Sunday, 31 July 2005
Nose to the Grindstone
This weekend saw me at the office, working on a client site. I spent most of yesterday removing large swaths of code to change the way it worked. The client's request for changes makes the site much simpler to code, but not necessarily more elegant. Still, it's a production job (not conceptual work), so they're the ones in the driver's seat.
Pulling out method after object after Flash element made me almost wistful. Maybe that's not so odd, since what I removed represents a lot of time invested in answering their original requests last winter, and further refinements this spring. It was crafted well enough that I could quickly code around the old behavior, confirm it worked, and remove the vestiges.
In other Matchbox news, we're busy in August. Not really a big deal, but it's normally a vacation month in France. The trick is, our client (a different one than above) is in Switzerland and the project's due at the start of September.
So we hired a freelancer, who starts tomorrow. This is pretty cool for me. She's not our first freelance hire, but she's long-term (the whole month) and she'll be more or less dedicated to this one project. And should all work out as I hope, she'll save my sanity.
We need - I need - all the help I can get with the creative side of Flash. The small amount of creativity that climbs out of my brain gets hit several times with the ugly stick on its way to the screen. In almost precisely one month, we'll hopefully have the results of merging my programming mojo with her animation skillz.
Stay on the lookout for green-skinned monsters with bolts on their necks...
Comments
I am happy to see that the company is doing well enough to have free=lancers! Yayy!
Hello from PORTLAND OREGON.. Ummmm, yes, I moved.. A G A I N!
Next time you're stuck in an ice storm you won't have to fly down to SF to stay/visit.. you can just take a cab to my Portland house ;)
_paul :)