Since it seems that everyone and their mother out there is sharing with the world how they delivered their Zappos proposal… we’ll go ahead and jump on that too! We felt Zappos has a great story to share and given that thought, we cooked up this little dilly. Dan C and the design team did some serious DIY pop-up bookage for the packaging of our prop. And man did they slay it.
So innocent and naive in the before shot, this one shows us a bit more weathered from the storm. Actually, I’d say we don’t look quite as abused as I would have imagined us being. It was an incredible feat by all. Anyone who wants to jump on board, we have a few more triathlons scheduled for this season. If for no other reason, it’s a great excuse to go out in public with your junk tucked into some downright sexy shorts.
in the spirit of self sacrifice, discipline and maybe a little ego, a bunch of us have been talking about pounding out a triathlon for some time now. we swam, we biked, we did a little here a little there, but this past saturday was the day we put our money where our mouths are.
the battle at midway was most certainly a battle. with an official distance of a 1500 meter swim, 22 mile bike ride and a 5.9 mile run. there were seven of us that manned- and womanned-up for this little bout with insanity and we can be proud to say that we ALL finished. needless to say, we obviously repped the hammer wilst on our journey. a special shout out to the man, the myth, the legend, adam luptak for having a swim time 10 seconds behind the #1 triathlete in utah.
Congrats to all the Struckers who pulled off this amazing campaign for the Utah Office of Tourism. And thanks to Ed
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Now that we’ve had a few days to reflect on the madness of #wtfpdx, it’s time for a few lingering thoughts. Let us first say that we couldn’t be happier with the overall outcome. On a warm and sunny Wednesday evening, more than 200 Portlanders packed the seats and we had as many as 118 viewers of the UStream live video feed. Much gratitude goes out to 52 Limited, Tavola Catering
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So, almost a week later, here’s what we’re still thinking about:
1. When it comes to social media, we all want something different.
Some people want metrics and ROI indexes and consumer research. Some people want case studies. Some people want feel-good anecdotes. Some people just want to stalk their old high school boyfriend. The list goes on, but this much is certain—it’s impossible to talk to all of those disparate audiences at once. And that’s kind of the point of this whole thing. We’re still trying to work out what social media is, what it isn’t, what it can be and what it should be. The crazy part is that we all seem to be arriving at different conclusions. And that’s okay, too.
2. People really, really care about social media.
Perhaps it’s the fact that Twitter and Facebook and YouTube have become the core of our personal lives, but it was surprising to see how serious some attendees (and panelists) were about what’s happening in these arenas. For every person who signs up on Facebook as a lark… there are probably three or four who earnestly embrace the network and the potential it offers as a tool to enhance relationships of all shapes and sizes.
3. Talking still beats Tweeting.
The #wtfpdx hashtag resulted in 34 pages of Twitter Search results
. Some of them were good, some of them were not-so-good and some of them spurred discussions that went back and forth for a few hours. After all of those 140-character diatribes, it was refreshing to talk (face-to-face) with a couple attendees at Old Town Pizza here in Portland. I asked what they thought of the event and they gave honest answers. Answers that didn’t have to fit a character limit, that didn’t have to win me over with their wit, and that didn’t contain sneaky shortened URLs leading to pyramid schemes. Don’t chalk this up as an anti-Twitter argument; it’s just the plain, honest truth. I learned more in five minutes with @brandedbyhuys and @embarkcreative than I could have gleaned from 34 pages of wtfpdx hashtags.
4. We’re going to keep at it.
We chose a tough topic for our first community event. Was it too broad? Probably. Was it too emotional? Possibly. Was it too aggressive? I’m not sure. But this much is certain: We’re going to do it again. We’re going to keep talking about things that can’t be figured out in 20 minutes. Sure, there’s a part of me that wishes we had hosted an event about the benefits of a Django/Python CMS when constructing sites that employ both Flash and HTML (and who knows, we’ll probably host a discussion of that nature at some point), but where’s the danger in that?
If nothing else, we met a lot of great people. Those great people had a beer or a glass of wine and a handful of those rice-paper wraps. And it was free (you really can’t underestimate the awesomeness of “free” these days). We hope you made a couple new friends. We hope we sparked a few intriguing conversations. And we really really really hope to see you next time.
So a few weeks ago (okay maybe it was months), we had a GIRLS ONLY party for our favorite media coordinator, Cacia (and her soon-to-join-us baby girl). And let me tell you, the women of Struck know how to party. Dudes would never have such cute drinks OR create such hilarious party games OR order 2 dozen mini-cupcakes for everyone to share OR embroider struck hammers on the teeniest puff-sleeved shirt. I’m just saying.
And to top off all the womenly power around here, Cacia actually went ahead and HAD HER BABY! Sweet Baby Adele was born on May 5th. And now, visions of Adele’s impending birthday pinatas- ballerinas, lady bugs, bunnies…the possibilities are endless!- are all Cacia really thinks about.
Struck PDX is hosting a panel discussion tonight and you really ought to be there. But… if you can’t make it, we’re streaming the whole thing live! You can visit the show page BY CLICKING ON THESE WORDS mamma mia movie border the movie download
or you can just come back to this page and watch the mayhem on the super-convenient embedded player below. Broadcast starts at 6:30pm (ish) Pacific. Discussion starts at 7:00. See you later.
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Our PDX team took a tour of the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts free speed movie download (which is housed in the same building that Struck will be moving into in a couple months). Here’s a list of some of the equipment they have available for their students: an experimental print center, which includes a vinyl laser cutter and a 3D printer
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So, my question is this: Given all the time and equipment these (or any) students have available to them, who is better prepared to respond to or predict changes in the industry? In a way, it’s the age old question of youth and energy over age and experience. Let’s hear it.
As some good friends (@redsquareagency) recently commented, “It’s the Wild, Wild West, people. We are making it up as we go.” The world of social media/networking/marketing/pillaging/plundering/scamming/saving/building is fresh territory for everyone (whether they admit it or not). So we’re inviting some friends over to help figure it all out.
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