Press

posted 03/27/08 by Rick Webb

Sometimes we get press. Sometimes we talk about the press. Sometimes we talk to the press. Actually we talk to the press a lot. This is where we’re going to talk about talking about the press. Or something.

Here are some recent posts from our employees about Press:

2011 Timeline of Social Media Milestones


In an effort to make sense of the rapid changes in social media, we took an entire year’s worth of links and announcements from some of the key players and wove them into a simple linear narrative.
What began as hundreds of blog posts and stories has been distilled down to 65 of the most memorable milestones. Our intent was to provide a glimpse of the progress and innovation that took place in the past year across six social media platforms. If you care to go a bit deeper, click any individual story to link to its source article.
We’ve had a lot of fun putting this timeline together and hope you enjoy it as you relive the key highlights of 2011.

Social Media Hotsheet - 2012 Preview

happy new year, 2012

2011 was a monumental year for social media. To summarize these events and look forward to another amazing year, our Earned Media team has put together a list of the top ten biggest trends and predictions. What do you think 2012 will bring?

Social Music Will Continue to Grow
The New Facebook and You
Mobile Will Crest in 2012
Google Plus: No Longer the New Kid on the Block
Influence Heats Up, Privacy Concerns Arise
Easy Image Sharing Proves to be Recipe for Success
Design Continues to Matter
Personal Data Showcased as Personal Experiences
As Seen on TV: YouTube in 2012
Amateurs’ Hour to Shine

Catching Up / Barbarians in the Press

Hi All,
Some news from PR:
Off the back of his popular blog post earlier this summer, TBG’s Interaction Design Director Chad Vavra contributed his second feature piece to .Net Magazine: The Ten Principles of Interaction Design. (Be sure to check it out if you haven’t already, the piece has had a ton of Twitter traction and great feedback, most definitely worth a read.)
Ryan McManus was also included in Swedish design website Dudeye.com’s piece on the art of design. Check here to read Ryan’s perspective on what constitutes “Good Design”.
Additionally, Ad Age recently featured The GE Show in their Top Ten Viral Video chart, congrats team!
Update:
Keith’s latest contribution to .Net Magazine is now live, check out The Five Web Design Principles to Never Use Again. It’s one of our favorites so far.
Also, we’re super proud to announce Interaction Designer John Finley will be speaking at the Interaction 12 Conference in Dublin. And he’s in great company, check out the presenters line-up here.
Lastly, Benjamin judged global design tournament Cut&Paste on Friday night, the evening showcased some fantastic talent, as well as some impressive live art battle work. Check out the reel here see what it’s all about.

Benjamin Palmer: New ADC President

It’s been a busy week over at TBG, and we’re super excited to announce that Benjamin has been elected as the new President of the Art Directors Club.
We’re looking forward to working closely with the ADC, watch this space for exciting news to come.
Congrats Ben!
Check out Adweek for Gabe Beltrone’s piece.
And here for Creativity’s announcement.

Roofies: the final summer hoorah for 2011

Thanks to everyone who made it out to our final Roofies of the year last week, couldn’t think of a better way to salute the summer.
You can check out the photos + the recap at Guest of a Guest.
And the Wall St Journal also wrote a nice piece on our fun get-togethers over here.
Til next year,
xo

TBG x SXSW 2012

Whether it makes you jump for joy, or go running to the nearest dark corner, it’s somehow that time of year again…the SXSW Panel Picker is up for 2012 and we need your excellent votes!
Check out our proposal ‘Finding Balance in the Hype Machine’, which will feature The New York Times’ Tech Reporter Jenna Wortham, Lot18’s Co-founder Philip James, The Next Web’s East Coast Editor Courtney Boyd Myers, Percolate’s Co-founder (and ex-Barbarian) Noah Brier, as well as our very own Benjamin Palmer.
Our second panel,’The New Digital / Traditional Hybrids’ will play host to Droga5’s Hashem Bajwa, Wieden + Kennedy’s Iain Tait and TBG’s Jay Zasa and Chet Gulland.
Lastly, our Social Media Lead, Ms Lindsey Weber, also submitted a panel + was included as a panelist in another submission, so please vote for these too, while you’re at it:
Tumblr: Reblog Culture for Big Brands & Big Media’ and
The Now Neighborhood: Tapping Online Community IRL’.
Every vote counts, so thanks for helping us get there!

Google launches 'Think Quarterly' US

If you haven’t been able to get your hands on the hard copy of Google’s marketing publication ‘Think Quarterly’, you can check it out online here.
In the inaugural US edition, Benjamin shares a couple of his thoughts on the future of mobile, while Rick gives insights in to marketers and their utilization of API’s, with a nice shout-out to our holiday hit Tweet Wrap.
Click through to Alli Mooney’s piece, The Pursuit of APIness, here.
Happy almost-Friday everyone!

#IWNY

New York! Internet Week! We survived!
Rick moderated the TBG-hosted panel ‘The Art of the Side Project’, a discussion centered around how tech entrepreneurs can efficiently balance projects with work schedules, how to sustain motivation, questions surrounding partnerships and tips around actually executing the idea.
We were lucky enough to have Percolate’s Noah Brier, OMGICU’s Hugh Dornbush and Henrik Werdelin’s Prehype participate in the conversation, so big thanks to those guys for making the panel such a success.

And check out the Yahoo! advertising blog for a post-panel interview with Rick (also mentioned over at Steve Hall’s Ad Rants).
On Wednesday night, we officially kicked off summer with the first edition of Roofies for 2011. Thankfully the steaming heat seared down at sunset and we all kept sufficiently hydrated with Yuengling beer and gallons of wine. Evidence below.
Additionally, check out this interview with Art Director Henry Lai talking about our DOT skeleton signs. Great job Henry!


*Photos courtesy of Rick Webb and Ryan McManus