Category Archives: annunciation

Our Friend White.

Written by Peter. Posted on August 18, 2011. Filed under annunciation, dirty, orleans, work. Comments Off.
Our Friend White.
Our office in the Treme has a new admirer – this white cat with two different-colored eyes has been hanging out a lot on our stoop and mewing for food and attention.

Banksy Ben

Written by Peter. Posted on December 8, 2010. Filed under annunciation, banksy, design, fauborg, graffiti, guerrilla, pranks. Comments Off.
Banksy Ben
Here’s Annunciation WordPress guru Twenty B’s posing w. a local Banksy piece.

Parkway POTUS

Written by Peter. Posted on August 30, 2010. Filed under annunciation, food, katrina, orleans, politics, work. No comments.
Parkway POTUS
We were tickled to see that President Obama stopped in at one of our favorite lunch spots, Parkway Bakery & Tavern, while he was in town for the Katrina +5 anniversary. He apparently got the shrimp po-boy.

Hello Thelonius!

Written by Peter. Posted on June 18, 2010. Filed under annunciation, business, consumer, design, interactive, internet, projects, technology, trend, user interface, work. No comments.
Hello Thelonius!
Pleased to say that this blog has been updated to WordPress 3 – ‘Thelonius”.  So far so good.  We’re going to get the Annunciation Interactive site updated soon as well.  From what I’m seeing, WP3 continues the evolution of WordPress toward a more general content manager versus its blog-centric roots…

HTML5

Written by Peter. Posted on June 9, 2010. Filed under annunciation, business, design, flash, interactive, internet, technology, trend, user interface. No comments.
HTML5
Very cool infographic breaking down the advances pending in html5 as it is rolled out.  Good stuff.

Speed Testing.

Written by Peter. Posted on June 3, 2010. Filed under annunciation, business, design, interactive, internet, technology, user interface. No comments.
Speed Testing.
I’m such an idiot – just realized that Firebug has built-in speed testing.  That would’ve come in handy.

Flash Wars.

Written by Peter. Posted on May 17, 2010. Filed under advertising, annunciation, brand, business, consumer, design, flash, interactive, internet, pranks, technology, trend, user interface, work. No comments.
Flash Wars.
Kind of funny back & forth this past week from Apple and Adobe.  Adobe apparently debuted a strange passive-aggressive ‘We Heart Apple’ campaign – while conducting a flame war with Steve Jobs et al.  Apple’s (apparently fake) response is below.  Heh.

Peace Nerds.

Written by Peter. Posted on April 26, 2010. Filed under annunciation, signs, work. No comments.
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Neat quickie shot of the stuff on our mantle at my office at Annunciation Interactive.  Photo by our friend and client David Guidry of Lakeside Photoworks.  The ‘Peace’ card was from our buddy Jake at PeopleMover last Xmas I think.

Won’t Bow. Don’t Know How.

Written by Peter. Posted on April 16, 2010. Filed under annunciation, dirty, fauborg, katrina, orleans, politics. No comments.
Won’t Bow. Don’t Know How.
David Simon’s new HBO series ‘Treme’ debuted last Sunday, and I got to watch it recently.  It’s always tough to see New Orleans portrayed by the outside world, but Treme does so relatively well.   Gorgeous cinematography, great music and vibe – so we’ll try to forgive the heavy-handed cultural name dropping and awkward references.  All [...]

State of the Web.

Written by Peter. Posted on February 3, 2010. Filed under advertising, annunciation, brand, business, consumer, interactive, internet, technology, trend, user interface. No comments.
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Great infographic re: web usage and demographic stats from focus.com.