Kapture is super excited to welcome our newest intern, Veronica Georgeo, for the Fall 2012 semester!
Veronica is a junior at Fordham University and is studying Psychology and Economics. Her favorite color is red and her morning cereal is Kashi Strawberry Fields. We’re looking forward to getting to know Veronica and welcoming her into the Kapture family.
At Kapture, we work hard. And we play hard. In the offices, we can’t go one day without an adventure. The most recent of which unexpectedly reminded me of my childhood.
Our director of marketing, Charlie has a way about him. He’s got the air of a 1920’s bootlegger: dashing and dangerous. He’s friends with everyone, knows the neighborhood gossip, and would be the most likely person to find the secret bar behind a trick bookshelf in a greasy spoon restaurant.
I mention all this because Charlie was probably the kinda kid on the playground who could get you anything. You want a box of limited edition Blue Raspberry Gushers? He could get you that. For a price. He’d pull open his trench coat, revealing candy cigarettes, fruit by the foot, handi-snacks, the works, like its no big deal.
So, in a way that only he could get away with, Charlie pulled me aside today and in a hushed voice, asked me if I wanted to see something cool.
Intrigued, I nodded and he motioned me over to his desk. I crouched by his filing cabinet while he fiddled with the lock, and slowly opened the bottom drawer to reveal an inconspicuous cardboard box. I raised an eyebrow.
Sensing my disbelief, Charlie’s eyes twinkled.
“Dude, check this out,” he said, grinning. He flicked open the top of the box to reveal the rarest office snack of them all…
My jaw dropped. “Are those —?” I asked, examining the blue box.
On it was a cartoon Kangaroo slam dunking a cookie into crème and sprinkles.
“Dunkaroos!” I exclaimed, a little too loudly.
“Shhh!” Charlie hushed me and snapped the box shut.
I hadn’t seen Dunkaroos since the mid 90’s. A fleeting product of my childhood that had all but disappeared into the dusty confines of memory… and Charlie had managed to find them. Fresh.
“This is our secret. Capish?” He said, shoving the box into his filing cabinet.
Where this kid found Dunkaroos is anyone’s guess. I’m pretty sure they stopped manufacturing them circa 1997. But now I’m craving some.
I guess I’ll try to barter and trade some of my fruit roll ups for a Dunkaroo snack pack and pretend I’m a kid again.
Just another day in the office.
Update: At the time of this writing, I have procured a snack pack of Dunkaroos, compliments of Charlie. He enjoyed the blog post so much, that he decided to reward me for my efforts.
Here’s a photo of our transaction.
Really happy you’re all reading this blog and supporting Kapture as we approach our launch date.
I know you’ve all been wondering: who the heck is behind all the extremely upbeat and quirky Kapture posts? Well, look no further.
All of Kapture’s Social Media is managed by yours truly, Kendall Green!
Who am I?
They call me “Chief”. Seriously.
I’m the chief social media slayer. I kick ass, take names and connect people! I love my job.
My life is filled with happy magic.
I’m a former CNN wire-reporter and journalist, who after taking a long over due trip to Bali, decided to shake up my life and venture into the fast paced world of high-tech start ups. I’ve never been happier.
I live in a bright pink apartment. I have two french bulldogs, Frances and Olive, who will make occasional mentions here. I’m a sci-fi fanatic. I’m a writer, blogger and artist. I used to model, many moons ago, but decided to trade my stilettos for sandwiches.
I’ve been living in NYC for nearly 7 years, moved apartments 12 times (whew!) and am still awaiting my official “New Yorker” status.
I love traveling and have visited Ghana, Greece, Indonesia, Thailand, Sweden, Belize to name a few. I’m a volunteer, an animal activist and occasional documentary-photographer. I meditate and practice yoga daily.
I tweet for a living, which surprises even me. When I was a kid, if you had asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would’ve said happy. To think that happy is synonymous with writing 140 character microblogs is a fantastic surprise!
I look forward to chatting with all of you guys and sharing my experiences at Kapture. Do me a huge favor. Follow us @Kapture on Twitter and Like us on Facebook. And let me know your thoughts on Kapture, or anything high tech or geek friendly.
Let’s spread the Kapture love, guys!
Peace,
Kendall Green
Just when we thought we couldn’t get any more excited about the official launch of our blog today… the Red Bull Wings Team appeared!
Our amazing friends at Red Bull dropped by to deliver some nectar of the gods to keep us energized throughout our day.
The lovely Cassie & Veronica came bearing gifts of sugar free goodness. We were obviously thrilled.
From the Kapture Team: Thanks A Million, Red Bull!
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