Archive for 2010

09.22.2010

With today being the first day of fall- I find it appropriate to talk about the exciting changes of the season. Yes, we are all excited about the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte (with soy – hold the foam) but many other things are changing as well. In the world of Social Media that is.

Myspace.com is (trying) to revamp the site to excite users and turn ‘em back to our old social media obsession. The new site will feel more like Facebook with a cleaner interface and more white space, and will focus on an individualized activity stream according to TechCrunch.   If you look at Tom’s page (nostalgic, right?) you can get a glimpse of what the changes will be. The official drop date is October 15th.

The new, better Twitter has slowly started to take form. On the site the familiar timeline will see be there- but underneath the tweets there will be a lot more content revealed. The video better explains the changes but we are excited to see what they got!

Although Facebook is rather busy counting down the days till they get to see themselves on the big screen- they have realized the annoyance of games in newsfeeds and are working on fixing it up. Because honestly, does anyone really care that your imaginary cow ran out of food in Farmville?

09.17.2010

So! This week was as eventful as any other! We had a bit of a crazy start! As Alli, our new addition, had troubles getting back from her vacation! Apparently, some crazy thought it would be a great idea to go around the runways, un-authorized…great! She did make it safe and sound the next day!

The big news this week was the announcement of the 2nd Lovesac Speedrun Classic! The good folks at Destructoid.com are partnering-up with furniture experts, Lovesac to bring you the 2nd rendition of this competition, where competitors battle each other Classic-Video-Game-Style (trust me, it’s a style)! For more information, go to Destructoid.com to quench all your geeky needs.

Lastly, our fearless leader (Josh) will be out of town for a couple of days to enjoy the sights and sounds of Germany’s Oktoberfest! Of course, he will be only observing the festivities and would never partake in the insane amounts of drinking that occur every year. We all hope that you enjoy all the sights and sounds of Oktoberfest, Josh! We also await your safe return anxiously!

09.14.2010

The LoveSac Speedrun Classic - Hitting Boston this October

Cementing my role of “resident videogame connoisseur,” I’m pretty pumped to hear about the newly-announced LoveSac Speedrun Classic this October. LoveSac make some really awesome furniture, and now they’ve letting you play some really great games… while sitting in really awesome furniture.

To commemorate the momentous occasion, LoveSac are creating a limited-edition Pwnage PillowSac, which sports a retro-themed color scheme and logo, plus a certain code that’s well-familiar to any child of the 80s. Winners from the events will receive tons of awesome LoveSac swag, as well as a custom Powerglove trophy – yes… it is so bad.

An excuse to take a trip to Boston, sit in some ridiculously comfy chairs and play a lot of Nintendo? Count me in. Head over to Destructoid.com for more details and a poll to pick the games that’ll be played during the events.

09.10.2010

This week! Amazing as ever! It was a four day week due to Labor Day and it went by fast! Davis had a HUGE BBQ blow-out to christen his new home, Josh rode his hog down to D.C., Gabo hung around town and Alli partied it up over at Jerz.

The big news this week is the beginning of Fashion Week, making it a very busy time for us. Our clients, Beth Shak and Walter Steiger definitely have full schedules for this occasion. They’ll be attending various events and living it up in style (be sure to follow what they’re up to on Twitter at @bethshak and @waltersteiger to check out what they’re up to).

In other news, classic-rockers and our clients, Heart partnered-up with Etsy.com to give away a bunch of stuff from their new album, Red Velvet Car, through Etsy.com’s “Treasury Contest”. If you don’t know what a Treasury is (I sure didn’t), go check them out at Etsy.com.

Finally, and this is unrelated to anything else, we bring you a small piece of internet geekery, courtesy of our resident geek, Davis. He brought to our attention the YouTube Time Machine; an interesting contraption that helps you see videos from as early as the first sound recordings of the 1860’s to the car commercials we know and love today. Check it out at YTTM (which stands for You Tube Time Machine…clever).

And for the last, last thing we’ll bug you with (promise); in the spirit of fashion week (and, I guess, videos) we’ll leave you with a clip of a bunch of models falling and tripping (HILARIOUS!) during their runway walk.