Emakina Blog

We already explained on this blog how cool it is to work at Emakina. Not only because of the offices or because of the people, but also because of the worker-friendly environment providing basic facilities (banks, supermarkets…) as well as nice leisure places to hang out (parks, bars, restaurants…). This Google map, created and updated by Emakinians themselves, shows the numerous cool locations around our Brussels headquarters. Microsoft has the Redmond campus. Google has the Googleplex in Moutain View. We have the Watermael-Boitsfort neighborhood ;-).

Designed by Emakina labs, of course.

Yeah, some agencies do great Office Lip Dub, but Emakina always tries to go further. During our  New Year’s party at CityScape, between a Junk Food walking dinner and a Geek Casino contest, we had a great live concert from our in-house musical talents !

The Emakina band line-up :

• Lead Vocal : Willem (Tridion Developer)
• Backing Vocal : Antoine (Account Manager), Gerrit (Tridion Developer) and Benoit (Project Manager)
• Lead Guitar : Marc (Project Manager)
• Rythm Guitar : Jean-Thomas (Project Manager)
• Keyboards : Olivier (Account Director)
• Bass : Vincent (ColdFusion Developer) on track 1 and 3, Laurent (Java Developer and Architect) on track 2
• Drums : Pablo (Strategic Consultant) on track 1 and 3, Yannick (Web Developer) on track 2

Track One : “Rockin’ in the Free World” (Neil Young)

Track two :

Track three :

I’m sure you loved it, please let them know by adding a comment below!

The Geek Casino with black jack, poker and roulette…

Win an iPhone, iPods, Xbox 360 Elite, PS3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Nabaztag, …

… and our bet on the Belgian government is de facto over, 9 days before the ultimate deadline. The winner is Baudouin Van Humbeeck (aka Somebaudy in the Belgian blogosphere) who will receive a basket of Belgian beers offered by our agency. Our congrats to this specialist of the blue orange and our special thanks to all the participants who placed a bet over the last… 91 days.

Nobody knows what it means exactly but it started on the blog of my colleague Christian. 3 Emakinians and a few other bloggers already did it.

Our digital diva Anita Lixel presents her latest song, Victor.

You’ve maybe noticed that, since more than 100 days, the current Belgian government is dealing with everyday matters only. So far, the attempts to form a new political coalition have failed. At Emakina, we’re optimistic people and we bet that Belgium will have eventually a new federal government within the next 100 days. Our bet on Gottabet.com (now Bragster.com) will run during 100 days (of course), unless a political deal is reached in the mean time. Once the bet is closed, a winner will be drawn by lot among the players who have guessed the right answer. He or she will get a free pack of Belgian beers carefully selected by our experts. As we’re superstitious people too, there will be no “Mort Subite” (”Sudden Death”) in the basket.

Check out this here to participate to our top topical.

UPDATE: Belgian media bet with us !

- Actu24 (Vers L’Avenir)
- De Standaard (note the great “Ekamina” in the title)
- Het Laatste Nieuws
- Het Nieuwsblad
- Het Belang van Limburg
- Gazet van Antwerpen

UPDATE 2: reports on Mint, Pure FM, Ciel FM and Radio Contact (footage below) radio stations.

If you’re familiar with The Simpsons universe, you probably know this illustrious family lives in the small town of Springfield, located somewhere in the United States. Two fans of the TV series have watched each episode carefully to built an accurate mapping of this imaginary place. Thanks to our designer Adrien Noterdaem, there’s now a Flash-based version that makes the map searchable without any loss of resolution. Check out the result here, it’s really amazing (and already famous in Spain).

By the way, go and see the Simpsons Movie in a theater near you. If you’re an addict of the TV show like us, you will have a lot of fun with the feature-length film.

1. Enthusiasm

2. Disillusionment

3. Panic

4. Search for the Guilty

5. Punishment of an Innocent

6. Praise and Honours for the non participants

(found on a wall at The Reference)