Yes, this happened. Or very much. I do have an email as proof of the 'well it didn't work with this site, maybe just copy from this other site'.
Luckily the only consequence was a very surprised corporate lawyer. I repeat, this is a fictional depiction, an hypothetical situation, no baby monkey was harm or sold.
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Paul the innovator (13): Adding user experience 02 Oct 2011
This is all too common... you can blame the UX designer for agreeing to do crap in the first place or the manager for only adding it as an afterthought. I'm going to just make fun of both :).
By the way, introducing Xavier The UX Designer. ;)
(more...)Paul the innovator (12): The announcement speech 29 Sep 2011
Yes, you usually end up trying to put a more positive spin on it ;).
Update: made it a bit bigger (bigger is better, isn't it? I just hate that the Cradle of Filth T-Shirt is not that easy to spot!).
(more...)Notes on creating scripts for comics 25 Sep 2011
In the eternal search for the Best Way To Do Things, I'm trying to do the unthinkable: write a whole, complete script before actually starting to draw the comic.
I'm not so sure this is actually a good idea, given that the process of creation for a comic seems to be intrinsically linked to drawing. It would seem more appropriate to do sketches and scripting at the same time, which is more or less what I've been doing so far. I do have an idea and some draft scripting, but it's usually not that much and when I'm actually drawing things change a lot.
So this is what's happening... I'm writing a script, a short one. I've explored a couple of ideas so far but none seem to what I'd like to do next.
On the journey to scripting aside from, well, a notepad, what seems to be working very nicely for me is Celtx. It's very fast and simple. It's supposed to be able to work with sketches and things like that, but I'm using it as a task-oriented word processor. Typing is fast, you just press tab to iterate between the typical structures in the script of a comic, and that's about it. It does generate nice looking PDFs too, which makes you look more professional.
PS: I try character drawing from time to time, but they all look more or less the same --I'm going to take that as meaning I've found 'my style'.
and another PS: Oh, I started also translating LIFE/interior to Spanish, just because.
(more...)Paul the innovator (11): Travel economics 16 Sep 2011
I love how admins in big companies follow Travel Policy as if it was some kind of new-found faith that finally gave meaning to their lives. We all know travel implies insurance and other costs, but no matter how you look at it, it's always overpriced. Best thing is that trying to change any of it looks to them like trying to change one of the 10 commandments.
Btw I decided to make the page a bit bigger. I was keeping it under 768 pixels for some weird reason but maybe it's time I get into the new century.
(more...)Paul the innovator (10): The survey 13 Sep 2011
This is one of the most effective methods for handling criticism inside a company!
It's a kind of Pavlov conditioning.
- "How am I managing you?"
- "Well you could change the way you apply the <SHOCK>ouch!"
- "I repeat, how am I doing?"
- And after a while, you'll get an "You are doing excellent, sir!"
As a disclaimer, this is related to personal experiences but in my case I've been always lucky enough that my bosses actually listened if you talked to them. Funny thing is that somehow, they managed to explain it exactly as depicted here :D.
(more...)Paul the innovator (9): The reorganization 09 Sep 2011
This dictionary.com thing actually happened to us when someone was presenting the plan for one of the biggest projects I was involved in, back when we were younger and wild.
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