As I mentioned in my post last month, we are uber-excited for the launch of VIPER ALLEY, the  concert venue opening up next week in Licolnshire, IL. In fact, some of us get to party there tonight for their Friends & Family event (oh the difficulties of our jobs…) We love to showcase our latest work, and with a completely integrated campaign we’ve created for the venue, we’re love the design of the iphone app for VIPER ALLEY (not to pat ourselves on the back…again ) Check it out – you can view the latest live events, write on their fan wall, and get insider access to all things VIPER. Download it for free on iTunes now!!

This past Wednesday, Steve Jobs (in a long-sleeved black crewneck, for variety’s sake) held our attention relatively well for one and a half hours talking about shiny, new Apple stuff. In a nutshell, shiny new Apple stuff includes:

1. Shiny new iPods!
   As in, an iPod Touch (“an iPhone without the phone”), touchscreen Nano, and the exceedingly microscopic Shuffle
2. Shiny new Ping!
   Oh, and iTunes Version 10 has a cool new logo. Ping, says Jobs, “[is] a social network for music. It’s like Facebook and Twitter meets iTunes. It’s all about music.”
3. Shiny new Apple TV!
   Apple TV initially launched in 2006, but it ended up the Jan Brady of Apple products: no one cared. (“Not a big hit,” read Steve’s Keynote slide.) Basically, Apple TV streams television shows and movies to your computer and real TV (if you still have one of those outdated machines) for a low, low price per show or movie.

And then a not-so-shiny Chris Martin came out and pounded on some piano keys, because “we love music,” Jobs says.
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