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Entries from December 2009

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Converse Created A Game Inside Google Search Bar

Over breakfast a few days ago, Converse CMO Geoff Cotrill and CEO Mike Spillane blew me away with this. Anomoly had the idea, and Geoff and Mike went with it. Earlier this year, they basically created a game inside Google's search bar. It took 6 months for Google to figure out wtf [...]

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Boys Like Girls Stars In The First Teaser For The New "Zeno" That Just Premiered On MTV, VH1 & TeenNick, Directed By Brian DeCubellis

Brian DeCubellis from our group got in touch with his inner teen self and came up with this incredible way to introduce the new Zeno Hot Spot, starring the band Boys Like Girls.
The Zeno device is like photoshop for your real face — it gets rid of blemishes in 24 hours using heat [...]

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Mike aka "The Situation" From JERSEY SHORE — At Our Office Party

UPDATE: THE OFFICIAL JERSEY SHORE BOBBLEHEADS!
My JERSEY SHORE NICKNAME is… Ross "The Tan-ticle"
This is Mike "The Situation" on MTV's show Jersey Shore:

This is Mike "The Situation" in our office, talking to my colleague, Suz-Anna Ford Dela Rosa, at our impromptu office party, yesterday:

Friday, December 18th, 2009

It's The Last Night of Chanukah & I'm Praying You Get Me A Powermat

Seriously, have you seen this shit? Powermat is a wireless charging device — you place your iPhone, Blackberry, Nintendo DS, etc, on the mat, and it just charges, that's it, done. Powermat hasn't done national TV advertising yet, but it will. I saw it at CES last year and now it's hit the market for [...]

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Stephen Colbert & Alicia Keys Sing "New York State of Mind" On Colbert Report

So good, had to post.

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

MTV's Legendary Design Guru, Jeffrey Keyton, Jams In My Office

Jeffrey Keyton's such a design genius, I've literally stalked him to get him to work with me. The guy's a complete legend in these halls because so much of the visual language of MTV for the past 20 years, well, came literally from him.
When Jeffrey dropped by my office and picked up this cheap, [...]