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Posted by mattc at Mar 2, 09 05:05 AM

Adding Simplicity - An Engineering Mantra: Software Is A Craft
Shooting stars | Film | The Guardian
Fascinating that the boundaries of creative control on a film project are as dependent on collaboration as software projects. The worst projects I've worked on as a developer is where people stick to their tightly-defined roles, shunting requirements back and forth between disciplines, and conversely the most enjoyable ones have been where huge overlaps in responsibilities exist (which causes conflict, but this is better than gaps IMHO).
MultiScaleImage: Flex Deep Zoom Component — RTFM / Daniel Gasienica
Flex DZ again. Nice UI, the smoothness is still not quite there. Needs cunning JPEG streaming.
So you're a producer... what exactly do you do? | Film | guardian.co.uk
Made me laugh. In our bit of the BBC the producer's role differs from project to project. Some producers think they are designers/developers, some like budgets & policy more than the thing they are producing, but the best ones create an environment in which their project, and the talent working on it, can flourish. I like Jason Hoffs' explanation, 'a movie project is like a very sick patient who is dying in the emergency room...".

matt chadburn . wiki . 2010