Mini Maker Faire Nashville is this Saturday, and we’re crazy stoked to welcome all you Makers to our neck of the woods. Nashville (and especially our neighborhood) has a vibrant maker culture that encompasses music, art, food, beer and of course, technology. A crowd-sourced community darkroom was just funded, where aspiring photographers can learn how to […]
Who wants to win stuff? Everyone! For fanpeople and linestanders everywhere, behold our first-ever Instagram Photo Scavenger Hunt. Turn your idle Instagramming as you wait for the new iPhone into the possibility of big prizes from the Griffin Treasure Box. If we pick your Instagrammed shot, why not turn your idle Instagramming into the possibility […]
We GriffinTeckers love the big old building we work in. We love its location, close to the heart of Nashville. We even love the parking lot (the running joke in Nashville being that the music industry is the second-biggest business in Music City, right behind Parking). The thing that makes our parking lot easy to […]
It’s got that great big screen! I can see the pictures are bigger! Right? Wrong. Oh, well, you’re not wrong about the way the pictures look while you’re taking them. The iPad’s Retina Display shows you photos at 2048 by 1536 pixels, which, at the 9.7 inch size of the screen, works out to […]
To anyone at Microsoft that stumbles upon this blog, I’m going to solve your problems. It’s no secret that many of us here at Griffin are gamers. It’s also no secret that we pride ourselves on having some of the best customer support in the consumer electronics industry. To the gamers among us, this makes […]
Recently a team of Griffin employees and friends got together to do a little science. After a few months of research, gathering of materials, assembly, and a little felting, we launched a weather balloon into near space. We launched our balloon from Jackson, TN anticipating an Eastward flight path to avoid landing in the Smoky […]
There’s only seven days left until Season 4 of Arrested Development arrives on Netflix, but man, that still seems like an eternity! Instead of sitting around, watching the clock, we want you to make a Vine recreating your favorite scene from the first three seasons, and share it with us on Twitter! What’s more, everyone […]
“I’ve always been interested in art and making things, ever since I was a little kid. I grew up skateboarding and playing music. Seeing cool show flyers, record covers, graffiti, and skate decks definitely played a major role in me becoming a graphic artist. I don’t know if there was a single point in my […]
It was a snowy Christmas Eve in Brownsfield, Texas. I was 600 miles from home, writing a last minute entreaty to Santa: I only wanted one thing: Sgt Rock. I can’t remember why I wanted it, and I don’t know where it is now. All I know for sure is that 8 hours after I […]
For a certain type of music fan, the best kind of holiday music is bad holiday music. I know, because I happen to be one of them.* Don’t get me wrong, I love the old standards as much as the next guy, but nothing cuts through the the unrelenting sentimentality of the season like a […]