I’m Joe Lazarus. My friends sometimes call me Laz. I live in Denver, CO. During the week, I work in marketing with Backflip Studios, makers of absurdly fun mobile games. This is my website. I post stuff here that I want to share with other people. You can reach me by email at Joe AT joelaz DOT com. Or, you can leave a comment. Or, you can go about your day. Your call. Thanks for stopping by.Tumblr (3.0; @joelaz)http://joelaz.com/<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/17792226586/tumblr_lzkbknVSL31qz4fhy&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Noah & The MegaFauna - When You’re Down</strong></p> <p><img height="333" src="http://content.bandzoogle.com/users/NoahandtheMegaFauna/images/photos/gallery/4144597.jpg?1" width="500"/></p> <p><em>Photo via <a href="http://www.noahandthemegafauna.com/">Noah & The MegaFauna</a></em></p>http://joelaz.com/post/17792226586http://joelaz.com/post/17792226586Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:19:35 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yBWcOUBpa_8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Ragdoll Blaster 3</strong></p> <p>Our latest game for <a href="http://laz.me/rb3iphone">iPhone</a> and <a href="http://laz.me/rb3ipad">iPad</a> is live in the App Store! Can a brother get a reblog?</p>http://joelaz.com/post/17321547298http://joelaz.com/post/17321547298Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:28:03 -0800<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/16580312182/tumblr_lygrr2vPzk1qz4fhy&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Yellow Ostrich - Marathon Runner</strong></p> <p><img height="640" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5132/5543754750_6aeed29d9b_z.jpg" width="425"/></p> <p><em>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitperson/5543754750/in/photostream/">whitperson</a></em></p>http://joelaz.com/post/16580312182http://joelaz.com/post/16580312182Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:45:02 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygqci4qOq1qz4fhyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Google Insights: DragonVale vs CityVille</strong></p> <p>According to <a href="http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=dragonvale%2Ccityville&date=9%2F2011%205m&cmpt=q">Google Insights</a>, there are now more Google searches for <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dragonvale/id440045374?mt=8">DragonVale</a>, Backflip Studios’ Top Grossing iOS app (blue line above), than there are for CityVille, Zynga’s most popular Facebook app (red line above). Backflip Studios is an indie game developer with 35 employees (including me). Zynga is a publicly traded company with over 2,500 employees.  </p>http://joelaz.com/post/16579296381http://joelaz.com/post/16579296381Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:14:00 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3xNrpPkGjkM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Coming Soon!</strong></p> <p>Coming soon to an iPhone and iPad near you from Backflip Studios.</p>http://joelaz.com/post/16537160855http://joelaz.com/post/16537160855Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:12:41 -0800<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33560398?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://curiositycounts.com/post/14534343498/the-latest-installment-in-the-fantastic-girl-walk">curiositycounts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The latest installment in the fantastic <a href="http://gothamist.com/tags/girlwalkallday">Girl Walk // All Day</a> string of gems. Previously, part <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/11/29/video_exclusive_the_epic_girl_walka.php">1</a>, <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/12/02/video_exclusive_the_epic_girl_walka_1.php">2</a>, <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/12/06/video_exclusive_girl_walk_all_day_c.php">3</a>, <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/12/09/video_exclusive_girl_walk_all_day_c_1.php">4</a>, and <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/12/13/video_exclusive_girl_walk_all_day_c_2.php">5</a>. And a semi-public <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/12/20/video_exclusive_girl_walk_all_day_g.php">part 7</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://joelaz.com/post/14553908236http://joelaz.com/post/14553908236Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:06:40 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldrkl1Ff711qfey4ao1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.jamestedmondson.com/post/2398480538/thank-you">jamestedmondson</a></p>http://joelaz.com/post/14445805840http://joelaz.com/post/14445805840Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:14:12 -0800<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BoEKWtgJQAU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis</strong></p> <p>We saw Jay-Z gambling late last night at the Bellagio. Big pimpin’. </p>http://joelaz.com/post/14025217687http://joelaz.com/post/14025217687Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:15:43 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvwn9pN5N41qz4fhyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Paper Toss 2.0</strong></p> <p>We launched <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paper-toss-2.0/id477846014?mt=8">Paper Toss 2.0</a> for iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch last night. The original Paper Toss is one of the most downloaded apps of all time with over 100 million installs worldwide. Not too shabby for a small, independent startup with no venture funding. The new app includes co-worker characters that you can torment, grenades, bananas, and other new tossables, moving targets & more. If you’ve got an Apple device and some time to kill, check out <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paper-toss-2.0/id477846014?mt=8">Paper Toss 2.0</a>. It don’t cost nothin’.</p>http://joelaz.com/post/13935709626http://joelaz.com/post/13935709626Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:49:00 -0800<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/32001208" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Earth | Time Lapse View from Space</strong></p>http://joelaz.com/post/12801045637http://joelaz.com/post/12801045637Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:44:54 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luf6ztSo7C1qz4fhyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“The days of paying $25, or more, for a cartridge at a retail store may soon end,” says <a href="http://blog.flurry.com/bid/77424/Is-it-Game-Over-for-Nintendo-DS-and-Sony-PSP">Flurry</a>. Bad news for Nintendo & Sony, but great news for hot mobile games companies like the one I work for, <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/15/backflip-studios-will-use-light-games-to-draw-fans-to-its-deeper-iphone-game-dragonvale/">Backflip Studios</a>. Backflip is a small, 30-person, highly profitable company with over 150 million downloads, about 30 million active players per month, and we’re growing like crazy thanks to distribution through Apple and Android devices. </p>http://joelaz.com/post/12578847098http://joelaz.com/post/12578847098Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:04:00 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luev14d8GN1qz4fhyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luev14d8GN1qz4fhyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Save The Date Decoder Glasses</strong></p> <p>The Save The Date card for our wedding included a pair of red shades that you needed to put on to decode the invite like the one pictured above. It also included a request for invitees to email a picture of themselves wearing the glasses to a special email address that posted them on our wedding website. These are just a few of the photo responses we received. Interactive & fun! Thanks to Ming Thompson at <a href="http://poundingmillpress.com/">Pounding Mill Press</a> for working with us on the design.</p>http://joelaz.com/post/12566588886http://joelaz.com/post/12566588886Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:46:00 -0800<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/12378243633/tumblr_lu79fvwYo51qz4fhy&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Codeine</strong></p> <p><img height="640" width="427" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3479/4568733091_58f50cc493_z.jpg"/></p> <p>I heard this song on Letterman last night. Isbell reminds me of a young Steve Earle.</p> <p><em>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gzig/4568733091/in/photostream/">gzig</a></em></p>http://joelaz.com/post/12378243633http://joelaz.com/post/12378243633Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:16:43 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltdzatIxhg1qz4fhyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Pounding Mill Press</b></p> <p>Ming Thompson of <a href="http://poundingmillpress.com/portfolio.html">Pounding Mill Press</a> made these custom invitations for our wedding. Ming is incredibly talented and was a pleasure to work with. And yes, my middle name is Hobart.</p>http://joelaz.com/post/11709050662http://joelaz.com/post/11709050662Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:47:00 -0700<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/55s4j6gmIwM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><b>Breakestra</b></p> <p>These guys played at our wedding on Saturday. Blew the roof off the place. Such a fun night.</p>http://joelaz.com/post/11689551526http://joelaz.com/post/11689551526Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:24:07 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsme0ekTvt1qz4fhyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://joelaz.com/post/11082965791http://joelaz.com/post/11082965791Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:12:14 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/10729775804/tumblr_ls6w31nnUa1qz4fhy&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>A.A. Bondy - Surfer King</strong></p> <p><img height="335" width="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4293659675_2b8ba7006f.jpg"/></p> <p><em>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/katarokkar/4293659675/in/photostream/">kata rokkar</a></em></p>http://joelaz.com/post/10729775804http://joelaz.com/post/10729775804Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:21:01 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrh629jFiC1qz4fhyo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Turntable.fm iPhone App</strong></p> <p>I’ve been looking forward to <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/turntable.fm-play-music-together/id460448648?mt=8">this</a>.</p>http://joelaz.com/post/10170471103http://joelaz.com/post/10170471103Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:58:56 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/10132000932/tumblr_lrfbcrBx0G1qz4fhy&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Metronomy - The Look</strong></p> <p><img height="333" width="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/6022650228_7985188db4.jpg"/></p> <p><em>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulwilliamcook/6022650228/in/photostream/">Paul.Cook</a></em></p>http://joelaz.com/post/10132000932http://joelaz.com/post/10132000932Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:58:03 -0700<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q2PsxfUab3c?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Misteur Valaire - Brandon Marlow</strong></p>http://joelaz.com/post/9845657314http://joelaz.com/post/9845657314Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:53:26 -0700