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Lana
Del Rey
(Elizabeth Grant) |
My favorite thing
about T.R.A.F.F.I.C. is always the opportunity to
see old friends in person again, as well as make
new ones during the course of the week. Rob
Grant dropped me a note today to say
he would be there, but the main reason for his
message was to let me know that his daughter,
recording artist Elizabeth Grant (whom many
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. veterans met at the Orlando
show in 2008), has been chosen by Keds
Shoes to serve as a spokesperson for a new
line of celebrity shoes. Using her stage name, Lana Del Rey, Lizzy is featured in a new
video that is a key part of the
campaign. This very cool video features a clip
from Lizzy's single "Yayo" that is also
available at iTunes. |
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Another
item with a T.R.A.F.F.I.C. connection that crossed
my desk this week was Danny Pryor of the
Rodan
Media Group announcing the launch of
their new social networking website at MyGiftwire.com.
Danny was the designer of most versions of the
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. website prior to this year.
MyGiftWire.com lets users tell their friends what
gifts they want for birthdays, holidays,
anniversaries or any other special occasion.
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One other
note from our People file - Joe Alagna,
the long time General Manager of North
American Markets for Centralnic,
Ltd., is celebrating the birth
yesterday of his first grandchild.
Beautiful baby girl Aurelli Chen Mei
Alagna weighed in at 7 lbs. 8 oz. and
19 inches long. She is the new daughter of
Joe's son Anthony and
daughter-in-law Stephanie. Both mom
and baby are doing great. More photos have
been posted on the Alagna Family's website.
Joe noted,
"I'm used to having lots of boys and
men around (three brothers, two sons - no
sisters, no daughters). This is going to
be fun! |
Joe
Alagna with his new granddaughter
Aurelli Chen Mei Alagna |
A
couple of other items to tell you about before we
head into the weekend. GoDaddy today
launched a new service at http://geo.godaddy.com
that is designed to help customers find available geo-targeted
domain names. When you search for names, you
can click on a map to bring up names from any
locality you are interested in (there is also a
search box that lets you specify the city you are
was to zero in on). For sellers, the new site
offers a slick new interface to help draw
attention to your domains. There are instructions
on the site detailing how to get your domains
listed.
Last
but not least, the folks at EVO
Media/DevHub.com are probably happy to
be heading home this weekend because the office
has been a lot noisier than usual. A cacophony
of hammering, sawing and other construction activity
is underway that will end up adding 1,000 square
feet to their downtown Seattle
offices.
Construction
under way to expand EVO Media/DevHub.com
offices in Seattle.
The
company is expanding its staff as well as it
space. They currently have openings for two more
skilled developers. If you an interest and believe
you have the necessary skills
you can send an email to [email protected]
with your resume, rough salary expectations, URLs
of cool things you've built or worked on and your
favorite thing in the world. |
