On Tuesday the nations greatest minds gathered in Palm Springs to share ideas on how to improve the world. It’s the 25th anniversary of the TED conference, and because of the rising popularity of the TED website in the last couple years, this conference is bound to have the world following it’s developments. It’s one [...]
L to R: Brendan “The Mighty” Quinn, Ryan “R2B2″ Brown, Darryl “The Kid” Cilli, Chris Van Awesome (photo by Tom Ammon) :: Behold the Official, Fully Sanctioned, Legally Binding, FDA Approved, Confidential and Proprietary, Signed Sealed and Delivered 160ver90 Table Tennis Team. We have a big — nay, huge — match against A Team That [...]
We have a few new faces around the office, and what better way to officially welcome them than by comparing them to the original boy band! (ok, ok that would probably be the Beatles, but this poster is so much better). 160over90 is proud to present (clockwise from upper right, center last)… By way of [...]
Donate to a good cause and get some good music in return . On February 17th, the Red Hot Organization will be releasing Dark Was The Night, its next compilation in support of HIV and AIDS awareness. The list of artists who contributed new songs to the 32-track compilation reads as a who’s who of [...]
Want something to do on Tuesday nights, get in on Story Slams, part of the First Person Arts Festival. This Tuesday’s theme is “Bad Idea.” I’ve got a few of those I could share. Anyone interested in going? Even if you don’t tell a story it sounds like a good opportunity to have a laugh. [...]
Some of you may know that ocassionaly the creative department likes to complain about the PCs at the office, like the fact that there still isn’t a Mac that’s hooked up to the conference room screen. Just imagine how Obama’s team felt on Wednesday. When Obama was campaigning they used Macs, Blackberrys, Facebook, Gmail, Instant Messaging, everything that your typical modern day consumer brand would use to communicate internally and externally. They even managed to overhaul the White House web site, they put a little bit of Obama flavor into it, and added a blog.
We learned awhile back about how attached Obama is to his blackberry, and never before has a President been allowed to have email (WTF?) or even a cell phone (WTF?), personally I’m okay with a President been able to keep in touch with his staff and family while on the move. However, now they’re not campaigning and they’re back to having government jobs, which isn’t Mac-friendly, and not exactly open to the idea of it’s employees logging onto Facebook, AIM, or even having external email accounts. There’s a great little story over at the Washington Post about the shock Obama’s staff got regarding the lack of current technology at the White House. They’re using Windows versions that date back 6 years.
It’ll be interesting to see how and if the Obama presidency can change the culture at the White House to become more contemporary in the means they use to stay in touch with each other, and with us.
