Archives for August 2006

HP Gets Personal

Aug 29, 2006 . Comments (0)

A friend sent me a link to this HP campaign site. All I can say is ... awesome. An amazing blend of fun frontend flash and some serious backend work to make it all possible. Try it for yourself here.

That's not me by the way, just my IM guy.

Goodbye Innovasium

Aug 14, 2006 . Comments (1)

As they say 'all good things must come to end' and so it is with my time at Innovasium. I have decided to dive back into the world of freelance contracting. It has been a great three and a half years, it is really hard to believe that much time has gone by. Lots of thanks to Dan and Rob, two guys who gave me a lot of freedom in developing solutions and pushing the limits of what I knew and what could be done. It is always a good thing to have someone who can push you to try new ideas, find ways of doing things that have not been done, and that is exactly what they did. Three and half years with very few days where I came to work not excited about solving a new problem and tackling a new challenge. Thanks guys, for the opportunity, for the challenge, and for letting me prove myself.

Looking back on my time, I still can not believe the amount of work that was accomplished. A Flash based platform for building Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), a Content Management System (CMS) that is a 100% Flash based and can manage Flash and hybrid sites, a desktop Flash application to sync data with a server, an ecommerce platform, multiple custom applications, the list goes on and on. None of it was possible without a great team. Thanks to all my teammates at Innovasium, past and present.

I am excited about the future and what it holds for my new endeavors, hopefully bright and promising, and I am sure the same is true for Innovasium's future. Best of luck guys.

Lefties Unite

Aug 11, 2006 . Comments (2)

Just ran across a really interesting article on Yahoo regarding lefties (of which I am one) and pay. Lefties have been picked on and ridiculed throughout history (I am constantly picked on for putting the mouse on the left side of my keyboard), so it is nice to finally get our due.