August 2009
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WatchGet Off My Butt. This is the first iteration of “Get Off My Butt”, my second commuting music video. I installed an upgraded version of Frameforge last week and decided to play around with moving at least part of the video this time from live action to animation. The black and white section is rendered right from Frameforge.
The song is in its second iteration. This week, I added two...
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Manipulative Me
ma·nip·u·late: to change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one’s purpose. Merriam-Webster
Someone brought up the idea that the recently disclosed Botgirl Project was manipulative and self-serving. My knee-jerk reaction was to flatly deny such intentions and make light of the associated implications. After some reflection, here’s some of my current thinking:
The ability to...
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Seven Strategies to Kill Creatively Without Dying...
I’ve finally been able to aggregate the last year and a half of creative output from all of my online identities. They add up to hundreds of blog posts, dozens of comics, songs and videos, and thousands of images. Although I’m a tiny little fish in the vast Internet ocean, it’s been very satisfying to exercise creativity, develop new skills and have a steady stream of new work to...
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Get Off My Butt (You Must Really Love My Butt.) I...
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I’m very proud to share my first song...
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My Secret Love Affair With The Avatar Botgirl...
I didn’t go into Second Life looking for the virtual girl of my dreams. But that’s what I found. And this is our story. In the fall of 2007 one of our company’s clients expressed an interest in establishing a presence in Second Life. I volunteered to revive my seldom-used account and become our resident expert. As luck (or fate) would have it, my wife and kids took a trip that...
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Pervasive Creativity and the Gift of Limitation
Although I’m lucky enough to work with high-end graphics software all day in front of a 30” monitor, there’s a unique joy in creating with an iPhone. I think there are two main reasons I’ve found it to be such an inspirational vehicle:
Pervasiveness. The iPhone is an ever-present multimedia production studio. It inspires me to open to the creative potential of each moment...
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WatchTexting while driving is so 2009. This is a music video using a song, basic music tracks and video I created on an iPhone during a few commutes to work. Additional music was added using Logic Pro and the video was edited using Final Cut Pro.
