Ice Cavern Studios

While you’re watching the following, try to figure out which one is my little sister.

Congrats to Sydney and the rest of the cast of Memphis!

Life and Times, Music

Another you-tube posting, but this one is just about too cool not to share.

I think I played almost every game that was referenced in this. Also, this is apparently based on a dream the creator had.

Cool Viral Stuff, The Internet, Video Games

Watch this:

Honestly, this is such a truism in my life it’s hard to explain. I always do my best working on projects I find have a purpose and I am deeply interested in. Microsoft.com, Zune, and now Windows Phone have all provided me with an opportunity to work on projects around my interests. My work is always better and I’m always more satisfied.

I also know I’m not the only one, which makes me often wonder about re-orgs. Is reorganizing a group of people to do something they didn’t initially sign up to do really a productive move? Just something to think about.

Work

We’re not far off from the 2010 World Cup and this short from Nike has me pumped. About the only problem with it? Ronaldinho didn’t make the 23-man Brazilian squad.

Still, this is pretty fun.

Sports, World Cup

So, one of the major parts of my life here in Seattle is my involvement with Sakura-Con. I’ve blogged about the con in the past, so I’m not going to go too far into what it is. What I am going to blog about is the fact that I’ve recently taken on a new position with the convention.

For the past two years, I was the Assistant Director of Operations. It was my job to…well…assist the Director of Operations. We were in charge of all the A/V equipment, IT infrastructure, line management, and the hauling of our gear to the con. It was a job that I honestly loved a great deal. It was tiring, stressful, and occasionally made me want to pull my hair out, but I still loved doing it. It was great.

But things have now changed.

Yesterday, I was elected by the voting membership of the convention to become the new Director of Programming. At this point, I’m still in a bit of a state of shock. In some ways, it’s reminiscent of my election as Student Conductor in the band over seven years ago. I have the same feelings of both excitement for the coming term, and absolute terror at the thought of what I’ve just signed myself up to do. I’m not worried that I can do the job, I’m just worried of the ways I could mess things up. The previous director, Jon Bressler, set the bar very high, and the expectations on me, both internally and externally, are equally lofty. What’s nice to know is I have the support of both my fellow board members, as well as my friends, family, and many of the staffers who already made my department (which is now a different one from the one I previously referred to as mine).

So….yeah. I’m making a bit of a shift in my con life. It’s going to be an interesting ride. I’m excited at the possibilities of the next year, and I’m looking forward to seeing where this rabbit hole goes.

Life and Times