AKT breezed through pool play and then beat tough team from Huntington Beach dressed as American Gladiators to make it to the semi-finals.  A few critical mistakes and suddenly we were out of the tournament.  The rules were new to us and the wind was crazy but no excuses.  Definitely an earlier exit than expected (I expected to win it all) but a great warm up for the World Championships in Vegas next Month.  After the tournament Max and I hit the Coronado beach for some fun in the sand

Go Max!  We also saw a pug attempting to surf…

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I was psyched to hear K9 won.  It’s not very often people from a reality show display actual talent outside the show.  I was able top meet him a few years back and he was very humble and really seemed like a great guy.  I love it when athletes haven’t let their talent and celebrity completely overtake them…  He’s also being trained by Hall of Famer Emanuel Steward which I’m sure helped.

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I wish had a pool setup like this… awesome

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Go Spanky! Tonight the battle for the Golden Cheeseburger begins and it’s anyone’s game. We play the Random Cupcakes in the first round.

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C.R.I. Out Inc. has a 24 hour hotline to help individuals and families with rehab placement and referrals.  If you know someone who might need help or just need some advice on treatment options give them a call.  It was rewarding to work with a project that can hopefully change lives.  I created the site for a friend to mainly help them develop their program and encourage their altruistic efforts.

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The Pug Shark is ready for fresh meat, it’s Monday and time to feed for AKT…  Next victim, Paulie’s Tijuana Donkey Show.

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Check it out! http://wdpro.jobs/

Full flash minisite used for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts careers; including the many teams including Advanced Projects, Web Dev, Tech, Flash, Visual Design, IA and Copy.  We designed the site using the Pure MVC Framework and links into the Disney Careers Automated Tracking System to retrieve job postings for WDPRO.  We developed a flash front end with lightweight framework that could easily be updated with XML data.  I designed and developed all the detail pages of the site.

It’s great for it to finally launch with FITC San Francisco right around the corner.

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Back to my hometown for the FITC conference

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I’ll be in the Disney lounge if you’d like to say hello.

FITC San Francisco is the ONLY event in the world to bring together Colin Moock, Yugo Nakamura, Jared Ficklin, Erik Natzke, Kyle Cooper, Jeremy Clark from WIRED Mag, Kevin Lynch, Ben Fry and over 60 other presenters all under one roof. With the most unique and engaging presenters from around the globe, FITC San Francisco will leave you inspired, energized and awed.

• 3 full days and nights of events, 4 tracks of presentations, plus 1 day of optional workshops
• Includes 10 Adobe ‘Under the Hood‘ presentations
• 600+ attendees anticipated from around the globe
• All tickets include lunch, coffee, parties, + grab bag
• Check out the FITC Toronto 2010 Highlight Video for a taste of our events

What companies are presenting?

Adobe • WIRED Magazine • Disney • Barbarian Group • Odopod • Crispin Porter & Bogusky • MK12 • Goodby, Silverstein & Partners • Prologue • Frog Design • Helios Interactive • Method • Electrotank • Plug-in Media • Universal Mind • Gskinner • Litl

What will be presented?

Flash • HTML5 • Android • FLEX • RIA’s • Robotlegs • Processing • LCCS • Catalyst • HYPE • AIR • Geolocation • Multi-screen • Union • Social Media API’s • OSMF • Away3D • Unity3D • Papervision3D • Wired Magazine’s digital rebirth • The future of artisitic tools • Creating Magic with Code • Design Business Bootcamp • Interactive Installations • Experimental Storytelling • Photoshop CS5’s Content-Aware Fill • Blending Analogue and Digital • Multiplayer Games • Programming Art • Working for an Agency • Video Object Recognition in Flash • Voice Recognition in Flash + more. See the entire list.

Who is presenting?

Yugo Nakamura • Kyle Cooper • Natzke • Bit101 • Brendan Dawes • Grant Skinner • Shaun Hamontree • Rob Bateman • Lee Brimelow • Jim Corbett • Scott Dadich • Bartek Drozdz • Joa Ebert • Jared Ficklin • Ben Fry • Branden Hall • Scott Hansen • Ralph Hauwert • Flight404 • Mario Klingemann • Seb Lee-Delisle • Kevin Lynch • Andre Michelle • Colin Moock • Bitchwhocodes • Robert Reinhardt • Jeremy Thorp • Theo Watson + more. See the entire list.

get the iTunes FITC app

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Concept was a Great White swallowing the WAKA logo.  It was pretty quick and dirty but everyone is happy with the look and we’re killing it in the Studio Div.

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Max the Pug Shark at the season opener

The WAKA Studio Summer season begin last night with AKT winning 13-1.  I never thought I would be the guy who has a mascot costume for his dog, guess somewhere things changed… The Studio division is the most competitive kickball division in SoCal and my favorite for the awesome people.  They always have the best parties and the bar scene is great. It was a great night except for one the Monster Cartel’s dogs attacking Max at the park.  Of course, Max was ready for war (despite being a quarter the other dog’s size).  Thankfully there were no injuries to Max or anyone on the team.  Next week we play my previous team, the Monster Cartel.  They’ve actually been practicing… yeah

SPORTS!!! (the AKT cheer)

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