(last edited on April 29, 2014 at 1:29 am)
Jeff forwarded me this press release regarding Bill Bussey Studios, which sounded like a big load of crap:
San Jose, CA (PRWEB) April 28, 2005 – Billy Bussey, a top Web multimedia developer based in San Jose, Calif., will unveil his latest radical Web creation, the BBstudios.com site, on June 11, 2005. The Billy Bussey Studio’s site begins by launching the viewer into a guided journey in which they learn the story of Billy Bussey Studios without ever having to click a button or open a window. “The entire experience can be auto-guided,” says Bussey. Users who prefer to guide themselves by standard button navigation, can also select that option. The BBstudios.com site opens with a 60-second 3D intro that even includes its own orchestral score. “The viewer can sit back, relax and embark on a short cinema-like journey that starts by learning ‘About Us,’ then explains ‘What We Do,’ and finally displays ‘Our Portfolio,'” says Bussey. […]
Uh huh.
Skeptically I clicked on the link to bbstudios.com…it’s not live as of this posting, but his old portfolio site is there.
W O W ! ! !
Bussey does really great new media work combining design, 3D, and very high production values. He’s a one man army of high-energy new media production! And a master of unapologetically grandiose self-promotion on top of that…just check out the intro for his old site. I can’t wait to see what the new one will be like.
Why do I even get up in the morning? Oh yeah, so I can be reminded how far the bar can be raised…not all new media sucks! I’m glad to see that there are individuals out there who are really on top of things.
The image at the top is part of the 3D interface for the old site…as you click on things, it animates and spins in a very cool cinematic fashion, complete with motion blur. Motion graphics. Yum.
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I indirectly worked with Billy a few years ago—he hired me for the company he was working at at the time, but he had quit by the time my first day came around.
He’s got great style, but the size of his ego never fails to amaze me. The fact that Billy actually hired a professional to read a voiceover that HE wrote, calling himself a visionary, blah blah blah…. I always found that to be too much of an ego trip.
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Heh, that was what I found really amazing, the professional voiceover thing :-) I sometimes think I should be more self-promoting in my own work, and it’s kind of inspiring to see that some people have no trouble with it at all :-)
I’m still curious to see whether this “guided web thing” is cool. A lot of previous attempts I’ve seen have just ended up failing due to (I think) terrible and incomplete implementation.
Yeah Billy may have a huge ego, but from what I’ve seen of websites, he ranks number 1 on my list.