It's Friday B.

Today, I'm just posting a bunch of randomness.

We have had the idea for creating a "world" for some of our games. I think I found a pretty cool example of a different way we could do it. Check it out. This site is for the WWF Brazil, kinda weird - I know... But it's pretty sweet looking!

Next up - Cobra Creative. I stumbled onto this site and thought it was really creepy. They did an awesome job with it though. It takes forever to load, but it's worth the wait. The loader is probably the worst part. The eye follows your cursor (maybe we can use this for something?)

Alright, here's another one...

I stumbled on this agency called the Barbarian Group. They have some nice work if you want to check them out. But anyways, I thought this one had some value to us - so I decided to show it instead of some of their other pieces.

It's an installation for Wired Magazine's NextFest. It was done in 2006, but it's still pretty sweet. Take a look - NextFest Grass Wall. The purpose of the installation was to promote Saturn's hybrid cars. Scroll through the link and check out the photos.

Yum, Coke...

I probably surf the internet way too much. It's almost an unhealthy habit... but in my searches I have found a lot of interesting websites, blogs, whatever.

So, starting today - I will share some of those finds. Feel free to comment on them and keep coming back for other random posts. If anyone else finds anything awesome, post it as well!

First up - Coca-Cola Happiness Factory. Pretty fun site, there's games and videos to watch. A good time waster. Plus, it's a finalist in the 2008 MAX Awards that Adobe puts out. Take a look!

Let's see if this works...

[For Scott's Review]

Here's the video...

Fun Words. Fun WITH Words.

I just ran across this list of brainstorming tools that can open up unexpected possibilities. And, what's more, they're really cool words to try and remember. I'll be lucky if I can keep any of 'em in my head for longer than a couple days!

Antanaclasis - repeating a single word, but with a different meaning each time ("If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.")

Paronomasia - using a word with a different sense or with a change in letter or sound ("A pun is its own reword.")

Alliteration - a series of words that begin with the same letter or that sound alike (Steak 'n Shake)

Heteronyms - words that are spelled the same but with different pronunciations ("Live in Arizona. Don't desert the desert.")

Tmesis - division of the elements of a compound word ("Fan-bloody-tastic")

Antithesis - juxtaposition of two ideas that oppose or contradict each other ("In the battle, you'll tremble.")

Assonance - like alliteration, only specifically concerning the repetition of certain vowel sounds ("It's hot and monotonous.")

It's Never "Not My Job"

I've been reminded recently of how important it is to take the initiative and make things happen.

There was this one time I was working on a project in which no one was rising up to take the lead and move it forward. At first I took the easy way out: "It's not technically my job, so I'll let someone else do it." Bad idea. I paid the consequences for NOT taking initiative. Then I (re)learned my lesson and decided to rise up and take initiative, myself. Results: project moved forward and I was thanked for going above and beyond to help get it "there."

Now there's different possible results that will come from taking initiative:

1) You move things forward successfully and reap the rewards. Could be things like praise from supervisors/teammates, feeling of satisfaction, raise, promotion, whatever.

2) You move things, but in the wrong direction, and have to pay the consequences for poor judgement. I, personally, don't think it's ever poor judgement to take initiative. But the poor judgement may be bad decisions about how, when, why, where to move things forward. So yes, they're moved...but in the wrong direction, and to the wrong place. The consequence you have to face in that situation is "course-correction" which almost always involves extra time and effort to get back on-track. Ideally, in this situation, your supervisor recognizes that you were trying valiantly but your inexperience or lack of knowledge about this project kept you from taking it in the right direction. Hopefully he/she will praise your effort, and help educate you so you make the right directional decisions next time.

So what's my conclusion? Personally, if I see something that needs to get done, I get up out of my seat and make it happen. If I don't know how to make it happen, I raise my hand and say, "Hey, I'd be willing to lead that charge cuz I see this needs to get done, but could someone please give me some guidance on how to make the best decisions along the way?"

Make it happen, baby. That's the "street" way of saying all this...

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