posted by on May 05, 2010 at 04:52 PM
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This past weekend, the internet descended on Cambridge for ROFLCon II, a celebration of web culture and celebrity. This event blew all previous events out of the park. The conference featured a
cavalcade of guests, including Mahir “I Kiss You” Cagri, David “David After Dentist” Devore, the owner of Keyboard Cat, and the guy who designed Clippy the Office 97 Assistant.
Barbarian Group, as is traditional, did a super classy post-ROFL
VIP party with all of our guests, which packs the normal surrealness of having all the guests there into the compacted space of
TBG Boston. Which, despite
the uncovering of our secret company mission, was a seriously excellent time.
posted by on January 06, 2010 at 12:09 AM
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Wow. Amidst all of the hubbub, we’ve forgotten to let you know that with the new year, our Boston office has moved to a new, improved location! Near a major commuter stop! No rats! No smelly perm chemicals! A proper server room!
The new address is 129 South Street, second floor. Above Les Zygomates.
We’re super excited. Here are some photos of the new digs
posted by on October 27, 2009 at 11:02 AM
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“The Red Sox seemed impenetrable to me then – a locals club that I had not earned the right to be a part of. Having grown up a Mets fan, I possessed the required disdain of the Yankees, but other than that, I was an outsider. A tourist. And those who know me know there’s nothing I hate more than being a tourist.”
posted by on August 21, 2009 at 07:58 PM
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posted by on May 19, 2009 at 03:17 PM
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Boston
Times are tough. Things are expensive. Consumers want to save and businesses want business.
Enter
GROUPON. They offer up a deal-a-day email on various city-specific buys/eats/activities/events. The only catch is that enough people have to commit to the offer before it can be distributed. Groupon is an awesome way for individuals to get group discounts.

posted by on May 01, 2009 at 05:35 PM
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Today was the 3rd Annual Kettle Chips party at
TBG Boston, in conjunction with our weekly Grill Friday
TM. Kettle is one of my favorite brands and are definitely my favorite chips. Each year they have a
People’s Choice promotion which includes a sampling of chip flavors that fans vote on to decide which one becomes a mainstay. Since we are huge fans of lunch type foods here in Boston, I always buy a pack for the office so that we can have our own chip party.
Well this year Kettle changed it up a bit and left the flavor creation in the hands of their fans. Rather then sending us 5 potential new flavors they sent us small packs of unflavored chips plus an assortment of flavor packs. It was our job to mix the flavors together in order to concoct our dream chip. Barbarians love hands on activites so we all gathered round the lunch table as Grill Friday was being grilled. Here are the delightful creations and pictures of the fun that was had:
Garlic, Tomato, Onion
- sour cream and chives
- roasted tomato
- garlic
- created by
Spicy Ketchup with Cheddar!
- 4 parts Tomato (actually Kristen put in a heaping teaspoon!)
- 2 parts Vinegar
- 1 part something something
- and a healthy shake from the Cheddar bag
- created by and intern Kristen
Fatt Ass Mac N Cheese
- extra cheddar flavoring
- sour cream & chive
- caramelized onion
- created by
Bad Boner
- random spices from the spice shelf, all of which were probably expired
- created by
Cheesy Onion
- Cheddar
- Caramelized Onion
- created by me
Onions ‘n Chili and Friends
- sour cream & onion powder
- caramelized onion powder
- vinegar powder
- a little of the chili powder
- black pepper
- crushed red pepper
- created by
Everlasting Gob-chips
- basic mac & cheese flavor but with way more sour cream and cheddar flavoring than was suggested
- created by and former intern Emma Welles
posted by on April 28, 2009 at 05:05 PM
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Boston
After a little more than a week into the president’s term, the administration feels the need to hit the restart button. An official do-over is in order based on the lackluster performance as shown in the following graphical representation:
The strategy following the restart is to keep hydrated on a daily basis. Perhaps starting the administration over a long weekend was a bad idea. We will keep everyone informed of the progress.
posted by on April 20, 2009 at 06:57 PM
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Boston
In this, our second installment of Questionnaire Extraordinaire, we interview the newly inaugurated Barbarian Mayor, Nick Bonadies! Not only is Nick the reigning mayor of The Barbarian Group but he is also our IT Hero in the Boston office. For those of you who missed the first installment, let me refresh, I am conducting a Proust-like interview with as many Barbarians as I can get my hands on. The rules are: no NDA breaking, no boring stuff, and if things too vulgar I have to censor it. Also, it is perfectly legitimate for me to edit the interview so I may come across more intelligent and thoughtful than in the original interview. Deal with it. Now, let’s learn some new and exciting things about Nick Bonadies, IT hero.
For clarification, my questions and comments are bold and italic.