For the record, I DO NOT recommend trying to open a large theatre show and taking two grad school classes at the same time. Wisdom is knowing that you really don’t know.
1. Tech skills are a necessity.
2. Metadata is king.
3. There is always uncertainty.
4. Make a schedule and stick to it.
5. Practical experience is worth more than theoretical knowledge.

Wow… This is the last day of spring break from grad school, which means I’m into the last 7 weeks of classes and spent the week without classes catching up. I’m struggling a bit with my Database class (actual construction of databases, as opposed to use or idiosyncrasies of reference databases), but so long as [...]

It’s approximately 30 days from the show’s opening. As with any large show, there’s a heck of a lot still to be completed.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s actually going quite well.  In fact, the documentation is coming along pretty well.  There’s a big scramble this month to finish all of it — What was [...]

I just registered for my final semester of grad classes.  Wahooo!  It’s hard to think that after 3 looooonnnggg years I’ll finally have my degree in May, and I can say is: FREEDOM! I want to take an Alaskan cruise in celebration, and I’ve been pricing them out.  Figure that an interior room with most [...]

Yep. Ended up creating a video for my first class project of the semester.  You can view the full HD version on YouTube.  It was a blast!  Haven’t lost my video editing touch yet — even when working with a tiny HD camera and iMovie.  I want to do more.  Thinking about starting to shoot [...]