g.wygonik's flash experiments

Oh - i mean, all good things must come to an end.

I recently ended my stay at FanRocket due to issues that I won't get into. One of those "you'll laugh, you'll cry" jobs where the "cry" was happening more often than the "laugh". Had to give it up just to get back some of my sanity, my free time, and my self-respect.

That all being said, I wish them all well and I'm very happy to see that the Around the World For Free site is standing up to the apparently massive increase in traffic. While I don't know specifics about real traffic these days, the placement of user icons and media icons all over the map looks really sexy. The increase is of course due to Alex and Zsolt heading out on the trip; I wish them both nothing but good tidings and am anxious to see how they fare!

I'm now a developer at Terra Incognita - a fun company with a very impressive portfolio. I've had to jump straight in and hit the ground running, but so far so good. First tasks are several interactives for National Geographic Society. Nice to get back to work that is enriching people's lives and not just trying to sell them something. Plus, I get to leave work and not think about it until the morning.

Which means that I can finally get back to finishing up a new cut.rate.box album. Sheesh - it's only been 6 years! What do you people want from me?! I have a lot of tracks written, so it's now just a matter of picking and choosing and doing final recordings. Should have something out by the end of the year.

It also means that I may finally get back to the AS3 version of blazePDF, the Mac version of AFTERTHOUGHT (though there are other options that use the same technique now), and perhaps a few new things that I've had going on for a long time but never finished up.

Two years on from Katrina and we're finally coming out of shells. Obviously getting outside the house and interacting with people has been a switch for me, and I think that's kind-of rubbing off on Lorie. Her photo work is picking up - she has her stock site coming along, her "artifacts" moving swiftly, and will be vending her wares at the cool Stitch Austin event in November. Good stuff all around.

Groove on (assume the motion)

g.