Hour 11

As we near the halfway mark, we come to a few realizations:

1. We are way more efficient and creative today than we anticipated. We had no need to worry about "biting off more than we can chew." We're chewing steadily. The pace is good. The creative is rad.

2. We're digging deep and pulling up some of our best stuff.
Bryan just illustrated the COOLEST thing I've ever seen him do.
Joce made designing interfaces look easy.
Jamie got his nerd on big time and coded up a killer site.
Stacey is creating s colour storm.
Catherine became an instructional illustrator on the fly.
I just wrote a killer headline. Like killer, yo.

3. There is such a thing as "too much coffee". We are peeing lots.

4. Laughter makes the time pass faster and the ideas percolate better.

5. Bryan sings every song on the radio in a really soft pitch which I sometimes mistake for surround sound.

6. The dog "can" play by herself why we work. She's developed a method of tossing the ball up and catching it herself.
Then huffing and rolling her eyes. Because Createathon sucks for dogs. Who knew?

7. When the sun goes down you realize how crazy bright your computer screen is. Like iris-burning bright.

8. New ideas can be hatched any time, any where.

9. The best part about getting "stuck", is having five other amazingly talented folks looking over your shoulder offering suggestions to make it the best.

10. There's only so many cookies a girl can eat before she has to change into her jammie-pants with an elasticized waistband.

Createathon ho!
13 more hours to go!

Hour 8 and all is well

We're three minutes away from being 1/3 of the way through Createathon and we've got a seriously buzzin' vibe going – and it's not just the coffee – it's the creative! the inspiration! the passion of the people we've met! and the goosebumps we get from the work we're doing.

Our littlest (but BIGGEST) fan, Ethan (the super cool "thinking cap maker") just sent us an email.

He wrote:
"Hi guys,
I just got home from school. how was your day? I am glad you liked the thinking caps. are they working ? have you played finger soccer yet? I like the pictures you posted.
Eeeeettttttttthhhhhhhaaaaaannnnnnnn
ps – I don’t have an account so I could not post my message on your blog. Maybe you can. I am sending you my picture so you see what I look like. I am 6 and 3 quarters years old."

Well, Ethan, our day is GREAT, thanks for asking.
Now that we have some extra-awesome thinking caps that are DEFINITELY working, we are doing some great work.
Wait 'til you see the new ALS website. Wowsers. It's gonna be radical.
Or the Rain City holiday campaign. It'll knock your socks off kiddo!!

We haven't played finger soccer yet (but we're planning to have a dinnertime tournament). We've broken out the slinky though and it's providing LOTS of fun!

Here we are – with you – wearing our thinking caps and having fun.

Next year, we're recruiting you for the Createathon team. You are so creative!!

Brain food arrives! And it is AWESOME!!!

Just as our brains were starting to fade, our sentences were becoming broken, and our ideas slightly ludicrous, Matt from the Butler Did It catering stopped by with lunch – salad, sammos, pop, and chocolate treats! Three minutes later, Pac Blue popped by with a delivery from Starbucks – A couple liters of Pike Place Roast (mmmm) and some banana loaves.


We chowed down and chatted about where we are (now more than a quarter way into Createathon).
Things are looking good, the ideas are coming together on screen, and it looks like we're en route to creating some pretty killer stuff.

Now that we're refueled, it's back to the drawing board!

A new Createathon team member arrives!

We were all deep in thought and design when Oscar Graham and his mom Jennica showed up to visit web dev master Jamie Graham. After a few minutes of oohing and aahing, we put Oscar straight to work. He failed miserably at drawing, writing, and web development, but showed much promise in looking cute, gurgling, and grabbing things. He is a Createathoner in the making!

Thanks Jennica and Oscar for visiting Flipside Createathon headquarters!
We love visitors!
It was a nice break and good time for us to reconvene, check our priorities, and get re-inspired!

Busy busy busy!

We're three hours in and we are hopping! Everyone is hard at work – well, everyone but our mascot Harley who believes our time would be better spent playing ball.

ps. we just ooohed and aaahed over the first ALS Society of BC website composites – wow, the new site is going to be INCREDIBLE!

Scrumptious breakfast = fuel for great ideas

The Butler Did It catering came by promptly at 8:30 this morning with a scrumptious breakfast that we devoured so quickly that we forgot to take a before picture.

Here are the remnants of our killer brekkie - coffee, croissants, muffins, fruit salad – oh my!

Just what 6 creative brains need!

We can't wait to see what's for lunch!

Thinking caps = success

Seriously, Ethan, we LOVE our thinking caps. We are coming up with the BEST ideas.