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Project Unicorn

Jeff Hale — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:59:48 +0000

While ConnectSolutions co-founder/CEO Michael Fitzpatrick was out of the office, the rest of the staff at ConnectSolutions embarked on an important mission to renovate his office.

Some have argued that this endeavor, dubbed “Project Unicorn”, was in retaliation to Michael (allegedly) hiring an Austin Powers impersonator to provide a singing telegram to our CTO, and fellow co-founder, on his birthday. No one has gone on the record either confirming or denying this motive.

The aformentioned Austin Powers impersonator

Local San Francisco muralist Micho was commissioned to design the unicorn mural, while other staff organized the procurement of important hardware, like the pink “Inbox”, the Jonas Brothers Pillow, and the Twilight poster. Additionally, staff from our office around the country were kind enough to ship props to headquarters, to be incorporated into this artistic display.

Micho puts Operation Unicorn into action

Aside from the leadership, skill, and tolerance of Micho, this was effort by the entire ConnectSolutions team. All the creative work on the windows, and the non-unicorn walls poured out of the hearts and minds of staff at ConnectSolutions. When you see those walls (coming in a follow-up post), I think you’ll agree that this was truly a labor of love.

Michael's Arrival...broadcast to our remote employees in HD using ConnectSolutions Podium

Keep an eye out for a documentary on this important project. I know you will find it both enlightening, and inspiring.

This Is No “Green” Bicycle…

Michael Fitzpatrick — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:16:25 +0000

Bit off-topic here, but this was too funny to pass on. I was driving up 101N from our Burlingame to Oakland office this morning, when I came upon one of the most absurd uses of a huge flat-bed truck I’ve ever seen:

Yes…that really is a single bike being transported on a gigantic flatbed towards San Francisco. So much for lowering carbon footprints with bikes.

New Office and Company Pet?

Michael Fitzpatrick — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:48:12 +0000

We very recently opened up an office in Columbus, OH where we’ve been able to expand the ConnectSolutions team with some incredible new team members, and during a visit this week, I arrived to find one of the more random animals sitting at the front-door…a turkey. The following pic is definitely not something I see everyday on the way to the office:

The reflection in the window had him strutting

The Connectionist in a Tie?

Michael Fitzpatrick — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:07:43 +0000

I’ve had the opportunity to work with Peter Ryce for over six years. During that time, I’ve seen him do more incredible things with Acrobat Connect Pro than I can possibly count, but until yesterday, I had never seen him in a suit… I hope this doesn’t rattle the Acrobat Connect Pro community to much!