The Virb Six post a little update on the progress of the new and improved Virb. (And by “new and improved” I mean “new and actually useful.”) Their development Twitter has been dropping feature hints for a few weeks now. I’m excited about profile RSS feeds, embeddable customizable audio players and better audio/video encoding.
But I’m most excited about how they’re embracing openness and allowing users to use whatever apps/sites they want to to interact with Virb. It’s the path to web success.
I like you, but please stop forgetting my login information and/or crashing iTunes.
Gracias!
Joshua
BOSTON, MA—After less than three months as a designer/illustrator for the Boston-area web company Virb Inc., Joshua Blankenship announced Wednesday that he is being asked to leave the group over creative differences. “Well, that was a surprise. We apparently just work and think about work and doing business in completely different ways and that can’t be reconciled,” Blankenship said. “It’s the situational things that lack the most merit, having just moved cross-country for this opportunity, just launched a site, etc.” Blankenship said he plans to embark on a brief solo career, while actively pursuing other positions in the greater Boston area. “I just moved my new family here, and we like it here, so I refuse to be cynical or deterred by one bump in the road. Onward and upward.”
There’s no easy way to say it, but the band metaphor seemed to make the most sense. I assure you, it was as much a shock to me (if not a tad more so) than it may be to you. Moving on, I’ve updated my Resume (you can also download a PDF) and Portfolio, and you can find me on LinkedIn, too. I have a few weeks to make a decision and I’m (very) actively looking at job boards and such. Any leads or connections would be appreciated.
Thanks for listening.
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Making things from Rubin and Vimeo.
I bite my nails. Ryan yawns. Rubin gets face time. Ryan makes beautiful bird gestures. Brad talks with his hands. I need to lose the 20 pounds that the camera adds. So unforgiving.
I love the energy in this live clip of The Pelican from Menomena. (Semi-related side note: bands, when uploading videos to Virbº, please make sure you make them embed-able. We’re just trying to make people love you.) Update: thanks! I am often smitten with the immediacy of the web.
Still photos in the round? Just say “yes!” to this video for Pogo by Digitalism.
The Mrs. and I are in lovely Boston for a few days, looking at apartments (thank you Craigslist and GoogleMaps and HousingMaps), walking the mean streets, and bumming wifi and good times off the Virb Inc. peoples.
Finding an apartment in a city that you’re actually physically in makes all the difference in the world. Send us prayers and good vibes and do a Blankenship apartment rain dance.
I love this new video from Travis - it doesn’t take itself too seriously and lacks any hint of irony or sarcasm. It just seems so… earnest. And goofy.