Media Coverage

In the room

In between holidays, word of the Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge spread via The Minneapolis Star Tribune and Minneapolis Finance and Commerce newspapers. And, this even more recent scoop, just handed to me from reliable sources: The Nerdery is now reporting that volunteer teams will have until January 18 to put the band together (some assembly required, register here).

While some of yesteryear’s volunteers hit the snooze button as they consider summoning their nerdy powers once again, one can’t help but notice that there are some bright-eyed newcomers on the scene – and they look hungry (is it just me or are they watching us all with the Eye of the Tiger?) Developing…

For fence sitters and those going through the motions of training for an all-night nerdathon and wondering, “what it’s like, in the room, in the wee hours,” here are some of the sights and sounds (the smells are gonna cost you – this ain’t no Jimmy Johns).

We’re Going to be Friends from The Nerdery on Vimeo.

Sweet Sixteen

Yeah, we’re pretty pumped at being named #16 on the Business Journals’ Fast 50. Part of the honor will include being included in the Fast 50 Diary, where they take five businesses from the list of the 50 fastest-growing private companies in the area, and follow them monthly for a year (you can see our profile here).

We’re so pumped, in fact, a few of the Nerds went out celebrating and sang a little bit of Journey.

Don’t Stop Believing from DC_VIRUS on Vimeo.

Nerds in the News: Our savvy developers talk about iPhone Apps with Finance and Commerce

It seems to be all Apps all the time here this week. First we had Jon’s post about Flash Apps on the iPhone, and now Finance and Commerce is in on it. In fact, Jon (along with our own Andrew) is quoted in yesterday’s New technologies, savvy developers in line to give iPhone a run for its money article. You should read it. And make sure not to miss the iPhone: I love thee, I love thee not sidebar.

Extra! Extra! Read all about us

photo by Dick Youngblood

First, there was yesterday’s piece in the StarTribune by Dick Youngblood. In the article Youngblood wrote about our growth, our work with ad agencies, how we focus on nerdery and not design, and, of course, our awesome sense of humor. He particularly liked our whiteboard walls:

The rest is a mélange of wit and whimsy, some of it delightfully sophomoric. There’s the “food pyramid,” for example, which includes cake, nachos, beer, coffee and, for unknown reasons, ramen noodles. Then there’s the note posted alongside an electric plug-in: “Insert fork here.”

And my favorite: “7 days since the last workplace injury.” Aside from a broken fingernail from typing too hard, no one can recall any injuries.

Today, if you head over to Twin Cities Business you’ll see Senior Editer Gene Rebeck has a piece, ” . . . praising the hardy men and women behind the scenes who wield the digital hammers and tape measures, working tirelessly to make our leisurely surfing a more satisfactory experience.”

Basically, it’s about The Nerdery & Ratchet (a firm similar to ours) and how we’re helping agencies make websites that look like they belong on the web and not an electronic brochure.. Head on over there and check it out.

We’re #1346

Surely you’d agree that getting named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies requires us to toot or own horn a bit.

Toot. Toot.

We don’t have much else to say besides, SWEET! If you want more information, you’re more than welcome to go read the Press Release about this auspicious occasion.

Take Me Fishing.org wins Bronze Anvil Award

We’re pleased as punch to tell you Take Me Fishing.org received a 2009 Bronze Anvil Award from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) for superior performance in the design and execution of an individual tactic within a broader public relations program.

That’s a mouthful, ain’t it?

Take Me Fishing.org was a website we built with Colle+McVoy for the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation.

We raided the tackle box to create a social media mash-up of apps already attracting an online audience – including YouTube, Google Maps, RSS feeds, and blogs – to give visitors a familiar experience and build community through a sort of Facebook for fishers. Users share the secrets of favorite fishing spots by uploading locations to Hot Spots, a Google Maps app.

Countless graphics and layouts designed by Colle+McVoy were created for more than 2,500 pages of content, backed by a database of more than 12,000 boating and fishing locations across the U.S., a comprehensive “Fishopedia” resource of fishing–related information.

Learn more and listen to the nerds talk about how we helped Colle+McVoy build this award-winning site.

Bravo nerds!

Yeah, we’re not going to lie we’re pretty pumped about The Pioneer Press’ story about us in yesterday’s paper. Have you read it yet? You should. Sure you’ll see all the usual Nerdery subjects (Luke, Mike, and Mike) but you’ll also see what our partners at Zeus Jones and Balcom Agency have to say about us.

P.S. (that’s Jon rocking the headphones in the big picture)

Nerds in the news

Those are some might fine nerds over there, aren’t they? That’s Minh Vu, Chris Black, and Mike Woods from a Finance and Commerce article about the growth of The Nerdery. Most of the article covers our work on Skimmer and our unprecedented growth when a lot of companies are facing layoffs.

If you read carefully, you’ll notice that the reporter hints at some semi-secret stuff going down at Nerdery.com. Stay tuned, because it’s gonna be awesome.

In still other news, we got a PDF of a Minnesota Business piece that ran back in November. This article provides a nice glimpse at our history and how we’ve grown from integrating legacy systems with the web to partnering with ad, design, and marketing agencies to bring their ideas to life online.

Skimmer on WCCO

WCCO ran a story about Skimmer on the news last night. Sadly, I can’t embed it here. But you can go watch the video on their site.

One more thing to crow about, Luke Bucklin named to Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s 40 under 40

What a week! First Skimmer, then iMapWeather, and now this! Our president, Luke Bucklin has been named to Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s 40 under 40. This list spotlights some of the region’s most talented and successful young leaders, and we couldn’t be prouder of Luke for making the list.