Nolcha comments on 88plug and the HotChocolate Society Oscar Party

Posted on Feb 22, 2009 in Sample Work | 0 comments

Nolcha had a nice writeup on the event and the work that I did.

“The HotChocolate™ Society Oscar Pool was the big prize of the night with the winner receiving “A Kiss from the Queen of Salt”, a salt painting by world renowned artist Bettina Werner and of course a mini HotChocolate™ Man Statuette. One mentionable highlight of the pool was the system created by 88plug, an Andrew Mello brand, that allowed guests to register online with their phones and then watch it auto-rank all players as the awards were revealed. The winner was Pablo Cartaya, a freelance writer, with 10 of 15 answers correct.”

Goto the HotChocolate Society Oscar Party website.

2nd HotChocolate Society Oscar Party

Posted on Feb 19, 2009 in Featured, Sample Work | 0 comments

88plug is sponsoring the Oscar pool with some custom built software for iPhone and Blackberry. We will be releasing this come Sunday evening!

More info and tickets here!

+ 2-Hours 2-4-1 DRINK SPECIALS from 7pm to 9pm
……….HotChocolate Martini (cold)
……….HotChocolate Toddy (hot)
……….Lemondrop Martini
……….Cosmopolitan
+ Guittard’s Grand Cacao Drinking Chocolate
+ Ceviche & Empanada Station
+ Top Chef’s Savory & Sweet Bites
+ The Oscars® Broadcast on Multiple Screens
+ Whole Foods Market® Gift Bag
+ Live Online Oscar Pool
+ Fabulous Prizes!

22 February 2009, 7pm ‐ Best Picture
310 LOUNGE @ 310 Bowery; New York, NY 10012

TICKET REQUIRED: $25 advance
DOOR: $35

Additional MENU OFFERING: La Barra Cevicheria

* Mexican Fish Ceviche Hors D’oeuvres
* Mexican Mushroom Ceviche Hors D’oeuvres
* Argentinian Style Beef Empanada
* Argentinian Cheese & Poblano Peppers Empanada with Corn
* Mexican Tamales with Chicken & Mole

February Radar – Oscar’s

Posted on Feb 17, 2009 in Sample Work | 0 comments

I have been working hard over the last two weeks with Lisa Rein and Michael D Ellenbogen to bring a piece of social interaction to an Oscar’s Party in NYC on Sunday the 22nd.

Our Site:

http://thehotchocolatesociety.com/

Tickets:

http://2009hcsop.eventbrite.com/?discount=mello_09

Full writeup/review/breakdown after the break on Sunday.  We are writing a bit of custom code for this as well to create a pool that is fully compatible on iPhone/Blackberry.  Future goals include porting an SMS feature onto the MSGME API.

Future of Social Networking – W3C – Barcelona 2009

Posted on Feb 17, 2009 in Featured, Sample Work | 0 comments

“The W3C organized a Workshop on the Future of Social Networking, with a high level goal of bringing together the world experts on social networking design, management and operation in a neutral and objective environment where the social networking history to date could be examined and discussed, the risks and opportunities analyzed and the state of affairs accurately portrayed.

Within the W3C workshop, the issues facing social networking growth could be documented and, in this workshop in particular, taking into account social networking on mobile devices/platforms with and without PC/broadband Internet services.

The workshop also explored whether it is worthwhile to consider the creation of an Interest or Working Group under the auspices of W3C to continue these discussions.

The discussions of the workshop were fed by the input of the 72 position papers submitted(including ours!) by the participants, and animated by the Program Committee composed of experts from the industry and academics on this topic.”

Our Position Paper:
Using Standards to Normalize Domain Specific Metadata

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