Racks

This weeks task was to model various pieces of channel and angle iron and to model the racks that they will sit on.

Getting the Video Done

This week we concentrated on shooting the video on green screen that will be used in the warehouse scene for the animation.

Almost done with Phase 3

We have been working quite a bit on all of the elements for the animation for Empowerment Unlimited. After this next week we will start the actual animation of the elements. Here is the warehouse rendered with Global Illumination.

Have been busy catching up this week

I made my networking event this week as well as my industry interview. Here is my paper on the event that I will have in class tonight. Also, Empowerment is keeping me busy and I found out this morning that I will be working Sunday....

This was one of the more intresting networking events that I have attended in many years. The concept is different than your average run of the mill networking concept. No speeches, no fake smiles, everyone is not running around trying to shake every hand in the room. Instead, when you walk into the room there are 50 to 100 young Houston business men and woman sitting at the conference tables tapping away on their laptops. Some are laughing, some are talking , and some are very seriously working on their work, but all seem to enjoy the surroundings that they have found themselves in.
The lady that I met and talked with for about 45 minutes was Barbara Brown, a business analyst for Technology Transformations. Apparently for Barbara the jelly concept is old hat. She explained to me that Jelly is one of a growing number of options for so-called "independents'' who don't report to a traditional office but want, occasionally at least, to work somewhere beyond their own four walls. Barbara further explained that the origins of the Jelly concept started in New York. A young businessman there just called his friends one day to come work at his house instead of doing it at the office. Apparently, according to Barbara, the concept caught on and now it is being done all of the world.
Some of the people in the Jelly revolution pool their resources for shared offices and studios that emphasize collaboration, while others gravitate toward select bars and restaurants where they find people with similar. And, yes, many also meet up online in virtual workplaces, digital whiteboards that make swapping ideas as easy as brushing the keypad of their iPhones.