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!… Continue Reading
April NY Tech Meetup
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… Continue Reading
Company Birthday Party
Carrot 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.
HUE Gets a Standing "O"
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… Continue Reading
Facebook for Professionals
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… Continue Reading
Be Santa is a Holiday Hit
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… Continue Reading
See You in Seattle
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… Continue Reading
You Can BE SANTA
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… Continue Reading
Mashable Meet Up
I would like to thank the folks at Mashable and our good friends at PMBuzz.com for hosting the first Mash Meet Up in NYC. The event was a great networking opportunity for all us Web 2.0 nerds, I mean professionals, and I would encourage anyone, be it a newcomer or season veteran in the Web 2.0 world, to attend a Mash Meet Up in the nearest coordinating city. The Mash Meet Up was the perfect cap to my week of… Continue Reading
Ad:Tech Mess
This week, I attended AD:Tech 2007 in New York City. I, along with the rest of the Carrot Crew, was interested to see how the advertising and marketing industries are responding to the emergence and progression of Web 2.0 tools. And although I was unable to attend the entire week’s worth of events, my overall impression of the conference is that the advertising and marketing industries still do not “get it” when it comes to Social Media.
