just finished our presentation - phew!
It all went pretty well, though there's never time to cover all detail when you've got ten minutes to tell your story . ..
I'm now tapping away listening to Ymogen's presentation that's sounding pretty interesting so far!
It's Day 5, where all the work we've put in hinges on our ten-minute pitch. This strange Geek Idol contest gets underway in fifteen minutes. We're on second, at 10:20am. We worked until nearly eleven last night, until our brains turned to cheese and started oozing out of our ears. In retrospect, maybe staying up till 1:30am playing Petals Of The Rose in the bar might not have been such a good idea...... but we had to unwind somehow.
It took about an hour and a half for people to get it, which appears to be about average. I love playing this game, purely to see other people going through the same process that I went through when I was "inducted", for the same sipmle pleasure of pitting your brain against a problem andn seeing which gives way first. So remember - if you know the answer, or you work it out - DON'T tell anyone else, just let it be known by giving correct answers, and next time you are in a gathering of geeks who need to unwind, you know what to do....
Sorry - I just couldn't resist. Like *that* answer to the pub quiz question "Which tube station name contains all of the vowels in the English language?" (cheers Ben) this stuff takes a long time to brew.
Timecheck: 1.13am.
The rechord team have almost finished and are about to hit the sack. Doubt we'll be able to sleep much with all the pent-up adrenaline floating around ready for tomorrow.
It's been a long emotional drop and then a happy climb upwards over the course of the week. Now, finally, we feel like the process has been worth it. Thanks to our lovely mentors, our idea is now substantially mutated and has been heaved out of its puddle, with some gleaming caterpillar tracks affixed. (It is of course an all-terrain commenting system.)
We feel like even if we don't get the commission, we'll still be very proud of ourselves, because, given the time and workpower constraints, we can't (currently) think of any way our proposal could be improved. It's been a 16 hour day, and we've worked our socks off.
Now, let battle commence... (all in a good friendly pacifist spirit of course).
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