Subscribers Rule

One of our graphic designers has been working on a project for ExactTarget called Subscribers Rule. It is a great initiative to get email marketers to think of the people they market to via email as people not just a list.

I was fortunate enough to attend a conference about this earlier in the year and some of the swag from the meetings made it back to the office. I though there was a nice symmetry since the designer working on it had one of the foam fingers at his desk.

It was also a great way to sneak a photo of our designer, Chris Yanc.

A Little Cornhole in the Fall

I have mentioned a few times that I play cornhole with my friends. I thought it would only be fitting to take some photos from playing cornhole. I was playing with my brother and his family this weekend.

Even more ironic was that when I woke up on Saturday morning, the neighbors across the street brought out their cornhole boards to play.

Not really a typical sight in Tremont.

Carrot Cake For Breakfast

During my walks to work, I often stop at Civilization for my morning cup of coffee.

Today, when I walked in the door, I noticed the lovely carrot cake that was sitting in the display case.

I generally don't eat breakfast, but the carrot cake was very appealing. It got me thinking - is it ok to eat carrot cake for breakfast?

The answer: who cares. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough cash for both, so it was just coffee for breakfast/

Oliver Cromwell Mural at Belfast Estate Housing

After I posted the mural of the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), I started looking through the other photos that I shot that day.

I remembered that I had shot this one with Oliver Cromwell in the series. I remember thinking it was quite odd to have this mural of a man who is such an historic figure intermingled with modern UFF murals.

Ulster Freedom Fighters Mural at Belfast Estate Housing

Last night while I was at the Map Room with some friends, we started talking about the map of the British Isles that was hanging near our table.

I started talking about a Black Taxi tour I did of the city. Part of the tour entails taking a tour of a housing estate that has several murals for Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), a loyalist group that is the equivalent to the Irish Republican Army (IRA). It reminded me of the photos that I took when I was there. This photo was a bit creepy because the gunman followed you around the common area no matter where you walked.

Young Adam Strikes a Pose

From time to time, I have taken photos of Young Adam for my blog.

He is always a willing photography subject. In this particular case, I snapped a more candid picture (sort of) of him standing in the corner of my office while we were conferring with a co-worker at Optiem.

We had been talking about the trend to more casual fashions around the office during the weekdays, and ironically, he was sort of striking a nice pose after that conversation.

That is right, it is always serious matters at work. Actually, I think it is the random 5 minutes social breaks that keeps me and our hard working team sane!

Sidewalk Chalk Artist

During the Tremont Arts festival, there were several arists who were singing, performing and also exhibiting their art in several booths. As part of the weekend, an artist was creating a sidewalk chalk piece of art.

Since I did not have my camera, I snapped a picture with my camera phone. The artist had all weekend to create the piece, so this was only partly done because it was early on the first day.