esnippers' den

Bob Marley Tribute

eSnips has so many talented singers and DJs here , and some of them share a love of Bob Marley's music.

For his birthday today, Genise, who loves Reggae with a passion, put together with other singers a beautiful folder of covers and mixes of his work. You can hear the Bob Marley tribute here, I suggest listening to it in a playlist, so it washes over you... bliss.

what is also amazing is that this got put together in around a week!

thanks to all the musicians and singers found here:

Bubba G , Percy,  Matt Black , Ruben, Roy and of course, Genise without whom this wouldnt have come about!

2 in 1 post: Pictures from the eSnips event AND introducing our Slideshow!!

You’ve waited over a week – and pictures of the Social DNA launch event are finally here!

However, instead of presenting them to you in the old, traditional boring way, I’ve put together a slideshow with our new, amazing slideshow editor. With the editor, you can select pics from your folders, add transitions between them, add slides with text, and add effects such as shimmering stars to each pic. You can also add an audio track – for this slideshow I’ve added Genise’s and Ken’s collaboration for They Don’t Know because it’s what she sang at the event.

Start creating slideshows when you’re signed in by clicking “My Slideshows” from your “My Home” page or “Create Slideshow” on the Files bar in each folder.

Some other examples: Dj Baserock and mollyantoinette have embedded slideshows showing their work in their profile.

Enjoy

- Hagit

Our first ever launch party

Today we launched the new Social DNA feature on eSnips, an interesting way to find out more about   yourself and to find people share your interests. Yesterday we had a fun launch event on the beach with some local bloggers, press, internet entrepreneurs and VCs. The atmosphere was casual, the location fantastic and even the food was great. 

During the evening, Yael gave a short intro to the Social DNA, and then we played a short clip about it. However, the undisputed star of the evening was our very own Genise Gee, who flew all the way from Scotland to sing for us. She sang two Abba covers (including Money Money Money with a wink to the VC community) and then two truly beautiful songs: They Don’t Know (with Ken’s amazing guitar backup) and Heaven, a duet which she sang with another eSnips karaoker: Catalin.

I promise pictures soon, and hopefully the video of the duet.

Genise, you’re a true performer! Just keep singing.

- Hagit

Happy Halloween Snippers!

Care to be thrilled?  Turn off all the lights and take a stroll in the paranormal community. When we first started this community, about a year ago, I wasn’t even aware of the existence of EVP. What is EVP? Wikipedia defines electronic voice phenomena (EVP) as “speech or speech-like sounds, which are inaudible during recording but detected on electronic recording media upon playback. They are typically brief, usually the length of a word or short phrase and are sometimes claimed to be in direct response to the questions of researchers.”

If just the thought of hearing voices from the beyond doesn’t scare you off, there are some truly creepy EVP sound bites and videos on eSnips. To start off, listen to a spirit saying “Eva, I am Eva” (Lonnie and I jumped from our seat after hearing it) and the very very very creepy girl in the mirror (not for the faint of heart!) 

If, on the other hand, you prefer fun to freaky, listen to Ruben’s great performance of Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Dave’s performance of the Monster Mash.

Happy Halloween!

- Hagit

Did I really see Snippy at the Amsterdam Marathon? Yes!

On Sunday, October 21^st, our very own Yaya not only ran the Amsterdam Marathon, but also took along a photographer to capture some great pics of the runners. She also took a huge sack of eSnips caps to hand out at the event.

Take a look at her new user profile with folders of photos from the marathon and the half-marathon. Recognize yourself?  Add a comment to the photo.

While you’re at it, stop by the Marathon & Triathlon Community – the newest addition to eSnips, and tell us what you think!

- Hagit

eSnips and the Wild West!

When we were informed that the Dallas News mentiones eSnips, we were intrigued - what could they have writen about..... a Karaoke Country and Western song? A native photographer with their gallery on the site....?

But we found out we have a bit of the Texas Wine Society on eSnips:

"WILD WEST AND WINE: The Wine Society of Texas presents a series of events in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, including a seminar and lunch at Lone Oak Winery and a wine tasting at Lone Star Wines, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; prices vary. For details, go to http://www.esnips.com/web/WildWestWine. "

I didn't even know Texas HAD a Wine Society....

If I could, I'd check it out!

-Lonnie

More Snippy art

For a few weeks now I’ve been begging asking all you graphic designers to put Snippy though your creative wringer, but you designers have stayed silent...

It turns out, as these things do, that one of the best artistic Snippy interpretations was right in my back yard. 

Allow me to present the new Snippy-as-a-ball art form! The original pic was taken at the beach on our company picnic.

- Hagit

The Mystery of Parkour

I just found this video: Parkour by what looks like two really young guys....

I'm a secret Parkour lover (I guess it's not a secret anymore) ...show me a good clip of someone throwing himself off a building just to catch a flagpole and bounce off a garbage can to roll over on grass and take off in the next second, and it doesnt take much for me to mentally photoshop my face over his!

So when i found this clip, i didnt pay attention at first to the landscape...but then it started to dawn on me that....hey, that looks familar! They are around here somewhere!! I am so happy! I am on a quest to find these guys. Anyone who has a clue - let me know at www.esnips.com/user/Lonnie

Humble thanks will be offered.

-Lonnie

Loooooooong Weekend

We’re off to a long holiday weekend here at eSnips. We sincerely hope that the site will continue without any glitches as we stumble from one holiday meal to another.  In any case, please be patient with us and I assure you that we’ll take care of everything eventually as soon as we can.

- Hagit

The Dumpster

Every morning, driving into our parking lot here at the office, I’m confronted by the big eSnips billboard with a huge arrow pointing to the left, which I’ve posted below for your enjoyment. However, what completely bums me each and every morning is that our wonderful Snippy logo is situated above a dumpster…

Sigh.  What a waste of a branding opportunity J

- Hagit