Thanksgiving and Halloween

Finally some time to really get out into the community. What a great time to be had with the River City Zombie Committee (RCZC) on the Oct 4 event, Undead 80's. One video complete (despite camera issues destroying over 1/2 of our footage) and a website up with Zombie photos.

Not bad for failing equipment, letting the fairly new video editor play, and one developing photographer out for a day of fun to get used to the Olympus. Next time we'll catch the Rigor Productions Zombies dancing and have some more fun editing the photos.

Thanks to the desire for blood splatter, I also was able to play more with fluid in Blender. BTW: F12 would rock if it would give me the same quality photo as rendering the whole file again. Cameras also need to be easier to adjust. There should be a camera view so I can click and drag to what I want to see.

Also, this week was about the office dog. For those who are using digestive enzymes for their pets or livestock, stop paying the vet price. Pancrease-V powder, what a nightmare. Our supplier has been sporadic about having it in and has sold away bottles we requested just before we drove over. This last time the clinic even demanded a vet appointment (as if the powder wasn't expensive enough). So, no more. Digestive enzymes are available without prescription and from now on, that's what I'm doing with the help of my friends at Nutriteck. They stock all kinds of digestive enzymes, supplements, and animal care products. You don't have to go to the wholesaler to obtain digestive enzymes without prescription, but the price is worth it.

That reminds me, thinking about sales. For some odd reason there have been over 10 discussions with random people in my life about value-adds this week. What is a value-add and what is a value-fail. For example, an Internet company decides they want to add anti-virus to their list of products. However, they add anti-virus that accidentally deletes primary system files (just once, but still), doesn't protect the computer as it boots (causing many clients to discover that viruses are still working their way onto their computers), and randomly turns off according to the Windows system log. Why do they go ahead and keep offering the product?

For advertising there seems to be a lot of push to get the word out - negative or positive. However, the people making real sales urgh against cold calls, products released to early, poor sales tactics, etc due to the long-term loss of sales. I think with a balance of getting the word out where people will look for it (e.g., Google maps, positive reviews, work showcases, etc) and ensuring that the vision shown is of why the business you do rocks any business can be successful.