These and Thats

Cruisin on the Amazon.

Cruisin the Amazon River.

MotoKart-ing in Iquitos. 

Cusco!

45 seconds of alpaca. 

Glacier hiking in Iceland, 2016. 

NYE 2016, Reykjavik. Bonfires and fireworks and late night hot dogs. 

Grocery shopping in Iceland. Or “Asparagus is $11”.

Ms Linda calls my phone number sometimes. She thinks she’s dialing Ms. Beryl’s number. These are her voicemails. 

Huge thanks to my video people!

The Great Punt Race of 2015 in Cambridge, UK. 

Edison from 826NYC has something to say. 

In which Ian buys a coconut in Turks and Caicos and opens in in our swanky hotel room.

Maple Syrup festival somewhere in Ohio (outside of Cleveland). What do you know about “hot maple stirs”? I didn’t know that existed until I saw it for myself.

Notes from F5 - Dispatch 3. Last weekend I had the privilege and honor of attending F5 right here in NYC. F5 is a conference hosted by motionographer.com bringing together creative types with a proclivity for motion and storytelling through various mediums. The mix was deliciously eclectic and opened me up to different ways to both tell and experience stories. Writing about what they said seemed akin to singing all the songs from a great concert to someone who wasn’t there. Instead, I tried to boil everything down to a digestible stew. Here’s the last batch of what stuck with me from F5:

Julia Pott illustrator/animator - Make what you want to make and put it on the internet. People will see it and pay you to do it for them, too. - Animation was a way for her to sit in her room and make something all her own. Really nice sentiment about making something happen out of imagination and sketching…and lots and lots of frames. http://www.juliapott.com/ Patrick Moberg creator of Dots and Two Dots - Experiment, collaborate, and don’t be afraid to ask for help. - Being terrified seems to be an integral part of trying something new, but once you start, and it’s working, you can’t stop. http://weplaydots.com/twodots/

Notes from F5 - Dispatch 2. Last weekend I had the privilege and honor of attending F5 right here in NYC. F5 is a conference hosted by motionographer.com bringing together creative types with a proclivity for motion and storytelling through various mediums. The mix was deliciously eclectic and opened me up to different ways to both tell and experience stories. Writing about what they said seemed akin to singing all the songs from a great concert to someone who wasn’t there. Instead, I tried to boil everything down to a digestible stew. Here’s the first batch of what stuck with me from F5: Scott Carrier writer/radio producer - Write how you talk. - Writing for him starts with an image. Build on the image and find your Beginning, Middle, and End. - Has “Home of the Brave” podcast that I am listening to now. Check out his podcast: http://homebrave.com/ And his latest book: http://books.google.com/books/about/Prisoner_of_Zion.html?id=36nGAgAAQBAJ Erin Sarofsky owner/creative director of Sarofsky - “Make something really fucking cool out of what you have.” Just because the work doesn’t seem sexy doesn’t mean you can’t make it a kick-ass project. - A good producer makes the designers life and the project so much better. Amen! -  The balance between Art and Commerce is delicate and hard to get right. http://sarofsky.com/ Giant Ant motion design/animation firm 1. Never miss a deadline - it’s about trust and respect. 2. Don’t be a jerk - no one wants to work with jerks. 3. Put love in your work - it shows. - Work and life are two things, keep them balanced. http://www.giantant.ca/work/ Antfood sound designs - “Don’t doubt just do.” - “Doubt kills.” - “There is no right decision.” - Don’t wait for your ‘muse’ to show up. Work isn’t magic, it’s work. - “Get weird with it.” https://vimeo.com/antfood

Darius Kazemi builder of bots - Can code have soul? A piano is an inanimate object, yet when someone plays it, pianos have soul. - Examples of Darius’ bots: Random Shopper, Two Headlines, Content, Forever, and Sorting Bot.