Grooveeffect
Grooveeffect is an urban/indie culture web site dedicated to curating the best in emerging style, music, and trends, and is ranked in the Top 20 music blogs worldwide by Alexa. Originally launched in late 2004 as a small web store, it was re-launched in late 2005 as a content site and quickly grew to be one of the leading urban/indie lifestyle sites on the web, reaching up to 100K unique visitors per month. The site...
posted on 02.05.10
I keep a throwing knife on my desk which was gifted to me by a heavily armed man while I was working at a toy store
So when I first moved to SF I was broke and got a job at a toy store at the Metreon, a major downtown mall. My "boss" at the time was 19 and kind of a punk Asian-gangster type. So one day this sort of nerdy looking 40-something Asian guy comes in with a duffel bag. He was recently divorced, talking about how he lived in a hotel in a really seedy part of...
posted on 09.30.09
Let Me Google That For You
I was invited to speak on search at the San Francisco Bay Club for the "Connect5" networking event on August 19, 2009, and when deciding on what specifically to talk about, I realized I didn't want to give another iteration of the 'make your site rank higher' presentation I'd seen hundreds of times. With that in mind, I decided to look at the broader aspects of search, including how search can influence brand, the...
posted on 08.19.09
Atomic PR
The Atomic PR website was designed by Method and developed in-house by our Digital Ops team. Part of the Theorem Communications Group, Atomic PR is a premier tech PR agency that provides alternative PR energy to its clients, with offices in SF, LA, NYC, and London. The goal of this site was a lightweight experience - both in terms of design and the underlying technology - fused with a clear yet innovative user experience. I...
posted on 08.17.09
Photos from Kauai // August 2009
We're recently back from a trip to Kaua'i, Hawai'i with our friends Brandon and Dessiree. We had a great time, and pretty much saw the entire island during our stay. Despite the threat of Felicia, originally a category 4 hurricane, it eventually fizzled to a zero-threat rainstorm and left us with great weather for just about the entire trip....
posted on 08.16.09