Vegas Right Now

Vegas Right Now - go.

This campaign has been under constant evolution since it launched in March.  I chose to highlight it only because it has been through so many iterations.  It first went live as a very simple, almost static page.  It's since evolved into a house for several sweepstakes, and most recently because a fully content managed page.  :)

VRN

My Vegas

We launched My Vegas.  It's a closed social networking site and was my first large project at CM.  It was a titanic amount of work and code, but now it's done.

I'm particularly proud of the galleries, message board, themes, and use of ajax, and...well all of it really.  It was a great learning experience and portfolio project.  It's a project that's never finished though we rarely find time to work on it.

It was designed in tandem with RSVP - The Vegas Planner, an all flash trip planner.  Ideally there would have been deeper integration between the two, but we didn't really get that far.

Check out My Vegas when you have a chance.

I'd like to point out that it's a closed network.  This means that you have to be invited and there's no way to search through other users that you're not already friends with.  An open network was deemed a content/liability concern for the client.

Happy Wednesday

Sarcastic Wednesday - courtesy of Hallmark

Working...forever

I worked most of the weekend. I'm not going to complain per se. I take great pride in the site we're developing, but I'm getting to the point where I want to see it done. It's at the point of an alpha release, and will be at the modern definition of beta in a couple weeks. I'm just so anxious to be able to showoff my work to everyone who can't see my personal dev environment.

Murderball - The Movie

Erin and I watched Murderball after dinner. The movie was not really what I expected, as it went deep into the personal lives of some of the players. Basically the quad rugby players are normal people playing a sport. There are nice guys and a$$holes. It was a good movie and a rental I would recommend.

Wii Tennis Pro

I just became a Wii Tennis Pro while waiting for my computer to do a disc scan. It's actually really fun, and I encourage you to try it if you haven't.

Flat Screen TV

So I've been thinking a lot about getting a flat screen. Sony, Samsung, and Sharp all look like good TVs to me, but honestly I don't really know which reviews to trust. I've found the Samsung LN-T4065F. I've been to a couple stores, but haven't found this particular model in any stores, but the LN-T4061F looked pretty good. Has anyone had experience with any of this? Any advice?

American Gangster - The Movie

Erin and I saw American Gangster this afternoon. It was a very, very good movie. Enough said.

Thanksgiving

Erin and I joined the rest of my family and friends at Joanne's house for the third annual Thanksgiving. Aside from amazing hors d'oeuvres, drinks, main meal, and dessert we have a tradition of playing the game.

Here's the game: Every player writes the name of ten world, national, or local personalities on slips of paper and put them in a bowl. Then everyone is paired into teams. The goal of the game is to provide hints to help your partner guess the name on the slip of paper you draw **without using name or spelling. Each pair of the group takes a 60 second turn before getting another turn. The end of the game is arbitrary, but the team with the most name at the end wins. It sounds lame on paper, but in between the mean and dessert of Thanksgiving, it's a lot of fun.

Workin' From Home

I'm working from home today. This is so much better than treking down to the office!