Lots of us have favorite hobbies, favorite foods, favorite just about anything. Have you ever wondered how much time or how often you take part in that favorite thing? Or, have you just wanted to collect information on, well, just about anything? That’s where Daytum comes in. Daytum is an extremely user friendly site that simply put, “helps you collect, categorize and communicate your everyday data.”

Now let’s say one of your favorite things is tacos. I mean who doesn’t love this tasty dish? With millions of different recipes out there in the world, this classic dish shouldn’t get dull. Our friends at Faust love tacos so much that they started keeping track on Daytum, and it turns out they aren’t the only firm in the Chicago area that loves tacos.

Take a common love of tacos, add a little competitive spirit and a great resource like Daytum, and you have yourself a Taco Challenge. Throughout the month of June, Rule29 will be competing in this epic event against Faust, Grip, and Floodlight. Winner is determined by dividing the total amount of tacos consumed by the amount of participants per office.

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Recently, Appleton Coated invited three design firms to the Calphalon Cooking Center in Chicago for a creative cuisine challenge (like the alliteration?). Faust Design, Grip Design, and Rule29 Creative joined the team from Appleton to participate in the great event. The results? Well, you’ll have to watch the video for that… but we can disclose that everyone’s meals were fantastic and the entire night was quite a bit of fun. Check out the recap video!

For our newest R29 Short, we’re asking for your help! In the past we’ve had our interns eat an artery-clogging amount of greasy food, become a human penguin, and wear 29 shirts. And now we’re asking for your suggestions on our new Intern War. We’re pitting interns Craig against the newcomer Katrina. Vote for your favorite Intern War challenge below, or suggest an event in the write in field, and we will record the monumental and epic challenge in our next R29 Short! Vote early and vote often, voting will end next Friday, Febuary 14th.