keep the blog updated on all those who visit and work from our office. And I’ll call it… Shoutout from the Couch. More to come soon.

Carrot and Onion: Vegetable Companies Unite!

Andrew Kortina — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:00:29 +0000

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@mikegermano and I visited the Onion offices today to speak with them about some pretty cool new stuff they’re working on. It’s always a pleasure speaking with people who just get it.

After our meeting, we headed to a great lunch in Soho and enjoyed a little afternoon sunlight. (I’m sure Mike will be recording his thoughts on lunch via his newest social media outlet, yelp.)

Anyway, we’re eagerly anticipating the release of some new stuff from the Onion and we’ll be sure to throw some links up once it’s live.

Carrot B-day Bash Recap

Christian Shaboo — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:51:11 +0000

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Its been about a week since Carrot’s Birthday Bash, and we would like to again thank everyone who came to celebrate with us. It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating Carrot’s first birthday, where there were a handful of us crammed in a little Connecticut office intoxicated off the hopes and desires to make Carrot Creative a successful and well recognized name in the New Media field. Now, just two years later, we feel that we have achieved that and so much more, and could not have done it without the support of our clients, family and friends. This Carrot Birthday Bash, much like the ones that preceeded it and the ones we have to look forward to, was not only a way for us to celebrate our success, but was a small token of our appreciation for all of you.

In case you could not attend the party this year, do not fret as we are already in the planning process for next year’s extravaganza. We can not wait to see what next year brings about. Here is a brief recap of what the Carrot Birthday Bash offered its well-wishers this year:

Over a hundred friends, family, students, clients and party goers in attendance.

The party was streaming live on Ustream.tv for all those who could not be in attendance.

Candid photos on the Big Orange Couch (we are still taking suggestions for naming the couch).

Various Djs playing the hottest variety of music from around the world thanks to Muxtape. We didn’t stop till we got enough Michael Jackson to jam to “All Night Long.” Oh, wait, that’s Lionel Richie.

Kyle won the first ever Carrot Cup trophy, which is awarded to the Carrot employee whose contributions far exceed that which is asked of him/her. Although we could give out a Carrot Cup to everyone due to the amazing contributions of the whole Carrot Crew, we are truly grateful for Kyle’s presence and abilities.

Mike’s sister and father could not be in attendance, thus they sent a proxy to represent their presence—a man dressed as a gorilla in a Yankees costume singing a passionate aria of apology.

And lots more memorable occurrences that can only be realized through sharing in the festivities. Join us next year!