g.wygonik's flash experiments

So, after the most unfortunate and untimely closing of my previous employer about a month ago, I've been spending a lot of time fretting about work. Not so much that I wouldn't be able to find something, but finding a job that had the same interest level, would push me out of my comfort zone (in good ways), and, hopefully, last for a long, long time.

Fortunately, before things officially shut down, my boss introduced me to one Mr. Jared Ficklin (here demonstrating a nice fire-based audio visualization) which led to me securing a position as a Senior Technologist at frog design — a job that will definitely keep my interest and push the boundaries of my wee brain. This is my first week, and so far I can say that I wish I didn't have to come home and sleep at night.

The environment and company culture is quite refreshing, and every day I learn something about the frog mindset that makes me smile. It doesn't hurt that all the folks I've met all have the same love of technology and making cool things that I do! No more lone coder.

The best part — in my mind at least — is that all the things that I would do after work hours I get to do for my day job; learning new technologies, experimenting with UI/UX methodologies, fiddling around in Flash . This will definitely free up some cycles.

As for my last post, well, my ear did eventually clear up. It's a very scary thing to think "OMG, I'm a musician who just went deaf in one ear and everything is out of tune". Freaked me out a bit. All's fine now.

Happy day.