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January 20 2011
The right thing at the right time
Over at Substance, they’ve just published a case study for the Travel Oregon mobile site they designed. It’s an informative post, showing the thinking behind all of the capabilities of the mobile site- how they balanced user needs with technological capabilities and the client’s strategic vision to provide that particular experience. Stephen Landau closes with this wonderful paragraph: The goal is to provide the best visitor experience, at the right time, on the right platform. It’s not taking the full site exactly as it is and making sure you can see it…
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November 23 2010
Brave New World of Media?
Last Wednesday, Webvisions, The Creative Conference, and Oregon Film co-sponsored a panel about new media as part of a new “Backstage Pass” series of talks. The panel was a great mix- representatives of the animation, gaming, interactive, film distribution, documentary, and advertising worlds, discussing new methods of film distribution and promotion. Here are some key points I noted during the conversation: The previous model of independent film production was that you make your film, then take it to festivals hoping to get it picked up by a distributor. This model encouraged filmmakers…
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October 5 2010
October Animation Events
What a great month for animation in Portland! October 13th: Floating World Comics is putting on an 80-minute fest of experimental and psychedelic animation at Holocene, with live music by Atole and Nice Nice. Tickets are $5 advance and $7 at the door October 14th: the Portland chapter of Women In Animation is hosting a day to celebrate what we accomplished over the last year & what we would like to do this year! Upstairs at Touche1425 Northwest Glisan Street 5:30 – 7:30 PM October 21st: Bent Image Lab at 3DPDX at the…
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August 25 2010
Upcoming Events!
Here are some upcoming events that may be of interest to animated types: Get ready for TBA! Women in Animation Evening with Kohel Haver: join local IP lawyer Kohel Haver on 2nd Thursday, Sept. 9th at the beatific Touche bar (on NW 13th and NW Glisan) for a QA session! We’ll be camping out from 5 – 7:30! Brainwaves: this is the last weekend for Brainwaves Improv at the Shoebox Theater. $10 tix at the door, cash or check only, reservations@brainwavesimprov.com, 503-520-8928 Powells Events: William Gibson at Powells, Sept 8th. Guillermo Del Toro at…
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April 28 2010
Free is not a good price
There is a lot of frustration in the creative community about unpaid projects. Somewhere along the way, as aspiring designers were working for free, just for the fun or for the experience, people forgot to educate clients on the true value of creative work. Now, almost every day in every city, you can check craigslist and see potential clients specifically asking for people to do substantial amounts of unpaid work. And a few minutes later you’ll see responding posts from professionals berating the original post, and anyone who agrees to…
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