Anime Expo 2011: Sunday (100+ photos) | Giant Fire Breathing Robot Sunday’s attendance seemed to drop when compared to the heights seen on Friday and Saturday. In addition to all the normal activities you’d find at a convention like Anime Expo, the official AX 2011 cosplay masquerade was scheduled to happen on that evening. Due to my incredible experience at WonderCon’s masquerade earlier in the year, I was extremely excited for the chance to see award-winning costumes getting a moment to shine on stage for the chance at winning thousands of dollars in prizes. Other than that, I still spent the majority of my day hopping around from place to place with my trusty camera in tow. Santa Claus is coming to town! Two girls combine to form Dodrio. That’s the first time I’ve ever seen Amnesia: The Dark Descent cosplay. Sora and his main squeeze Kairi. Daily doses of Misty cosplay can only benefit you. Naruto and Sasuke after skipping forward in time. Sena Kobayakawa may be lacking in size, but he has the heart of a hero. Two of gaming’s most famous boxes. Ms.
5 Steps for Taking on Something New It’s a scenario most solo web professionals find themselves in now and then: You have the opportunity to work on a project that includes something you haven’t done before, and that something is pretty big. Maybe it’s editing video for the web, conducting user-testing, or creating a mobile web design. Whatever it is, it seems to be a capability worth adding to your repertoire. But how do you know if it’s the right move? It’s happened to me, both as an independent consultant and as the owner of a small design and development firm (Poccuo). After countless conversations about "investing in learning" and "the ethics of competency," I figured I’d share five steps that I fall back on when the opportunity to add a new capability pops up. 1. If you’re considering taking on a task you haven’t tackled before, it’s key to understand what’s involved before you commit to the project. Take some time to check out blogs, books, tutorials, and tech docs on the subject. 2. Will you like where it takes you?
SpeakerText | Transcription, Captions, Interactive Transcripts Get pretty much anything done by awesome people NIKARI - Nikari Oy Custom Playing Cards | Customized Playing Cards RecycleMatch - Enterprise Software and Marketplace for Waste and Recycling VG Cats Thesis: Game Design and Architecture In my previous article, located here, I discussed the beginnings of my thesis work on how game design methods can be used to influence the architectural design process. The first semester heavily involved help from Valve Corporation level designer Chris Chin, who had previously been an architect and whom I contacted through contact information in the Developer Commentary for The Orange Box. With his help and that of my other committee members, as well as a visit to the Valve offices, I was able to create a design method for architects that is based on game design. The highlights of this method are: Creating a "core mechanic", the basic action a player takes within a game, as the design generator for an architectural space (the basic action someone takes within the building.) Using game engines to playtest building designs with clients and other designers to understand how an occupant will see and move through them.
Quick18 Home Page Fake Name | fakena.me The Business Chef: Gordon Ramsay Column by Janine Popick, Inc.com "Female CEOs" August 20, 2009 I'll admit it, I love watching any TV show with Gordon Ramsay in it, but "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" is my current favorite. He’s the antithesis of the stereotypical woman leader; he’s brazen and harsh. He swears like a sailor and belittles people. I like the show because he gets down into the inner workings of a small business and peels away the onion to find any issues that might be hampering the business from growing. So, I've outlined 6 things we can all learn from Gordon Ramsay, followed by a question you can ask yourself to see how you rate by his business strategy. #1 - It all starts with the customer. One of the first questions Chef asks the restaurant he is working with is how many people have reserved for the evening. He also takes to the streets; in many shows he walks the streets of the town to observe other restaurants and he'll stop people and ask what they think about the restaurant he's trying to help.
Watch Jeremie Miller present Singly at the Web 2.0 Summit Video from OreillyMedia on YouTube. Videos like this, well, they just warm our little, Prairie-dwelling hearts. Within seconds of taking the stage to speak at the Web 2.0 Summit last month in San Francisco, Singly founder and Iowa resident Jeremie Miller gave a shout-out of sorts to his home state. But the video above is noteworthy for reasons other than Miller's conspicuous display of Iowa pride. In Miller's talk, which clocks in at just less than 11 minutes, he says that data has become too closely associated with the word "there," as in "somewhere away from you." That's not the way it should be, in Miller's eyes. That's where Singly comes into play, providing people a one-stop data source to which they control access. "My data should be with me, should be part of me. "This home for your data, this ability for you to have it and to share it out is going to transform, I think, our industry over the next 10 years," he says. And, um … go Iowa? Previous Post Next Post
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