6:01 am October 24, 2009Hey,
The big news around here is that as of Monday morning Omniture (the company that employs my husband) will be owned by Adobe. For the most part, this is a great thing. One thing that I will mourn, though, is the passing of the “Omniture green”. Omniture is kinda notorious for making all kinds of cool marketing stuff (hats, shirts, pens, Magic 8 balls…) in their trademark green color… which just happens to be my favorite color. This has been awesome for me, as I’ve gotten some weird swag in my favorite color. But from now on everything coming home will be Adobe red. Which… red? M’eh.
Thursday night there was an Omniture party. Sort of a last horrah party before being absorbed into Adobe. Omniture is also notorious for their parties…. Christmas, Halloween… which I’m thinking will now be no longer.
As usual, there was a costume contest. This is something that Jon and I took very seriously. There were prizes for the categories of Most Creative, Funniest, Truest to the Omniture Brand, and Most Likely to Anger Competitors. Jon and I decided to go dressed as money. And not just any money… but money in 1 billion dollars. Billion dollars with the Omniture CEO’s face on it. (We were banking on the CEO liking the idea of his face on huge currency.)
You have to really study this bill to take in all of the detail that Jon put into this thing. The binary numbers spell out OMTR, there’s a small Omniture logo, an Adobe logo, and microprint that says JonnyG 2009.
Then I went to Kinkos and had 300 of them printed out on green paper… the closest to Omniture green I could find. Then I went to Savers and purchased a $4.49 jacket and a $4.99 dress… and after many hours, many staples, and a big can of 3M 77 adhesive, this was the outcome:
We were dubbed “The Billion Dollar Couple”, won Most Creative (Josh James DID like seeing his face on huge currency!), and won a Wii. I was half expecting a green Wii, but it was white.
We sorta smelled like glue the whole night, and I couldn’t sit down, but overall it was worth it.
(It should be noted here that although Omniture will officially be Adobe on Halloween, they will still hold the big Halloween party… I will have all kinds of pics from that, to be sure.)
So bring on the Adobe red… though I will very much miss the green. Much love, Omniture. Peace.
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LOVE IT!!! You guys look great! I so wish that I could have gone. I will miss the Omniture green too. And all the fun parties. Maybe we’ll have to just hang out at the Grand America by ourselves. Hmmm. Not a bad idea.
Comment by Krista Hansen — October 25, 2009 @ 4:47 pm
I remember a video you took from Omniture…and they had Guitar Hero in the lounge. It looked like the best place to work ever. Your costumes are awesome! Looks like a fun night.
Comment by Leslie — October 26, 2009 @ 5:55 am
Excellent! We have one of your bills hanging on our fridge. I didn’t know about all the subtle details. Very impressive.
Comment by Dorothy — October 28, 2009 @ 6:43 am