So we’re now called Pyxl. Thanks to DaNice Marshall for suggesting the name and the team at Image Communications, – (now called Pyxl) for working together on putting this campaign together! Now it’s time to make a new company logo. Stay tuned.
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Back from a long hiatus…
From blogging that is. It’s been over a month since I posted anything ‘coz I’ve been swamped with projects after getting back from vacation. But anyways… will be posting what’s new asap. Peace Out!
byOne more day…
Today, April 17th, is when we announce the new name our company picked to replace Image Communications. All of us are excited for a new identity and the new projects that we will be doing to rebrand ourselves.
Also, we will be announcing the 2 winners of the Kindle2. So thanks again to all that submitted their ideas for the new name. No head back to HelpUsNameUs.com at 5pm Eastern for the big reveal. Peace Out!
byAnd the TOP 9 names are…
So we narrowed it down to the top 9 names. We’re pretty excited about the selections but we’re leaving it up to the masses to decide what we should be called. You can see what’s going on at HelpUsNameUs.com
We had such a great turnout that we decided to add another Kindle2 to the pot. We are randomly selecting a person based on a secret criteria only the team at Image Communications know.
So thanks again to all that submitted suggestions. You guys do ROCK! So if your original name suggestions didn’t make the cut, select your top 3 names and get another chance at winning that awesome device.
Will be posting updates as soon as I have them. Peace Out!
byHelp Us Name Us Update
So we dropped a press release last Thursday 3/26 and we are having an influx of submissions to our Social Media Experiment – HelpUsNameUs.com. There are obviously some good, some bad, & some ugly.
You can read the press release here.
As of today, we have over 1,200 submissions from around the world coming in from 6 out of 7 continents. Now we need to find someone who has a computer in Antarctica. Anybody know anyone there?
Some other places you can keep track of the experiment:
Twitter
We are agetting quite a buzz on Twitter – follow @HelpUsNameUs to get the latest buzz and more news on our progress.
Facebook
We have a current group set-up on Facebook
Youtube
Videos and animation submissions by IC team members including yours truly.
Digg
We are hoping for more “diggs” on this site to maybe reach more people.
MySpace
We’re using MySpace as a part of the second phase of our experiment as they’re one of the two Social Media giants. Come and be our friends as well.
I will update the list of places we used as I get more data.
The April 3rd deadline is fast approaching. So if you ever get a chance to enter your ideas – please do so. That Kindle2 is an amazing device. I got to play around with it and it’s a must have for any book lover or tech device collector.
So thanks again to everyone who submitted their entries. Check back soon for more updates! Peace Out!
byHelp Us Name Us!
Hey everyone! Here’s the latest from Image Communications, Inc, the company I work for.
Help Us Name Us! We are in the process of re-naming our company and we need your help! We will give out Amazon’s Kindle2 – the amazing wireless reading device to the person who give us the best idea.
We tell our clients everyday how important and powerful social media has become… so we’re proving our theory by using social media to rebrand our growing company.
So visit helpusnameus.com before April 3 if you have some great name ideas. We have a few helpful tips listed on the site, but ultimately we are open to almost all suggestions.
The new name will be chosen by our team and the winner will be announced during the week of April 13th, 2009.
We will be using only social media technologies like Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, employee blogs, social news sites, etc. to promote the contest.
Please enter and tell all your spouse, friends, neighbors, and co-workers about it. That Kindle2 seems to be a pretty nifty device that you could have by your bookshelves or even show off to all the people you know.
So I will post another blog entry to give you guys an update on the status of our search. Good luck to everyone who enters. This will be interesting! Peace Out!
byCaffeine Multimedia
International Recognition.
So I come home Friday to check my email from a long day of single and double clicking, and I receive an email from someone at Logo Lounge. They notified me that two of my designed logos made the cut for their first ever Master Library Series. The series will be a collection of logos focusing on initials and crests and it will be published next year.
The logo for “Seventh Row” was a freelance project designed for my uncle who runs an entertainment booking agency in NYC. This was probably the first logo I created with Freehand 8 that was running on a really, really, and I stress “really” old PC.
*The other logo is for a decorative switchplate manufacturer in Morgantown, WV called “Aberdeen.” The name is derived from a place in the UK. This logo was the first project I tackled when I got my first job out of college. I remember using Illustrator 8 for the first time (industry recommended switch) to design the logo.
Anyways, that really made my day. I submitted these logos over a year and a half ago and I’m glad that they were chosen. It really gave me some feeling of accomplishment… 10 years into doing graphic design professionally. But in reality, I’ve never entered or submitted anything for a national publication or a contest before. I’ve entered the local Addy’s and was quite successful, but I feel that this is more an accomplishment because of the international reach of the book.
So to summarize how I feel in one word it would be “RELIEVED!” I’ve been looking for that one glimmer of acknowledgement for my work and I think it found it. Actually I think it’s more of a “flash” than a glimmer since to me this is huge!!!
byFuture portfolio pieces to come…
I will be adding more portfolio pieces as soon as possible. I’m working off a MacBook Pro and it’s not the fastest equipment to use while working on several graphic projects. I’ve been saving up for a new Mac Pro for over two years now, since my Dual 533 mgz G4 just decided to retire. I wonder when the new ones will come out. Rumor has it that it might not come out til early next year… but who knows. I’m sure that once it comes out, it will not dissapoint.
byTwitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-19
- The server's down! The server's down! Oh (mt) the pain you cause me! Curses!!!!! #
- Reinstalling some apps so I can get some work done! Anyone like designing a preso on Keynote? #
- Found out last night that 2 of my logos had been selected for Logo Lounge's Masterpiece Collection. Will be published next year! #
- Just got back from the Mellow Mushroom for pizza with some friends. #