Posts Tagged ‘Zoomers’
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Banana cakes is a phrase started by me after I heard it randomly one day from a person talking on the radio. I said to myself, “That is so flippin’ fun, I’ve got to use that!” Since then, I’ve been throwing out “banana cakes” left and right to express my excitement, surprise or disbelief. With my constant use, it finally caught on around the office and now I’ve got everyone spreadin’ the fun. Now that’s banana cakes!
What is this “Tat-A-Day” all about?
The Zoom Creates team has created six sets of temporary tattoos, and to share some of our ink-spiration, we’ll be posting a “Tat-A-Day”. The “Tat-A-Day” posts will last throughout the duration of the Rethink Ink contest. So tune in and get ink-spired to create your own!
Tags: Banana Cakes, Robin Budd, tattoo, Zoom, Zoom Ink, Zoomers
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Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
It’s Wednesday and officially Hungry Hump Day in the office. Hungry Hump Day has been a long-standing tradition at Zoom. We celebrate each middle of the week morning most commonly with bagels and smear as well as the occasional doughnut bonanza. Our hump day treat accompanies our mid-week, all staff morning meeting and makes it a delightful way to start the day.
What is this “Tat-A-Day” all about?
The Zoom Creates team has created six sets of temporary tattoos, and to share some of our ink-spiration, we’ll be posting a “Tat-A-Day”. The “Tat-A-Day” posts will last throughout the duration of the Rethink Ink contest. So tune in and get ink-spired to create your own!
Tags: Bagels, Hungry Hump Day, tattoo, Wednesday, zoom creates, Zoom Ink, Zoomers
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
“What do you know about tweedle beetles? Well… When tweedle beetles fight, it’s called a tweedle beetle battle. And when they battle in a puddle, it’s a tweedle beetle puddle battle. AND when tweedle beetles battle with paddles in a puddle, they call it a tweedle beetle puddle paddle battle.”
Thank you Dr. Seuss for creating Fox in the Socks for today’s Tat-A-Day inspiration.
Why tweedles, you ask? Well, Corrina and I have been deemed the official “Tweedles” in the office, lovingly named by Eva approximately 5 years ago because of our obvious similarities in our sense of style and design and that we have a tendency to carry on like two peas in a pod from time to time.
“The Tweedles” has become an exclusive group that many have tried to enter into. It’s not easy, but you can become an official “Tweedle” too, just let us know if you’d like to join and we’ll provide a lengthy application and put you on our wait list. FYI, Tim has been wait-listed for about 5 years now.
What is that “Tat-A-Day” all about?
The Zoom Creates team has created six sets of temporary tattoos, and to share some of our ink-spiration, we’ll be posting a “Tat-A-Day”. The “Tat-A-Day” posts will last throughout the duration of the Rethink Ink contest. So tune in and get ink-spired to create your own!
Tags: Corrina Reff, Dr. Seuss, Robin Budd, Tweedle, Zoom Ink, Zoomers
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Monday, February 13th, 2012
The Zoom Creates team has created six sets of temporary tattoos, and to share some of our ink-spiration, we’ll be posting a “Tat-A-Day”. The “Tat-A-Day” posts will last throughout the duration of the Rethink Ink contest. So tune in and get ink-spired to create your own!
KAW KAW
Watch out, incoming Seagull… At Zoom Creates, we are constantly relying on constructive criticism to evaluate functionality of a site or the look and feel of a design. This critical feedback keeps us thinking about the audience and helps us continue to push our work to the limit. Tim LOVES to give feedback and he won’t stop at a chance to make a comment (or five) even if something is almost flawless. For this, we call him the Seagull. He flies in—drops in a load of useful tidbits—and is on his way. It keeps us on our toes and always looking up! Kaw kaw!
Tags: Constructive Criticism, Rethink Ink, Seagull, tattoo, Tim Black, zoom creates, Zoom Ink, Zoomers
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Thursday, February 9th, 2012
The Zoom Creates team has 
created six sets of temporary tattoos, and to share some of our ink-spiration, we’ll be posting a “Tat-A-Day”. The “Tat-A-Day” posts will last throughout the duration of the Rethink Ink contest. So tune in and get ink-spired to create your own!
We’re starting off our “Tat-A-Day” posts with a few from the Zoomer-ific set. It’s full of tattoos referencing the little things that make us laugh, but there are a few of those Zoomer inside jokes that may need a bit of an explanation.
Today being Thursday, otherwise known as Shower Day, we decided to kick this off with “Whether You Need It Or Not”. This tattoo is inspired by Greg, one of our talented designers. Since starting at Zoom he has claimed that he showers only once a week, and always on Thursday. Some think he’s messing with our minds and testing whether we’ll fall for his lies. Robin is known to believe anything and everything she hears, so she’s an easy target! But others are convinced that Greg is just comfortable enough with his coworkers to let us in on his “dirty” secrets. The debate continues…
I asked Greg this morning why Thursday was shower day. He said, after years of shower schedule experimentation, with everything from once a month to twice a week, he found once a week to be the perfect schedule. Thursday, it turns out, is perfect, because its sort of mid week, and yet closer to the weekend. We all know that it’s more important to be looking (and smelling?) your best on Friday than it is on Monday.
So there you have it. Happy Shower Day to all!
Don’t forget to stop by the Zoom Ink web site, check out all the tattoos and score some free downloads!
Think you can do better? Bring it! Stop by our Facebook page and submit your own tattoo idea. Our design team will be designing the concept that inspires us the most!
Tags: design, desktop wallpaper, downloads, free, Freebies, Illustration, smart phone wallpaper, tattoo, Typography, Zoomers
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Today we officially launch the Rethink Ink Contest. The Zoom Creates team has created six sets of super fresh temporary tattoos and we want you to dream up the next one.
What’s your inkspiration?
Head over to the Zoom Creates Facebook page and submit your best idea for a tattoo design. The concepts that inspire the Zoom team the most, will win all six sets of our temporary tats. Plus, the grand prize winner will get their idea produced by our graphic design team and will receive a set of their tats and a stylin’ T-shirt to show off their design to all of their jealous buds.
We’re not stopping there
We want to make sure everyone’s devices stay rockin’ too. Drop by the Zoom Ink site to spice up your laptop or mobile phone with backgrounds inspired by the tats. You won’t want to hide these from your mom! To see the whole collection and score some amazing free downloads, make sure to hit up the site!
For the duration of the contest we’ll be featuring a “Tat a Day” on the blog to give a little background on where our inspiration came from for the Zoom Ink tats. So, tune in, get inspired and don’t forget to show off your inkspiration!
Tags: android, background, contest, design, desktop background, download, downloads, Facebook, free, Freebies, grand prize, idea, ink, iphone, smart phone background, submit, tattoos, temporary, win, zoom creates, Zoomers
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Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
In the kitchen area here at Zoom HQ, we had under-cabinet lights which helped us see the food we prepared for lunch. There were nine 10 watt halogen puck lights. They had a few problems. First, they were always falling apart. Just bumping a light would make the innards fall down and dangle from the short wires. Second, the bulbs were very expensive, hard to find in stores, and only seemed to last for a few weeks before burning out. It was a rare occasion to have all the lights lit at the same time. Also, they were hot. Not fire-hazard hot, but hot enough to be uncomfortable if you get too close.
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Tags: LEDs, zoom creates, Zoomers
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
On Friday morning we packed up and headed out on the 1st Annual Zoom Camping trip. The seasoned campers were were efficiently packed with all the necessary camping gear. Others were still wondering exactly how exactly the lack of room service, not to mention electricity, was going to work. Still others worried about the weather — when we reserved the sites back in January we were picturing the August weather a little bit differently. But every last one of us was excited for the adventure and hilarity that was sure to ensue.
We lucked out with the weather, sure it could have been a little warmer, but we didn’t see a single drop of rain. We ate like kings and queens and even had our own floating island. We also learned a thing or two. Kris taught us that the water in the lake is wet! Who knew? Thanks to Eva we realized that when laughing uncontrollably while laying on a floating island in the middle of a lake, its best to keep hold of a handle. Kurtis demonstrated exactly why half shirts went out of style. June and Lisa informed us that camping is dirty. And Tim taught us that short ribs are even better when cooked over the fire in the wilderness. But most importantly, we learned that with a group of Zoomers working together, we can accomplish anything!
Tags: 2010, camping, island, lake, Zoomers
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Zoom Creates does OSCON
Last week O’Reilly put on the 2010 Open Source Convention (OSCON) here in Portland. The Zoom Dev team took Thursday morning to check it out. There were many exciting open source projects on display, and SWAG everywhere! We through caution and our identities to the wind and dropped business cards in jars and filled out forms for drawings. By lunch time, we returned to the office with bags full of t-shrits, coffee mugs, pins, pens, toys, and papers. It was a great way to spend the morning: talk about nerdy stuff with other geeks, and have something to wear for the next day. After a start like that, productivity was pretty much shot for the second half of the day, but we managed to get some work done… until we started getting phone calls for the forms we filled out and business cards we dropped. But the calls were not sales calls. Amazingly, in addition to the generous SWAG we hauled back to the office, we won three smartphones!
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC), whose focus is on integrating software and hardware on mobile devices, had a drawing to win one of ten HTC Droid Incredible phones. Both Justin and I won that drawing. And Symbian, the company that manages the operating system on Nokia phones, had a drawing to win one of three Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone. I won that drawing too. Not bad for a days work!
Thanks, O’Reilly, Qualcomm, and Symbian for the gifts and for your support of open source projects! OSCON is coming back to Portland next year, so be sure to check it out!
Tags: Zoomers
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Rainbow Day was brainchild of the Tweedles, inspired by the Jimmy Dean Ad campaign and a line up of brightly colored shirts. The plan: everyone would sign up for a color and then could wear a top or dress of your chosen color for the day. (Note: your color had to appear solid from 3 feet away, no plaids allowed!) We brought in treats in a rainbow theme and we even caught a snapshot of the Zoomers in full rainbow attire, complete with Kurtis as the pot of gold! I don’t think you could get anymore bright and cheery then this colorful group!
If you haven’t already caught the Jimmy Dean ads on TV, you should head on over to YouTube and check out our very own rainbow inspiration.
Tags: 2010, color, Rainbow, Tweedles, zoom creates, Zoomers
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