As I’m finding it a little tricky to make time to work on Flash experiments, I thought I’d offer a quick explanation as to what’s been absorbing my free hours.
Firstly - XBOX 360: Hallowed be thy name. I picked up one of these little beauties in July and I’ve been continually impressed and entranced. I just got NHL 08 and I’m picking up Halo 3 this week, so if you’re in the neighborhood, look me up: ‘footloosemoose’ is my username.
On a more formal note: About a month ago I made the decision to leave Lightmaker and to pursue other opportunities. Whilst I fully enjoyed my time with the people there, career-wise, I felt that I needed a little more than the ’start-up’ phase that these guys are currently in. My main goal was to get myself around other coders and Flash developers to help accelerate my own professional development - Lightmaker has this, just not really in Australia (yet!). During my stay I worked on some in-house stuff and a few mini-projects for Adobe (which I can’t really talk about beyond that). Above all, I sincerely thank Lightmaker for having me and wish Lucas and the team the best of luck for the future.
So where am I now? I’m happy to announce that I’m now working as a Senior Interactive Developer at DTDigital / Ogilvy Interactive (they’ve recently merged). I’ve only been there for a week but so far it’s been absolutely brilliant - exactly what I’m looking for. Large, interesting clients, a fantastic team and a great office - and, like M&C, we’ve got the free bar… can’t beat that! Importantly, I’m one of four Flash guys there and we’re complimented by a sizable in-house C# development team. The outfit as a whole seems to be very polished and professional and I really enjoy the idea of spending my time there for the forseeable future. The days have been flying by so far - always a good sign.
Albeit a short stay, I managed to use my free time with Lightmaker well. I’ve taught myself AS3 and AIR and am confident playing with Papervision3D. I look forward to playing more with these tools and technologies and hopefully showing you guys the results.
That’s all for now - Cheers!
