I started from scratch today on a project. That parts happens a lot. Today though, I hit a nice stride. So nice, in fact, that I completed the project, start to finish, before five o’clock this evening. I might also mention that this was no small project either.

I spent my day today constructing a 28-page photo magazine of behind-the-scenes stills from the iPhone game/film, Bank Run. The only part of this I had ready before today was about 880 photographs and the idea.

I built the entire project in Pages ‘09, which as far as desktop publishing software goes is much more powerful than I had thought. After determining a layout and getting everything organized, I exported to PDF and uploaded the finished product to my new favorite (pending reception of the proofs, but it looks like it’ll be amazing) site, MagCloud.

I should have the proofs in a week. Fun, fun, fun. I will have the published issue available for cast and crew immediately (pending the producer’s approval) followed by a public release after Bank Run premieres. In the meantime, there is an Animoto video of Bank Run photographs available here. You can also find some pictures on my Facebook page.

On a separate note, but related to the coolness of my productive day, I spent about thirty minutes talking to a 75-year-old woman about how she thought that it was crap that she had survived as long as she had and couldn’t smoke within ten feet of the entrance to Peet’s Coffee. She also said that young people have lost the ability to love and have meaningful, thoughtful relationships because it’s all about the “nasty, dirty sex” that they have.

Not awkward. She did a great high-pitched voice when Rocket woke up (he was taking a nap in my backpack) and came out to say hi. By the end of our chat she said that I had made her day because I was so pleasant. She actually hugged me as she left.

And that made my day.

+Joe+