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Recap: Digital DUMBO Drinks #4

Kristin Maverick — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:48:08 +0000

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Photo Credit: Kelly Samardak, Just an Online Minute

Last night was the 4th Digital DUMBO Drinks hosted by our good friends at HUGE. An extremely successful and SOLD OUT event at the DUMBO Arts Center, we’re already excited for the next one. The lofty space hosted over 150 of the DUMBO digital elite gathering around the keg filled with the finest beer around-Brooklyn “We Go Hard” Lager or filling up a glass with the delicious punch. Kegs and punch? Now THAT is how you throw a party.

After some mingling and networking, HUGE Partner, Creative Director David Skokna addressed the crowd with “Blood, Sweat and Fear: Doing Business in DUMBO” presentation. Main themes from his speech:

DUMBO is awesome.
If you don’t like what you’re doing at your job, quit.
If you do like what you’re doing, figure out what that is and hold on to it.
There is a guy that sunbathes in a Speedo out in DUMBO when it gets warm out. Lucky us.

The speech went well with the nature of Digital DUMBO and it’s growing spirit. Only 4 months in, we’ve had an overwhelming response of interest for the event, companies eager to present and show off their talented work and a community willing to participate and learn about what their neighbors are up to. It’s really exciting.

Keep an eye out for the invite to the May edition if you haven’t been to a Digital DUMBO yet. It’s sure to blow you away.There’s a Twitter account to follow too.

Check out a great recap of the event on MediaPost’s Just An Online Minute, photos from Nick McGlynn’s Random Night Out and an official post from the sponsors themselves, HUGE.

Where is the Carrot Crew?

Kristin Maverick — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:48:58 +0000

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Besides working our butts off creating campaigns that are going to shake up the current world of media, the team does support local causes and gets involved with some pretty cool stuff.

We are always looking to meet with people interested in what we do and talk about the changing world of social media, what they’re seeing and just have a kick ass conversation.

So, what’s easier than telling you all where WE are going to be! See the run down below and hope to see you all soon!

Digital DUMBO Drinks #3:

An event co-hosted by Carrot Creative, Digital DUMBO brings together the digital community under the bridge for drinks and socializing at ReBar. Tonight’s event includes a live demo of drop.io with some interactive components to participate. Start time is 6:30pm and be sure to RSVP here: http://digitaldumbodrinks.eventbrite.com/

Social Media 4 Social Change:

Gathering social media professionals, technologists, friends and family and otherwise talented people, Social Media for Social Change was born of the idea that the social media community, these “agents of change” can get together for one night, to support one cause: City Harvest. The event is next Friday, April 3rd at 7pm. RSVP here: http://sm4scnyc.eventbrite.com/

Developing Summer Fun

Andrew Kortina — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:18:40 +0000

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I will be attending the Numenta HTM Workshop in Palo Alto, CA this June! The workshop explores Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) and the Numenta Platform for Intelligent Computing (NuPIC). Not only will I be soaking up the newest developments on HTM and NuPIC, soaking up the summer Cali sun, but I have also been asked to discuss “Neuro Computation in the Cloud” during the Lightning Talks on June 24 at the workshop. This is a result of the 2nd place finish Christopher Laan and I received from this year’s Numenta Game Challenge.

If anyone else is going to be at the workshop, please let me know so we can meet up!

VIP TXT is Coming!

Christian Shaboo — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:18:45 +0000

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VIP TXT was recently featured on the Web2NewYork blog!

We are thrilled to annouce that VIP TXT will be unveiled Tuesday, May 13 at the Web2NewYork Networking Party. Although it has been a long and arduous process getting VIP TXT ready for launch, we could not be happier to have it prepared for the summer months. And although we will be debuting it in the New Haven, Hartford and Stamford CT areas, we can guarentee that it will not be long before VIP TXT is THE connection for all of your nightlife needs.

PodCamp NYC 2.0 Recap

Mike Germano — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:20:21 +0000

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The Carrot Crew consisting of Bobby, Andrew and I just got back from day one of the Podcamp NYC 2.0 unconference. Its always an interesting experience attending these conferences as there is always a great mix of people merely there to sell their “revolutionary New Media” idea and those people genuinely invested in important conversation about the future of the New Media industry. However, we do thank everyone that did present in the variety of seminars we attended as each seminar offered the space to talk about the industry. Check out Andrew and I discussing the impact of Twitter and other new Media outlets (around 4:00 into the video), and of course we thank Laura Fitton of Pistachio Consulting for posting the video on Qik. Lastly, we would like to thank the Polytechnic University and everyone else that made Podcamp NYC 2.0 possible. We can not wait till 3.0!

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!

PodCamp NYC

Mike Germano — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:48:51 +0000

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The Carrot Crew will be in full force at PodCampNYC this year. It is a little walk from our office so we don’t need to fly to the West Coast! If you will be attending let us know so we can meet up. See everyone there!

Earth Day!

Chris Petescia — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:18:52 +0000

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Happy Earth Day from everyone at Carrot Creative. We plan to use this day as a reminder of how we are all responsible for contributing to better environmental practices and “greener” lifestyles, on a daily basis… every little bit helps, and we intend to continue looking for new ways to reduce our impact as both a company, and as individuals.

On that note, we’d like to share a few of our favorite products and some of our daily green reads!

Products
Klean Kanteen (via AMZ): We rock the 27oz loop caps ourselves. More info on why these are a much better alternative to plastics @ Klean Kanteen

Wegmans ReUsable Shopping bag: Most food stores now sell these for a dollar or two- they offer a great alternative to non-biodegradable, one-use plastic bags, and function beyond groceries. If you ever catch me on my way into the Carrot HQ, chances are you’ll notice me ladden with them carry everything from my lunch to books and whatever else I can overburden myself with that day.

USBCELL AA Rechargable Batteries (via AMZ): A great option for rechargeable batteries, these conveniently charge via USB port! On sale this morning at AMZ’s Goldbox too!

Solar Panel Backpack (via AMZ) & SolarRolls power alternative: While pricey up front, these undoubtedly pay for themselves in sheer convenience and energy reduction, over time. These are on my personal wishlist for my birthday… in case any fiancés or family are reading this!

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General Green News:
Tree Hugger
Gristmill
Eco Friend
Green Daily
Lazy Environmentalist

Green Tech/Industry News:
The Green Geek
Ecotality Life
Gas 2.0

Green Shopping/living:
Etsy: A great way to support artists and find unique gifts, without industrial production and labor or fair trade concerns!
The Green Loop: A centralized resource for green products and companies
Ecolect: Their tag says it all… “[a] Community for Sustainable Design”

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Anyway, we have many more to share for anyone interested, and please feel free to leave a comment with your own favorite green links!

April NY Tech Meetup

Andrew Kortina — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:31:30 +0000

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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

Although all of the presenters showed a fair amount of promise for their projects, there were a few companies that caught my eye as having the strongest ability to capture a large social community.

Here are my thoughts:

Although DonorsChoose.org has been around since 2000, assisting in connecting teachers with charitable folks willing to assist in the education of our youth near and far, they have recently released some new developer tools and fresh API that adds considerable appeal to this already great tool.

Trendrr allows users to track trends of companies, people and other entities across a variety of channels and topics. The design and concept for Trendrrlooks awesome, however, in the few minutes I took playing around with the Mashup, I could not get it to work effectively. I think if Trendrrcan get a few UI/UX kinks worked out, it will be a great utility.

Twiddla allows users to collaborate in real-time both audibly and visually. Best of all, its a free service. I saw these guys win an award at SXSW but I didn’t test out Twiddla until today. As a result, Chris and I spent our lunch hour grabbing a Carrotblog screenshot and collaborating on a drawing with it. Cool stuff.

Muxtape updates the creation of mix tapes to a very simple yet awesome social utility. I love the fact that they limit the amount of songs you can have on your muxtape to twelve tracks, which truly captures the selectivity and thought that must go into creating a mix tape. Great transference of a common ever day practice to the online community.

BricaBox combines a variety of applications and mashups to allow users to create an affordable, multi-functional website for personal or business use. All I can say is I wish I had built this site.

Company Birthday Party

Mike Germano — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:56:17 +0000

Carrot BlogCarrot BlogCarrot Creative’s Crew would like to invite family and friends to come celebrate our company’s 3rd Birthday and the opening of our new Brooklyn office. We are calling the night “Cocktails & Carrots” and I assure you it will be a ton of fun. The party will take place Thursday April 17th from 7 – 9 at our new pad Suite 329 on 55 Washington St. Brooklyn NY. This article is copyright © 2010