360Flex Session Highlight – Doug McCune ‘Cool Shit’

Posted on | March 31, 2009 | 5761 Commenthttp://www.360flex.com/blog/2009/03/360flex-session-highlight-doug-mccune-cool-shit/360Flex+Session+Highlight+-+Doug+McCune+%27Cool+Shit%272009-03-31+15%3A00%3A29John

Doug is by far one of the most entertaining people to watch present. Whether it’s the colorful language or the harassing of ASL Interpretters, he’s just plain entertaining. Maybe it’s the hair.360|Flex San Jose didn’t get any McCune love, because he was off pirating the 7 seas, and generally causing mayham for the British, attacking their tea transports. (I don’t think I could possibly have mixed more images)

For 360|Flex Indy he’s decided to share what motivates him and gets his creative juices flowing (yeah that metaphor is disturbing in any context, but especially this one). If you’ve ever felt like you were “just doing a job” this might be a good session to sit in on. Of course you could also sit in on it, if you want to get your weekly dose of swear words.

Doug’s description is:

By the end of 2008 I had burned out. Flex development had become a job – a real job, a normal job -  and I wasn’t experimenting and playing with the technology like I used to. So I decided to go on a quest of rediscovery. I was determined to find the magic again, that spark of “holy shit, that’s fucking amazing!” that comes when you’re so inspired by someone’s work that you stay up until 4 in the morning trying to create something as cool.

This session will include examples of Flex and Flash projects and experiments that have re-inspired me. I’ll talk about why I fell in dorky love with each example, and then dive into what that inspiration led me to create. Inspiration is a cycle, and I hope that by sharing my own inspiration and my own creations I can provoke others to do the same. We’re all in this together, and there’s so much cool shit to explore.

If you want to be inspired by the McCune magic, register now before it’s too late!

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