As a side project, I am helping a friend update and maintain a family website. They want a complete redesign (from scratch), and want to start to add in adding functionality to the site. After a brief discussion with them, they want to begin to lay out the project.

Hmmm… They want to prototype it. Wait a minute! I’m doing a presentation on SketchFlow in a couple of months – what an idea! A practical use of the tool for my presentation AND give these guys the prototype that they want! Sweet!

Oh wait, they also want some cool effects and visualization on their website? Well that can all be done with JavaScript and either Prototype of jQuery… Hold the phone! I’m doing a jQuery presentation as well! Well, look at that! Another merger!

What does this mean for me? That working on my presentations will actually work out better for my friend and his family, but also give me a direct goal with which to work on my presentation! This is perfect – this will give me exactly what I need to move forward. It’s always nice to have a goal. Many presentations with demos are put together to show a piece of the puzzle without an end goal; hopefully this project I am doing will have a “go live” date so that I can refer individuals to the plan during the talks (permission from my friend to use the information, of course).

Ah well, back to working! I just wanted to mention that finding the ability to actually put some reality to concepts is a nice change!