My two favorite pics from yesterday’s Halloween’s festivities at Full Sail (click on them to view the slideshow):
A video of the winning pumpkin, carved by the Computer Animation department:
Halloween 2007 at Full Sail
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The BEST Boss Day Ever!
Blingo: I Won Again!!!
This is the third time it happens: I won in Blingo AGAIN!! (sorry, Mat!)
Today I won (humbly) a $5 Amazon.com Gift Certificate, but I could have opted for a Fandango movie ticket (I just don’t go to the movies as much).
The way Blingo works is (refresher): you do your searches (they are powered by Google) using Blingo, while logged in with your account, and you can win. When you win, whoever referred you to Blingo wins too: this is what happened to me today (again) thanks to Gilberto!
So, join me in Blingo so we all can win.
La Capsula de Martin Es El Mundo
Acabo de concluir un conference call via Skype con Martin Giraldo, un pana colombiano brillante que conoci gracias a Luis y Rafa (estudiaron juntos en Full Sail).
Martin es Co-fundador y Director de Proyectos de La Capsula, un estudio de comunicación y diseño digital en Bogotá, Colombia. Conversamos sobre muchas cosas, pero sobre todo Martin compartio conmigo su experticia en materia de diseño social (social design) y me envió tres excelentes referencias que quisiera compartir con ustedes:
-The importance of the 10% – un excelente post sobre la forma en que se dividen los miembros de una comunidad: el 1% que representa a quienes influyen; el 10% que incluye a los que contribuyen; y el restante 89%, que representa a los que consumen.
-Vision of Our Future – un video de 20 minutos de un tipo que tiene como titulo “Estratega Futurista” en Nokia, publicado en Julio del 2007, asi que aun no es “pasado”. 
-Extending the Circles of Relationships – otro excelente post acerca del crecimiento organico (y mas sano) de las comunidades en base a la evolucion de los circulos de nuestras relaciones.
En resumen, fue una conversacion de una hora de ESAS que provoca tener, para estimular el cerebro y el corazon. Que placer fue hablar contigo, Martin!
In Tim's Photobooth, After a Long Day
Close to the end of today’s Open House at Full Sail, I joined my friend Tim in his photobooth for this interesting photo.
En Un Puerto Miamero Vive Nuestro Amigo Marco
Pocos amigos son como hermanos. Para mi, uno de ellos es Rafa. Hoy le nacio su tercer chamo (si: Rafa y Gina son bien arrechos!!)
Aqui pueden verlo: se llama Marco y llego al mundo casi sin abrir los ojos (espero que se den cuenta de que estoy echando vaina). 
Felicitaciones a los padres, abuelos, tios y toda la tropa!!!
El Reencuentro de Dos Hermanos
Que pasa cuando pasan casi ocho annos sin ver a un gran pana? Que cuando uno se vuelve a ver, no alcanza el tiempo para ponerse al dia. Pero la amistad sigue ahi, y se siente como si no hubiera pasado un solo dia sin verse.
Asi fue este fin de semana, en que tuvimos a Jesus (Chucho), con su esposa (Enid) y Mini-Me (el clon de Chucho, Gabriel) de visita. Lastima no pudimos compartir el sabado, porque estaba (yo) mal del estomago, pero hoy tuvimos chance de pasar un rato mas de calidad, comiendo venezolano en Q’Kenan, antes que se fueran de vuelta para Toronto.
Fue muy bueno verte, hermano!
Tips for Filmmakers from Keith Alan Morris
My friend Keith Alan Morris is a brilliant dude!
He used to teach Marketing back at Full Sail and now he’s going through the coursework to obtain an MFA in Entrepreneurial Digital Cinema from UCF, after which he plans on going back to teach and make movies, the two passions of his life.
Before I met him, he already had written and directed a movie (he even has his own entry in IMDB). Today, he has three motion pictures under his belt and his creativity and passion continue to fuel his work. He told me he’s a got a crazy cool idea he can’t wait to start shooting. I can’t wait to see what it is.
In the meantime, he’s posting in his blog tips for filmmakers. Check out what he has to say.
My First Time Playing Guitar Hero
I did it. I played Guitar Hero for the first time. Mat walked me through the basics and I think I picked up at least the Easy level fairly well. We played one song at that level and then I got “greedy” and agreed to move up to the next level… I got my butt kicked! But it was fun.
I can now see how this little game can be so addictive…
7 Things You May Not Know About Them
This weekend I was spreading this meme and tagged a few of my buddy bloggers. Here is what they had to say: Luis, Rafa, Mat and Henkel.
Some running themes were Karate fighting, broken bones (though not necessarily related), electricity and burns (related), but the absolute BEST thing I had no clue about was what Rafa posted in #6: what he had to do unwillingly in a company he worked for once… It’s the weirdest and funniest thing I’ve heard in a very long time.
The only person tagged who hasn’t post yet is excused (for the moment) because:
(1) He’s at the Cannes Film Festival.
(2) He has posted (Rafa reminded me yesterday) a handful of comparable posts. Enjoy this one (too bad he no longer writes in English).