Part of our company makeover in early 2011 included completely re-vamping our office space: We painted our walls, hung tvs, installed an office-wide sound system, and overall transformed our work space to better reflect the type of people we are. Those who know us know that we don’t typically half a** anything, no matter how big or small of a project.Therefore, it should come as no surprise that our front welcome sign (our company name) is far from low-grade. And by not low-grade, I mean not cheap.

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There are few roles that my agent actually passes along to me. It’s too difficult for me to sit around reading script after script like Vincent Chase. That’s not me. I’m too busy here in the office or at home with the wife and kid. Plus, there are only a select few types of characters that I’m willing to play these days because I’m looking to expand my repertoire. I’m tired of being stuck in the same roles. It’s been a rut that I’ve worked hard to avoid.

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What’s with all these “Stuff People Say” videos? Lately, I’ve seen one for everything. It started with “Stuff Girls Say” and within a few weeks versions popped up about everyone and anyone. (I must admit though, the “Stuff New Yorkers Say” is pretty accurate…)

A viral video is one that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media, and email. We were recently working on a big pitch focused around viral videos, and it made me realize – you can tell a lot about a person by asking them what their favorite viral video is. So, here’s a random sample of mine (I really have too many to list), in no particular order:

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First I must note that we made some changes to our weekly prize… In 2012, we’ve decided to retire the wings and replace them with a trophy (one of ours from this year’s w3 awards) and a blue tie (courtesy of our team’s hard work at Dave & Buster’s).

Second – we were happy to pass the prize along to our Design Director, David Orellana, this week. David played an imperative part in an important pitch we were pulling together this week. Congratulations, David!