Day Three
Day three was a blur, there was so much going on and so much to soak in! Started off early with the Adobe team of experts that went over tip and tricks for Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, and After Effects. Good stuff, I learned a few Illustrator hidden tricks that will come in handy.
The first speaker talked about "Getting a Seat at the Table: Framing the value of Design" This basically talked about the importance of design on large and small corporations and some of the success stories that companies such as Target and Apple have placed a high importance on design and how it has paid off for them.
Then, I went on to a great presentation on Flash and Flash video and some of the new technology that is out there and how it can be used. Very cool! I will be interesting to see how that can be used at work.
Then there was a speaker that talked about "Making your Website (as a self-promotional tool) I didn't agree with some of the things this guy said. He is more in the Jacob Neilson school of thought that sites should be so stripped down to the bare minimums. This works for some types of sites, but it's not a blanket solution, some sites need the "Wow" factor. But he made some good points.
Next up was "Attack of the Two headed designer". This dealt with collaboration with another designer, could be right there in your office, could be across the country. This was good info, especially with the virtual office and enterprise-wide environment at Boeing. They touched on important topics of collaboration such as trust in each other, being honest with each other, being able to give and receive constructive criticism.
The seminars ended up with Kevin T. O'Collahan (google him and check out some of the projects he has worked on such as "Yugo Next" and the Pop culture carousel that he did for the History Channel) in "Ironic Chef" This was a Designer Game-show that was a take off of the show "Iron Chef. Pretty funny stuff. Four designers were picked to go on stage and compete with design problems against the clock. Then the audience picked the winner.
The day wrapped up with huge bash called "Vintage Vegas". There was a band, DJ and lots of food and it gave people a chance to mingle and NOT talk about design. The weirdest thing I saw there was a guy in the band dressed like Slash from Guns-N-Roses that was singing the Humpty Dance. Very bizarre! The band was cool though, they did mostly 80's and 90's dance stuff.
I'm beat, More tomorrow... The final day!
The first speaker talked about "Getting a Seat at the Table: Framing the value of Design" This basically talked about the importance of design on large and small corporations and some of the success stories that companies such as Target and Apple have placed a high importance on design and how it has paid off for them.
Then, I went on to a great presentation on Flash and Flash video and some of the new technology that is out there and how it can be used. Very cool! I will be interesting to see how that can be used at work.
Then there was a speaker that talked about "Making your Website (as a self-promotional tool) I didn't agree with some of the things this guy said. He is more in the Jacob Neilson school of thought that sites should be so stripped down to the bare minimums. This works for some types of sites, but it's not a blanket solution, some sites need the "Wow" factor. But he made some good points.
Next up was "Attack of the Two headed designer". This dealt with collaboration with another designer, could be right there in your office, could be across the country. This was good info, especially with the virtual office and enterprise-wide environment at Boeing. They touched on important topics of collaboration such as trust in each other, being honest with each other, being able to give and receive constructive criticism.
The seminars ended up with Kevin T. O'Collahan (google him and check out some of the projects he has worked on such as "Yugo Next" and the Pop culture carousel that he did for the History Channel) in "Ironic Chef" This was a Designer Game-show that was a take off of the show "Iron Chef. Pretty funny stuff. Four designers were picked to go on stage and compete with design problems against the clock. Then the audience picked the winner.
The day wrapped up with huge bash called "Vintage Vegas". There was a band, DJ and lots of food and it gave people a chance to mingle and NOT talk about design. The weirdest thing I saw there was a guy in the band dressed like Slash from Guns-N-Roses that was singing the Humpty Dance. Very bizarre! The band was cool though, they did mostly 80's and 90's dance stuff.
I'm beat, More tomorrow... The final day!
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