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Author: Josh Zapin
I won an Internet Advertising Competition Award
I (along with my team) won an Internet Advertising Competition Award!!! I couldn't be happier!!! It was for the Westin Snowmass website I produced at texturemedia for my client Playground. The award was for best Real Estate Microsite. Very Cool!
Hasidic Hip Hop: Ta-Shma’s Come Listen: A Review
I'm not sure what's in the water in Williamsburg, Brooklyn these days, but something is making those Hasids produce doped out, modern pop music. I'm not talking about some klezmer-infused, folkie music with Yiddish lyrics that nobody but my Grandma would understand (with due respect to the awesome Klezmatics). We're talking about music that could easily appear on MTV's Total.. Read more
New York Trip Suggestions
Here are some great NYC bets (newyork.citysearch.com is a GREAT resource): 1) Chinese Food: Joe's Shanghai :- This lace is good, cheap and has, by far, the best dumplings around (called soup dumplings). Get the crab meat one over the pork. Both are great, but the crab meat is the best. The rest of the food is amazing. 2) Italian.. Read more
MusiciansDirect.Org: A new JZapin.com site
Go ahead and check out my newest creation: http://www.musiciansdirect.org. I built this site for my good friend Mike Marsh who is a Musician and was looking for a way to represent his bands online. MusiciansDirect is an agency that he started to represent his own bands. It's a pretty neat site that has teh following features: Built on Joomla! content.. Read more
Interactive Agency Project Management Forum Created
Check out the new Interactive Agency Project Management Forum I just created on Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/Interactive-Agency-Project-Management Why I did I start this group… Quite frankly, because I haven't found a forum anywhere for people who manage creative projects. While there are definitely Project Management forums (http://www.pmi.org, http://www.gantthead.com), there is virtually no chatter about people who manage the development of experiential,.. Read more
New Gig: Sr. Account Manager
Just so everyone knows, I have a new gig! (No more Maxtor) I am working for a hot little Web agency called texturemedia in Downtown Boulder as a Senior Account Manager. Amongst other things, they are the agency behind: Pentax Crocs Marmot Pear Izumi The people are great, and the company is conveniently located only a 20 minute bike ride.. Read more
