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The Importance of Whiskey While Working (and other work flow tips, too!)Big Spaceship is a place where pushing the limits meets extreme deadlines on a regular basis. The keys to success? A philosophy that affords close collaboration and communication, coupled with a couple of clever solutions to common problems… and some really ugly placeholder art. Join Jamie as he details the way the Spaceship ticks and how you can apply these fundamentals to your own process.TRANSCRIPT
Flash Camp Philadelphia
Jamie KosoyAssociate Technical [email protected]: 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
uctiv
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
Fea
ture
s
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
bigspaceship.comlabs.bigspaceship.com
thanks.