Archive for December, 2010

Gift!

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

We’re working on a project for a client that involves mannequins so we’ve been looking at a few of them lately. A few weeks ago, Linda mentioned in passing that it would be cool if we had some mannequins in the office. Mental note!!

For Christmas, we decided a great gift for Linda and the office would be a mannequin. Laura reached out to Nordstrom and other stores only to find out there are no spare mannequins in southern California. Thankfully, Amazon sells pretty much anything and our new visitor came in from New Jersey just in time for the holidays.

Her shirt reads: “This holiday we thought we’d find you the Perfect Employee.” She’s size 2, super-stylish and I’m pretty sure Wire Man was already flirting with her.

Linda loves her but now we need your help because she needs a name. If you have any suggestions, leave them in the comments or on our Facebook page.

Happy Holidays from the G/J team (including mannequin)!

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Year 2010 in Review

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

The New Year is right around the corner, and, as usual, the holiday season is turning out all kinds of interesting facts and reviews on the last twelve months. It’s always fun to reminisce, but what I like most is seeing how much we’ve changed in just one year’s time.

Here are some interesting facts I found in this “Mobile Year in Review 2010″ video:

-In 2010 five billion apps were downloaded, a HUGE increase from just 300 million apps in 2009! Were you among the people who downloaded apps this year?

-In 2010 half of all pageviews were to social network sites. I’m actually surprised this number isn’t higher because it seems like everyone these days is married to Facebook!

-This year data traffic exploded by 3,000%!

All of these statistics really make you think — if we’ve come this far in just one year, where will we be in five or ten years? For me, I’m hoping I can change Facebook status with my thoughts. But all kidding aside, I can’t wait to see what 2011 has in store for us!

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Gratitude

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Thanks to all of the clients, vendors, and friends for the kind cards and gifts to the office. We appreciate everyone who is part of the extended G/J family!

Best wishes to everyone this holiday season and in 2011!

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‘Tis the Season!

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

We’re in the full-on holiday season! Here are some fun things I’ve found to help you celebrate this December!

1. At TweetsofSnow.com, Wieden+Kennedy UK set up a recreation of their street. Every time someone mentions “snow” on Twitter, a piece of snow will fall on the set. Check out the live video on their site.

2. Canadian agency Zulu had all of their employees sing a Christmas carol – Visit their site and listen to them sing. This sounds like it could be torture, listening to random people sing, but it’s for a good cause: if they meet their goal of people who listen to them sing, they will help feed people at a local shelter.

3. One of my favorite things about the holidays are the commercials that showcase the spirit of the season. Here’s a nice one from a British retailer that makes me feel nostalgic.

Happy holidays from the G/J team!

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Sour Taste

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Remember a few months ago when I wrote about that awesome Arcade Fire music video that used the home address from your childhood to shape the music video experience? Check out a video from Japanese band Sour for ‘Mirror” – I think it takes it up a notch in the personalization department.

Visit sour-mirror.jp and connect with your Facebook or Twitter account and watch the video unfold (FYI – I did it on Chrome and it worked great). It’s another one where it’s best if you experience it without knowing what will happen. Enjoy!

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Touch the Future

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

I tried to resist but I think I officially want an iPad (I think I can hold off until the rumored Spring 2011 release of the second generation iPad). But are the iPad and other touchscreen devices a fad or is this a technology that’s here to stay?

Check out this video from the Swedish software developer The Astonishing Tribe, a company that made headlines today when it was bought by Research in Motion, the makers of BlackBerry. In their vision of the future, touch displays expand beyond handheld devices and make their way in to all aspects of our lives.

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