Author: Bob
I hope everyone is lucky enough to have days when every other thought is “dang, I LOVE what I’m doing.” Yesterday was one of those for me (I have to admit, I have more than my fair share). I was lucky enough to spend the whole day focused on a SINGLE...
Yesterday we spent all day at a remarkable event. It was the first day of the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). There is an exciting and hugely energetic emerging industry being built around private enterprise, no, that’s not quite right...wildly entrepreneurial individuals and companies betting the farm on a new rocket-plane...
Today Team IDEAS, in the persons of Tom Cordova from CMG and me, attended a major press event at Spaceport America. Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic team rolled out the WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo craft and flew a great exhibition pattern over the 10,000 ft Spaceport America runway. The...
On September 11, 2001 a great deal of suffering was continued. While it’s often said that the suffering “happened” or “was caused”, I think those statements are incorrect. The suffering that manifested as the destruction, fear, loss of life, pain and misery of the World Trade Center disaster has deep...
9/6/2011: Team IDEAS is on its way to Las Cruces, New Mexico today to begin a week of work on the concept for the visitor’s experience at Spaceport America. Rick Stone, Duncan Kennedy, Kelly Pounds, Hassan Patterson, and I are being joined by colleagues from Integrated Insight, ORCA Consulting, Exline Design...
IDEAS has, over 10+ years, made deep connections in our community. I love the fact that as I write this, Shirley Decker is hosting a meeting of the WMFE development committee in our StoryLab where yesterday, our CEO Phil Ruggieri chaired a meeting for Florida Special Olympics and tonight I’ll be in...
Today, Ray Bradbury is 91 years old and he remains one of the people who has most profoundly influenced me. When I was a shy and admittedly geeky 4th grader with a bookish penchant, Mrs. Bixler suggested I read Martian Chronicles. Something in me was changed forever and I never...
In 1968, I got received two gifts for an otherwise awkward 14th birthday. One was a well preserved late 40s vintage Argus C3 35mm view camera. Not even a single lens reflex style, this old camera was a simple viewfinder and one fixed 50mm lens. My dad won it in...
I am an admitted space geek. Yeah yeah, you SAY you are too but let me set the bar for you. When I was a kid we lived in California. During the early Mercury and Gemini launches, I was allowed to stay home from school. I got up at 3:00...
Today, I’m giving a talk at UCF CREATE as part of the Florida Alliance for Arts in Education’s Digital Media Festival. The theme is “digital storytelling” but I figured that MOST of the emphasis would be on the “digital” part so I’m leaning heavily in the other direction. My talk...
Several years ago, IDEAS was privileged to help gather and present the stories of Holocaust survivors and their families in their own words as part of an exhibit at The Holocaust Resource and Education Center of Florida. Just last month, I was invited to attend their annual dinner of tribute...
Today was a great example of why the eclectic nature of our work is energizing. In the last 8 hours, we’ve been working on a completely new way for farmers to buy critical services, how to brand a micro-budget film festival, the right way to serve early learning educators, advanced...
