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- December 10, 2004
Sketching Review Tool
December 10, 2004Read more
The creative review process as I’ve experienced it tends to be somewhat chaotic, encumbered as it is with myriad notes, emails, and documents scattered across half a dozen people and computers. When describing a complex change or nuance, sometimes it’s just easier to draw. But how to integrate that into the Digital Age, and not end up with tons more files or papers to shuffle?
This article on Millimeter describes Pixar’s Review Sketch Tool, which was developed in-house for The Incredibles director Brad Bird by Pixar staff to leverage his preferred way of communicating changes and ideas to people. Fitting tools to existing strength to create a new workflow is the way I like things myself. Kind of a light article, but worth scanning. Via Slashdot.
- December 10, 2004
More Dad
December 10, 2004Read moreThe past couple of nights over dinner–which Dad has been cooking, he’s been opening my eyes to some simple but tasty dishes–I’ve asked Dad what he’s been up to while I’m out:
- December 9, 2004
Geeksgiving
December 9, 2004Read more
This past Thanksgiving, I once again cooked the traditional dinner for Dad, Emily & Robert. I was kind of jammed for time and was losing track of what I needed to do, so I drew a big picture of what I wanted the meal to have in it.
It was somewhat comforting, and even though I didn’t end up making everything on the diagram, it was a good way to get my head in the right place.
For some reason, people think it’s funny.
- December 8, 2004
Meditation
December 8, 2004Read more
Having to work over vacation kind of sucks, but when I had my cousin Leng’s house to myself I got to do a little exploring. Leng had an interesting collection of small carved sculptures on the mantle behind her desk.
- December 7, 2004
Dad reads my Blog!
December 7, 2004Read moreYesterday I set up Dad’s new computer with a special Internet Home Page that lists his favorite news sites. I also added links to the various family member blogs. To my surprise, he read them! Hi Dad!
Today’s tidbits about Dad:
Dad is interested in Cuban classical guitar music. He doesn’t like Rock, but he likes the latin rhythm. He has a couple of CDs he wants to get.
At home, he owns no less than 5 guitars! 4 of them are made in Taiwan, the other one he got in Mexico (not sure if he actually was there and picked it up). I thought about showing him that bit from Desperado when Antonio Banderas’s character is teaching the street kid how to play “like this”, but I suppose it wasn’t that great a scene. Plus, Dad doesn’t like guns.
Dad commented on some interesting flaws in the rental cello, reconstructing its history in fine Holmesian form. “At one point, this cello was probably left in the sun.”, he noted, one finger critically tracing the repaired wood. “As you can see, the wood here is wrinkled, and some repairs had to be made with clamps to fix it. The clamps were not well fitted, as you can see the clamp marks here.”
