I completely forgot to mention one other cool thing that happened this summer. The beautiful people over at About.Me featured my profile on their site.
Thanks to Dave Giordano for taking that photo. (even though both of my parents have told me that it’s a bad representation of me lol)
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I pretty much took the entire summer off from updating this, (I know, pretty much the worst thing a blogger could do) but in my defense it’s been a really hectic/exhausting summer.
Anywho, here’s a bunch of stuff I/we’ve accomplished, though the crazy-ass summer of ‘11.
NBT finished up work on the beautiful Charitubl.com, which is by far my favorite design. Major props to Tavis, Carlo, and the Charitubl guys because this is pretty spectacular.
NBT also made an appearance at the SI Health and Wellness Expo, discussing Web Presence and Social Media with doctors and other interested parties in the community.
We also created websites for Daisy Dukes BBQ, Elderview Talk Show, Noble Media, and a handful of other interesting clients. this summer.
In DAPS news, Damian and I made a fun little video mashing up The Legend of Zelda with Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” (My concept, his execution) and it went nuts after being featured on the LOL, Geeky, and Win Pages of Buzzfeed.com.
They even gave us some nifty badges!
We also had a bunch more success on Twitter when Opie from Opie and Anthony RT’d me,
and then on Tumblr when my stupid Weezer macro was featured on their LOL page.
I know, that’s not super exciting, but I thought I’d share. Moving on, we finally launched a DAPS T-Shirt store. All of you who have been asking us where you can get merch finally have a place to waste your money on DAPS!
Why would anyone want to spend their hard earned money on us? It probably has something to do with this business:
That’s very very cool for some guys who have made a website with blood, sweat and tears and nothing more. It’s not even close to as exciting as my last update which is that I became an uncle this summer. Really, though. Far far more exciting. Here’s a shot I took of little Dominic Matthew with my grandma’s iPad. (Yes, you read that right…)
I <3 him.
I promise not to keep any of this non-existent audience waiting so long, ever again.
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The other day some cool NYC graphic designers made some posters anthropomorphizing Manhattan and Brooklyn as they go through a simulated divorce. Being the quick individual I am, I suggested that we at DAPS make up a response from our home borough of Staten Island, having SI as an insecure/needy acquaintance of the other boroughs. Being without my trusty Photoshop (as I recently got a wicked computer virus) I passed the idea to Carlo who executed it perfectly.
We submitted the poster to Laughing Squid who had it stolen by the The Village Voice and later Gothamist. We even got some Tumblr love from a publication which I myself enjoy on occasion. Maybe next time we’ll get a feature. =P
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It seems that every time I sit on an idea for a while before putting it out into the world, it turns out to be pretty successful. Recently I approached Vin Forte about a concept that I had for a series of photoshops that combined the LCD opinions of the guido with the pretentiousness of the hipster. We brainstormed a few possibilities, which I quickly churned into photoshops. After sitting on my desktop for about 2 weeks the shoop was eventually used as the main image in one of our DAPS link dumps.
Shortly thereafter, The Hipster-Guido caught the eye of a BuzzFeed editor and was turned into a “create your own” post which allowed readers to take the character and create their own version of the meme. By itself that’s pretty awesome, but the fun didn’t stop there.
Somewhere along the line, one of MSNBC’s “Technolog” editors got their hands on the new meme and gave it some play…
MSNBC called the H-G a “hot new meme” though, I personally wouldn’t go that far. Either way, Vin and I are very thankful for the exposure. It’s a lot of fun actually having eyes on your work. Next up I have high hopes for my most recent photoshop, The Mechanical Redbull.
…yeah, that’s probably not happening.
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I’m pretty new on Tumblr, both personally and with DAPS, but have seen some pretty quick success which gives makes me feel all tingly inside.
A really silly photoshop which resulted from the last DAPS meeting (and a little inspiration from The Mighty Vin) has gone viral-ish on Tumblr.
Meet Cheshire Ke$ha, an amalgamation of Ke$ha and the Cheshire Cat from Disney’s Alice In Wonderland. Everything is a Remix these days.
Thanks to a little boost from the fine folks as URLesque (namely Anna) we were even featured on Tumbler’s semi-exclusive #LOL page. Thanks guys!
Later in the week a photo I submitted to The Animal Blog was posted and got re-blogged a whole bunch too. I didn’t screen-cap that because you’ve already seen it. If you’re curious enough, you can check it out on TAB here.
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Last month Carlo and I did work on this little photoshop/article for URLesque called “Memeopoly” after discussing it in the DAPS offices with Drew. In the days following the post going up at URLesque it picked up some serious traction and ended up in some pretty lofty places over the interweb.
What places? How about Buzzfeed, Laughing Squid, Huffington Post (Who actually said my name ::squee!::), Know Your Meme, Neatorama, and Alltop! Here are a few screenshots:
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Here’s a little gallery of recent Twitter updates where I share the philosophies that I’m developing as I walk this world we call home. Keep in mind that I do have way more silly, funny, or weird updates and these are just the ones I’d like to remember:
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It was a very exciting month in DAPSville, as we very quietly passed the 1,000,000 pageviews mark. It’s not the greatest number for a 3 year old blog but it made us feel really good about ourselves.
It’s really hard to top something like that so I’ll just make a little list of the other things of lesser note. I connected Emilio Sparks to writer/comedienne Gaby Dunn for her 100 Interviews series on Tumblr and got to hang out the the guys from MTV’s The Buried Life at the WRXP studio with Rich Russo… okay fine, here’s a photo of that which i snapped with my iPhone:
It’s been a hectic time for me as the NB Technologies office has been rocking it’s way through Q4 of 2010. We’ve completed a number of projects that are all pretty exciting. Two standouts are the all new Alberto’s Restaurant website and the re-designed NEC Questions (For which I spent countless hours doing data entry. Tavis and Carlo did all of the heavy lifting on development)
I was finally able to complete a long running project/collaboration with my friend Dianna Vassallo on the HTML/CSS re-design on NativoLLC.com, special thanks to Carlo there for helping me re-educate myself in dev world:
Along with the builds and regular social media management, I also took part in my first speaking engagement as a “social media” expert for COAHSI: The Council for the Arts and Humanities on Staten Island at one of our NY Public Libraries here on Staten Island which was a fulfilling learning experience for me.
On top of all that we’ve begun production a web series called SINY North Shore Buzz which is hosted by my aunt Holly Wiesner Olivieri and highlights people, homes and businesses on the North Shore of Staten Island. Below is the logo that Carlo and I came up with.
Finally to wrap it up a couple more quick hits… I know it’s a lot but like I said, it’s been pretty crazy round here. 17 to Midnight was in yet another Film Festival, I photoshopped The Fly and “Fly like a G6″ together, Ran a fun show with The Higher Concept and Burnt Youth, and was interviewed about my sex life by Miss Veralyn of Veralyn Media.
::Wipes brow:: Sorry lol
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I’m realizing that I’m probably going to update this about once a month which isn’t too bad for what I like to call a “Living Resume” Today there isn’t a ton to share, but here we are anyway.
I finally made it out to the Central Park Zoo, if nothing else this photo I snapped of a sleepy snake made the entire trip worth it.
NB Technologies, is moving on up in the world with a pair of firsts. This week we paid the first month and security deposit on our new office space here on Staten Island and signed up Vin Forte as our first employee. Pretty big stuff if you don’t ask me…
Last night Carlo and I worked on a new design for the company’s Twitter layout based on Tavis‘ website design
“17 to Midnight” was screened in yet another film festival, this time it was the GIAA Festival. I don’t even have a copy of the film on DVD lol
Me and Damian executed a fun idea I had about mashing up Back To The Future 2 and The Bed Intruder song in a little video we call “Bed Intruder To The Future“:
Finally, I also recently put together a little flyer for Shandelee Lake Inn’s Fly Fishing Tours, and a little video for Chez Vous Caterers featuring footage from their appearance on David Tutera’s ‘My Fair Wedding‘:
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Recently I designed a poster for Staten Island cover band Screaming Broccolli to hang in their upcoming venues. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.
On a totally unrelated note, I was also asked to speak at an upcoming COAHSI event with fellow SI filmmaker Geoff Celis. I’m pretty excited both because Geoff is pretty awesome and it will be my first venture into social media expertdom.
This is the text that will be included in the COAHSI newsletter:
Alternative Marketing Strategies for Arts Organizations
Richmondtown Library, 200 Clarke Avenue
Monday, November 1st, 6:00-7:30pm
Have you found that membership and audience numbers have decreased in the last few years? Are flyers and print marketing pieces just not doing the trick anymore? Join guests Christopher Olivieri and Geoffrey Celis to talk about different marketing strategies that could work for your arts organization. Christopher Olivieri is the co-creator of Dog and Pony Show, an online media group focused on web production. DogAndPonyShowWebsite.com amasses 60,000+ visits per month without using a single traditional marketing method. Geoffrey Celis is the founder of Starview Productions, a company that has been a meeting ground for artists to collaborate and produce videos, as well as a co-founder of SIColab and host of Staten Island’s Open Film Night. To RSVP, contact Ginger Shulick at x1004
Speaking of social media expertdom, last week Carlo and I were interviewed by WNYC’s Veralyn Williams and her Radio Rookies protege Brianna. We talked about Blogging, Facebook, DAPS and Internet Culture. It was a lot of fun, I look forward to hearing the final cut of the interview in January.
Finally, my blogging career which has put me in first degree contact with my Favorite Director has now allowed me to spend some quality time with my favorite band. On Thursday, August 19th I was privileged to do coverage at Less Than Jake’s Rocks Off concert cruise.
You can check out my review and the photos Dave Giordano snapped here. (They’re pretty damn good photos!)
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During the last month Tavis, Carlo and I very quietly launched the website for our new social media service Social Gofr. The design of “Murray Gofr” was done by my uncle Guy T Olivieri.
Social Gofr is a service for smart business people who understand the value of having a strong online presence but don’t have the time to dedicate, resources to allocate or social media expertise to make waves on the web. We offer management and consultation for all of today’s most popular social media outlets including (but not limited to) Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, YouTube, and LinkedIn
Visit the site here.
We also did a re-design on our main website over at NBTechnologies.net. I like it a lot more than the version we had up previously.
NB Technologies is an award winning web consultation firm that focuses on the clients needs to deliver a tailor-fit solution for any budget. Our expertise in open-source technology and social media will help your message reach the largest possible audience.
Visit the NBT site here.
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Last week I was in studio at RXP 101.9FM with Rich Russo and Dave Giordano where we were joined by The Soprano’s Star Vincent Pastore. Dave took some amazing shots which you can check out here.
Also, Yesterday I made my first ever trip to Central Park, which is pretty much a crime as a lifelong New Yorker. I finally see what all the hype is about… I also snapped what I’m (half jokingly) calling “The single greatest portrait ever to be taken on an iPhone” of my beautiful girlfriend Krista.
Yeah, I photoshopped it.. But that’s half the fun in this digital world we find ourselves living in, right?!? Before my trip to CP, I was greeted on Facebook by a message from my friend Irena telling me that her friends over in California were checking out the DAPS site without being prompted. I feel like a proud papa who’s kid is shipped away to college doing things I don’t, and would rather not know about.
Finally, I’ll leave you with another dose of Pontwittification, that is, life philosophy that I leave on my Twitter account for you to take in.
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Earlier this year I took some photos on the set of The Discovery Channel’s Construction Intervention. After the episode aired, my boss asked me to cut together some clips from the episode. This video is the episode condensed into 5.5 minutes highlighting my boss’ appearance. Check it out:
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Occasionally I enjoy grabbing a camera and playing documentation at parties and events. This past weekend, my family celebrated my sister coming home from Florida for a visit. After a little while and a few drinks, I decided to grab my dads camera and shoot a little bit.
The next morning I was inspired to photoshop the crap out of them. I’m pretty happy with how they turned out.
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Last Thursday one of my childhood heroes and favorite ballplayers, Ken Griffey Jr. Retired from Major League baseball. So, like i often do on twitter… I RTd the announcement with my feelings on the matter.
MLB liked it enough to share those feelings with their fan base:
I’d like to take a moment to thank MLB. Thanks! i <3 you too baseball!
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