Author: Duncan
Space: the final frontier. These are the visions of themed entertainment. It’s perpetual mission: to generate new revenue, to seek out new audiences and new intellectual property. To boldly go where all themed entertainment has gone before. With apologies to Mr. Roddenberry, the lucrative nature of “space exploration” themed experiences,...
I have been working remotely for IDEAS since the end of 2009 when we moved from Orlando to Greensboro, NC when my wife’s company promoted the bread winner of the family. We now live in Greenville, SC and these past 10 years of working from home have certainly prepared me...
Good stories have a well-baited hook in the first few sentences that grab the reader/listener/audiences’ attention and plants a deep seed of curiosity and yearning want – nay, need – to know more. Beyond the proverbial “Once Upon A Time…” there are many ways you can incite the interest of...
With a fresh batch of New Year’s resolutions on the way, I thought I would share a personal observation of mine developed over my half century plus stomping around this part of the galaxy about how I’ve come to view the way people approach life. Here at IDEAS, we’ve worked...
My daughter is on the cusp of being a “tweenager” so her musical interests are now influenced by what her peers are listening to on Radio Disney and other pop radio stations. However, she has been properly inoculated with a robust appreciation for what I would call “real music” over...
Our 11-year old child loves musical theater and has developed a plan for getting on Broadway by the age of 25. She is very passionate about preparing for auditions, being part of the cast, and being a consummate performer at shows. This means that I have become a “Theater Parent”...
We have all been there. Either sitting at the table waiting … or worse, watching, as a well-intentioned host or hostess tries to carve the Thanksgiving Day turkey at the head of the dining room table a la Norman Rockwell and ends up mutilating the family meal. Kudos to the...
There are lots of ways to smoke a turkey. One is to beat them badly in a race. Another involves rolling papers and possible harm to yourself. My favorite way to smoke a turkey is on Thanksgiving Day. For anyone interested in doing something different on our national day of...
With Hurricane Irma now hundreds of miles away, most Floridians are breathing a collective sigh of relief. Yes, there was tremendous wind damage in South Florida and the Keys, and Downtown Jacksonville suffered serious flooding but it could have been much worse. We’ve all checked on our neighbors, family, friends,...
Many of us have been following the reports this past weekend of Hurricane Harvey making landfall in the Gulf Coast of Texas. Arriving as a Category 4 storm Friday night with 130 mph winds, Harvey has now weakened to a tropical storm but is inundating the entire region with torrential...
It seems that everyone is gearing up for the solar eclipse on Monday. So here are some tips to make the most of your solar eclipse viewing experience. PLAN AHEAD The moon’s shadow will cross the continental U.S. starting in Oregon, crossing 14 states, and finishing about 93 minutes later...
We’ve been talking with a lot of people about 360 VR recently since the success of Future Flight at the Houston Super Bowl’s fan experience at Discovery Green back in February. That was where we took visitors on a 2-minute ride to Mars while they ascended a 90-ft drop tower....
