RE: What's the most fun/creative project you've ever worked on in your career?

[Sarah Blake <sarah -dot- blake -at- arieso -dot- com>]

Does decorating the company Christmas tree count? :)

If not, then... Creating a demo of not-quite-finished software to reassure the partners who were anxiously awaiting it.  Oh, those hours in Paint Shop Pro painstakingly creating the not-working-yet screens with the painstaking detail of the obsessive perfectionist.  Not to mention the voice recording takes and retakes on the sofa at home (offices have /lousy/ sound quality!) praying the cats wouldn't mew at an inopportune moment...

I sent the fruits of my labours of love to the CEO, and was rewarded by an email saying, in its entirety, 'Dogs dangly bits' [sic].  It took me quite a long time to realize that that was a compliment :)

(It played to packed audiences throughout our partner's offices, and they asked for more.  Apparently the southern-English-accent-with-just-a-hint-of-Scots was a bit of a hit...)

Sarah Blake
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On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Janoff, Steven <Steven -dot- Janoff -at- ga -dot- com>wrote:

> Robert's question and Ken Stitzel's answer made me ask this. :)
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> Working on my own answer.
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> Happy Friday. :)
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> Steve
> (landed on my feet, I guess)
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