February 29, 2004

IA Slam

Thanks to all who organized this work: Lynn Boyden, Chris Chandler, Matthew Fetchko, and Eric Reiss.

It was a blast, a great way to spend an afternoon, and highly applicable to "real-life". I agree with Dick Hill - this needs to be offered every year. It was a great way to get thinking about the subject and meet some new colleagues.

For those who did not participate, it was a practical design session in which we divided into groups and designed a high-level "pitch" to a group of "executives" on a product that our group designed to meet their requirements. Not scary, just a lot of fun.

Posted by laurie.gray at February 29, 2004 12:29 AM
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i agree! it was a great way to meet people, plus i really appreciate the natty gray suits worn by "the clients" - as well as their fake business cards. conceptual art in action.

Posted by: joy at February 29, 2004 01:06 AM

I agree - it was a lot of fun and I was so impressed by the quality of everyone's input. It was a bit ironic for me that several years ago the concept of the screen fridge came up in the context of a project and I laughed it off at the time. Of course I had to take it seriously today - the CEO was in the room after all.

A quick question - I heard the awards are supposed to be at 8:25, but presentations will be going on at that time. Is 8:25 still the plan? I'm dying to know who won!

-Chris

Posted by: Chris Farnum at February 29, 2004 05:08 AM

On behalf on Lynn, Chris, Eric and myself, thanks to everyone who participated. We knew we were taking a chance with something different, and let me tell you, the details of commericial grade screw compressors are never going to leave my memory. But it was all worth it, I was amazed, impressed, and thrilled by the work the groups did. To quote Matt Matheson "phenomenal!"

Posted by: Matthew at March 1, 2004 06:24 PM