Kevin Roose at Gel 2010
Gel 2011 - thanks
Thanks to these companies, organizations, and individuals for contributing to Gel 2011.
Sponsor: Carbonite - Gel 2011 was made possible in part by Carbonite, which protects individuals and small businesses from data loss with automatic online backup.
Creative partners
• Thornberg & Forester created the unbelievably great speaker animations, the stage design, the badges on Thursday and Friday, the drawings for the 12 team icons for the game (Restore), and the T-shirt designs featuring the icons.
• Andrew Huang at songstowearpantsto.com composed the music for the speaker animations.
• Scott Stowell and Ryan Thacker at Open designed the printed programs and worked with Sam Brown (creator of the Gel logo) to make a flip animation.
• Jacob Krupnick and Shootbooth took everyone's picture, then (surprise) created an installation of everyone's photos at the Friday party, and (bigger surprise) custom-built a music video featuring everyone's Shootbooth shot, which we played at the end of Friday's program.
Attendee bag items
Thanks to everyone who contributed items to the attendee bags:
• One-year memberships from Carbonite
• Wallet pens from derringerpen.com
• Die-cut stickers from stickermule.com
• One-year memberships (in SF and NYC) from One Medical Group
• Kitchen tongs from OXO
• Tea from Sympathy for the Kettle
• Chronotebooks by MUJI
• Cupcooleys from fusionbrands.com
• Custom-built Zentangle kits from Zentangle
• Edible Manhattan magazines
• SCENARIO magazines
• Love Your People booklets from Sam Parker and Give More Media
• yumBars from sweetriot
Stage prizes
Thanks to these donors of stage prizes at Gel 2011:
• explodingdog (a print by Sam Brown!)
• OXO
• ThinkGeek (the Swinging Sticks Sculpture!)
• Stewart Stand (RFID-blocking wallet gift set)
• Grace Digital (a wireless Internet radio, as suggested in Uncle Mark)
And...
Beer: thanks to Brooklyn Brew Shop (Stephen, Erica, Mary) for curating & coordinating excellent beer choices for Thursday and Friday parties. Thanks to the breweries for donating beer: Fire Island Beer Company for Lighthouse Ale, Founders Brewing Company for Red's Rye PA and Dry-Hopped Pale Ale, and Smuttynose Brewing Company for their Robust Porter.
Cheese: thanks to Anne Saxelby and Saxelby Cheesemongers for curating the cheese pairings for the beers above, at the Thursday night party! Delicious.
Cookies: thanks to our organic caterers, Cleaver Company, for custom-baking delicious Gel cookies once again!
Custard: thanks to our friends at Shake Shack for the custards all Gel attendees got on Saturday - a great way to wrap up the conference!
Eyebeam: thanks to Stephanie Pereira at Eyebeam Art & Technology Center and artists Maria Michails (who brought a Handcar Project) and David Jimison (who ran the infoviz workshop on Saturday).