Over the Dither and Through the Words

The city that never sleeps. I’d forgotten about that little tag. We got in on Sunday night at 10, worried about finding a decent place to eat. We shouldn’t have. We got out of the hotel room on Royal Street and the city was as busy as if it were day. It turned out that we would be eating about ... Read More »

I have been thinking about updating this blog everyday since Wednesday night but the time and circumstances have consistently kept me away from my computer. The presentations of Vue 8 and talking to people about it continued on through those days. The most popular of my presentations was the ones about Vue in a Maya pipeline and my Prehistoric Visualization ... Read More »

Forward: I wrote this on Tuesday and forgot to hit that all important publish button. So the yesterday that follows here is actually monday. Let me back up a little, to yesterday morning. Vladimir and I walked in, looking for the e-on software booth. We’d seen it several times on the map, but walking in one doesn’t always know at ... Read More »

We spent the day with the e-on software team, mostly standing around while they got the booth put together, then a meeting about what we would be showing off for Vue 8. They are great people and I can tell it is going to be fun working with them. An interesting thing was said in conversation. It is hard for ... Read More »

When I got to the little Boise airport yesterday, my carry on backpack with all my electronics, books, etc. got searched. And then the lady came back with the halva we’d brought for friends. What’s this? So I explained to her that it was a sweet treat from Russia made from the leftovers of sunflower seeds after they pressed it ... Read More »

My trip to Siggraph is perhaps one of the most indirect of anyone getting there. Yesterday I drove from my home in Utah to my parents home in Idaho and will be flying out of the Boise airport, meeting up with Vladimir back in Salt Lake to catch the flight to New Orleans. This plan, to get my kids to ... Read More »

It’s well established that I’m a writer and a mom. This means that getting ready for work usually doesn’t involve more than brush teeth, shower, lotion, clothes. To get ready to look my best everyday, this morning I practiced adding in the other things, like killing my hair with heat blowdrying and curling my hair and slathering dirt on my ... Read More »

Before we get into the art that I’m working on, let me tell you about the beautiful art my four year old had been doing. First, walls make great canvases. But so do TVs. The preferable method for walls is marker. And for TVs it’s peanut butter. Make sure you sign your name, so mom knows exactly who did it. ... Read More »

I’ve been getting ready for Siggraph for several months, and now that preparation is wrapping up. I’m getting both excited and nervous. In a week we’ll be in New Orleans. I’ll be blogging and tweeting this from now till the end. So this Siggraph for me is woven through my life as a mom, a four year old that needs ... Read More »

My mom said something very true the other day, that I really can’t separate myself into parts: wife, mom, writer, etc. Every facet affects every other one. It’s all one me. So this “making of” topic is going to drop all the professional/public face stuff I usually show to everyone. The fact is, I’m a woman with teenagers, an almost ... Read More »