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The third blog entry goes to Simon Conlin, co-founder of FITC and most recently involve in Pixel Gallery. Contrary to most speakers he wanted to know more about us and how we perceive or envision ourselves in the intermediate future. I’d like to think that I’ll be working for a small to medium size company, I can’t see myself in a huge company where I can’t remember a single name out of the whole bunch but rather a part of a family and in a way more likely to stick it out till the end. Our time with Simon Conlin was unexpectedly more inspirational than past speaker sessions. It could have been that the deadlines of this semester where rapidly approaching and I had been completely drained over the past days or that I have already been overly stimulated with the “how-to” and “brand-new” features new media had to offer. But taking the time to sit back, relax, and watch some examples of other people’s work can actually work to inspire. I’m not saying that doing this would guarantee someone the ability to come up with a magical idea no one has done before nor would I encourage it when the topic of deadlines is on hand but I took this opportunity to learn what people did before they got into Flash or what inspired them to create. Simon Conlin gave praise to Zach Booth Simpson and to much delight I would give him props as well despite the fact I never and probably will never met the guy but I can see the value in his works and somewhat find how he portrays his works very inspirational.

Thinking back to how many different interests, hobbies, backgrounds, and agendas each classmate possesses can really be the starting point for something refreshing to come out of interactive multimedia. Simon Conlin had shown use many short videos via youtube, and its funny that youtube could be a case where simple video has captured the majority of people’s attention by placing it in an online interactive environment but only now has just caught on.

It’s weird that good ideas only get noticed when it invades our personal space through our conversations or email inboxes telling us to “click on this link”. That is how it was passed onto me and that’s exactly how I’m going to pass it on to you, the reader. I don’t have to tell you to pass it on because I know it’s going to happen anyway. I’m a victim, a happy and inspired one and so will you.

Enjoy the links.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xj6_GlqEI8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc_-QRc1fmk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awjPUkBXOU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6u5v0OKq-Q&feature=related

http://www.i-bar.ch/info/