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Just felt like sharing what I’ve been working on these days. Figured it be a quick lesson on project management. Usually stuff that I’m working on is categorized as “urgent” and “non-urgent”.

Hardest part is determining whether a project is “important” or “not-important” will lead you closer to your desired result faster than other projects.

One of the biggest lessons for me this year has been, the best way to determine the importance one project over another is to see if it’s bringing you closer to the company’s objectives and goals and if those specific goals are in fulfillment of the vision that is set.

Another criteria that goes into play is whether the project itself will help in the company’s financial bottom line – and/or – will the results of the project help in building social capital and generate a lead/fan base.

Being an individual that is self-employed, having a business-coach is really important to help you see through the clutter of projects and opportunities that come your way.

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One of the major challenges of moving forward in 2010 is cutting the fat on all the non-urgent projects.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on which projects YOU feel might yield the greatest results in the “non-urgent” sheet.

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I spent the weekend putting together this special product for you guys. Look for it at the AlMaghrib booth in Toronto’s RIS Conference. You should see a big poster that looks sort of like this:

Check out some of the videos that were taken at IlmFest to see what people’s experience was:

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[ UPDATE: 12.26.2009 - 3:41 AM ]

Turns out that there are several types of 3D development over the years.

The type that most people are familiar with is “3D Stereoscopic” which is basically capturing with two sources and then having it projects in two different colors (red & blue -or- red & green) and the goofy glasses would cancel out the non-overlapped colors to give the artificial depth.

3D Stereoscopic can be duplicated in a low-budget project, it just takes proper planning – mounting of the camera with the right measures – and understanding of how to sync two different video files and audio files together in the same time line so editing is fully synced.

The end product will be like your classic 3D videos.

In today’s day and age of digital film making – instead of the diffusion of red and blue colors, its the diffusion of light known as “orthogonal polarizing”

During production you have a camera that has 2 lenses mounted in the front where it records the video data in two separate streams, much like how stereo audio is recorded in two separate streams.

The final cut is then projected via dual lens projector where each projector lens has “orthogonal polarizing filters” mounted on the front of it so than when you wear the 3D glasses – which also have orthogonal polarizing filters on them cancel out the non-overlapping image ads an artificial depth to the video.

More on this here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarized_3D_glasses

Question:
How does one jimmy rig two separate projectors with “orthogonal polarizing filters” to play back two separate video streams at the same exact time?

Is there a software out there that could output two video streams using a video card with two video outputs to a projector and the program sends two distinct streams onto a screen so viewers can watch the feature in 3D?

I’d love to hear your responses!

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With the release of Avatar Ive been wondering, what does it take to produce a 3D film on a short budget and what knowledge is needed?

I found some links that might be a valuable resource: 3D Stereoscopic Production & Delivery

A couple more links that may prove to be educational:

• Shooting Avatar
• Panasonic new 3D HD video Camera
• 3D Film (wiki)

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Three ideas everyday for the next 10 days – on ways of growing Leechon financially.

Looking back at this year so much has been accomplished, yet so many things need to be changed. A company’s sustainability and growth is based on how effectively it engages in projects that bring in revenue and increasing profits.

After coming back from my trip to Ottawa this weekend, a few things were put into perspective to me.

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Growth can be painful, scary and most certainly exciting.

For the next 10 days I’ll be doing a brainstorm of ideas on ways to increase revenues for Leechon in a systematic manner and build good-will/social-capital. I encourage you to share ideas or suggestions you may have as well.

I’d love for you to engage me on a personal level regarding the ideas via Twitter or Facebook.

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I’ve gotten a few emails and comments that there were some issues with the application’s third page when attaching a file.

I looked into and have resolved the problem. Just as a reminder – as it states on the page – please make sure that the documents you attach – resume and cover letter – have a .doc file extention.

If you are still facing troubles applying, or have further questions or concerns, then feel free to post it as a comment inshaAllah.