Flash Camp Philadelphia

Jamie Kosoy
Associate Technical Director
j.kosoy@bigspaceship.com
Twitter: 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




             Strategy
             Production
             Design
             Development
everyone gets a say




             Strategy
             Production
             Design
             Development
            bad.
everyone gets a say




             Strategy
             Production
             Design
             Development
            good.
2. Think of the project.
Not of excuses. Unless the project is to come up with excuses.
think of the project


 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
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.
drink lots of whiskey


                                                  Normal
                                                  Ideal
                                                  Less than Ideal
  Productivity




          10AM          1PM                 4PM                7PM

                         Whiskey Consumed
drink lots of whiskey
drink lots of whiskey
drink lots of whiskey
7. Mise en place.
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
8. Start from scratch.
start from scratch


                            Off the shelf
                            From scratch
  Features




                     Time
9. Strive for excellence.
(not perfection)
strive for excellence
strive for excellence
strive for excellence
strive for excellence
strive for excellence
10. Think simple.
in conclusion


 + 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.
thanks.



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