February 17th, 2012
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
And behold! These are the names of our newly-christened conference rooms.
With the promising prize of a $50 itunes card looming, we all got to work coming up with creative (or terrible) names for the three conference rooms in our new office. The judges? The CEO and Executive Producer. The competitors? Everyone else. From eleven people came eighty-nine entries, not all of them noteworthy (i.e. “A, B, C” and “1, 2, 3″). Quite a few people chose the strategy of unloading as many names as possible in order to win the contest.
The names that poured in ranged from ingredients in a sandwich to music references to Star Wars characters, but in the end, there could only be one (or three).
Below are the runner-ups and honorable mentions! Do you agree with the judges’ choices?
First Place
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly – Ben U.
Second Place
Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato (Avocado for the lounge) – Jeff B.
Third Place
Blanco, Reposado, Anejo – Ben B.
Honorable Mentions
Aretoula’s Choice: O., M., G. – Ben B.
Paul’s Choice: Green, Black, Oolong – Jeff B.
Un-honorable Mentions
Aretoula’s Choice: Ice, Ice, Baby – Jeff B.
Paul’s Choice: Censored!, Piss!, Censored! – Eric C.
Interesting Stats:
Of the 89 submissions, the judges chose almost the same number of viable candidates in the first pass. 10 for Paul versus 11 for Aretoula. 6 of these choices matched and 2 of their top 3 matched. Crazy!
Can’t wait for Todd and Jeff to come up with our nifty room signs! (Or are we looking at those right now?)
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February 3rd, 2012
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
Hear ye, hear ye! We mark the start of this month with the glorious unveiling of the new Zuora website, carefully adorned in gorgeous shades of lemon and lime. Not only is Zuora bringing sexy back to subscription economy thanks to their newly redesigned site, but they are also bringing the gift of subscription economy to Flickerbox in the form of a gift membership to the Microbrewed Beer of the Month Club.
As the email we received proclaims, “In each shipment you will receive twelve, 12-oz. microbrewed beers showcasing four different beer styles [three bottles of each style]. And you will learn how each beer is made, what to look for when you taste each beer, and much more by reading our accompanying monthly newsletter!”
Now that is truly a gift Flickerbox can appreciate, as beer is up on the list with coffee for being one of Flickerbox’s (few) weaknesses. We are already eagerly awaiting our first shipment, due to arrive at the end of the month (so far in the future).
Many thanks to Megan and Kyle at Zuora!
Ruby Already Anticipating Her Next Drink
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