Flash Camp Philadelphia

Jamie KosoyAssociate Technical Directorj.kosoy@bigspaceship.comTwitter: jkosoy

The importance of whiskey.An inside look into the way of the Spaceship.

Okay, here’s the situation.Your parents went away on a week’s vacation...

the situation

the situation

the situation

The fundamentals to our process.

1. Everyone gets a say.And we [try] to understand one another.

everyone gets a say

StrategyProductionDesignDevelopment

StrategyProductionDesignDevelopment

bad.

everyone gets a say

StrategyProductionDesignDevelopment

good.

everyone gets a say

2. Think of the project.Not of excuses. Unless the project is to come up with excuses.

Excuses

+ It’s too hard.

+ We hate

- Silverlight

- Standards

- Unity

- (any other potential technology or solution)

+ There isn’t enough time.

(I’m sure you can think of others.)

think of the project

The only reason for being a bee is to make honey.- Winnie the Pooh

think of the project

3. Speak the same language.

speak the same language

speak the same language

What constitutes“Call to Action”

when everything on the screen is one?

4. Build ugly.

build ugly

build ugly

build ugly

build ugly

5. Trust each other.

trust each other

trust each other

6. Drink lots of whiskey.Especially during regular office hours.

10AM 1PM 4PM 7PM

NormalIdealLess than Ideal

Prod

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ity

Whiskey Consumed

drink lots of whiskey

drink lots of whiskey

drink lots of whiskey

drink lots of whiskey

7. Mise en place.

In plugins:

+ Deep linking

+ Loading scheme(s)

+ Library items organized

In HTML/CSS/JavaScript:

+ SEO

+ Flash detection

+ Minimum browser resize

mise en place

mise en place

8. Start from scratch.

Off the shelfFrom scratch

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ture

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Time

start from scratch

9. Strive for excellence.(not perfection)

strive for excellence

strive for excellence

strive for excellence

strive for excellence

strive for excellence

10. Think simple.

+ Everyone gets a say.

+ Think of the project.

+ Speak the same language.

+ Build ugly.

+ Trust each other.

+ Drink lots of whiskey.

+ Mise en place.

+ Start from scratch.

+ Strive for excellence, not perfection.

+ Think simple.

in conclusion

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thanks.