Wow, it seems like it’s taken forever.  The ExpressionEngine v2 release is tomorrow.  Having tested the beta for some time now I’ll be glad to finally be able to discuss it in detail.  I’m also planning to put together some training on using Code Igniter with EE.  It’s refreshing that the developers at EllisLab have indicated that release 2.1 will be production-ready along with the acknowledgement that the current 2.0 version is still not quite ready for primetime.  It’s a huge jump forward though and one that will make the argument for EE over other CMSs such as Drupal and Joomla much easier to make.

Now we just need Brandon Kelly to fasttrack the Playa Plugin.

Working with our design partners at MediaEnmasse, W+A completed an update to the Administrative side of a PTA website.

Complete with a new Content Management System, Event Calendar, and File Library.  Even the school store has a spot on the site.  The content is easily updated by a roster of Parent Volunteers who will change each year.

In June, I spoke with Mario Armstrong of WYPR’s Digital Cafe about the new technologies being introduced to bring 3D to the theatre audience.  We’ve all see cheesy 3D in the past and left the movie with a headache.  But these new technologies along with advances in animation will bring an enhanced experience that will pull viewers off of their sofas and back into the theatre.  In part 1 we discuss these new projection technologies and some of the new movies that will use it.  Podcast - Part 1

After discussing the upcoming 3D movies in Part 1, Mario Armstrong of the Digital Cafe, and I talked a bit more about the technologies behind the creation of the movies.  In particular, the wide availability of animation tools such AfterEffects and Cinema 4D / Maya / StudioMax.  I also talk about what is needed to use these tools to express your vision.  Podcast - Part 2

Our last official project as Push Productions was our first for the national design powerhouse, Trahan Burden and Charles.  All we can tell you is that the project was a Flash application interacting with 3 other servers nationwide.  The application included it’s own XML based CMS and supported SOAP and streaming Flash Video.  We also provided a substantial amount of AfterEffects animation.  Very cool stuff.