I've been impressed by a few things lately. I was very impressed with Wall-E. The scope of the movie, the story, the attention to detail. They had the audience crying for a trash robot with a vocabulary of ten words. How amazing is that?
I've been impressed by Google for a while, but recently it's begun to sink in with me about just how often they make the right decision about things. It's far more often than I would expect from such a big company. Most recently the announcement of Lively has impressed me. I was telling a friend of mine months ago that the first company that had a Flash based interface to their virtual world, which could be widgetized and put onto any web page, was going to own the virtual world. Then, bang, we have Lively. Nice job, Google!
Another thing I have been impressed by is the Obama campaign. Yes, I like the guy, and yes I'll be voting for him. But left, right or center, you have to admit the guy has run one hell of a campaign. The events are well planned. The branding and messaging is great. The visuals are beautiful. Their response time on issues is in the milliseconds. He is just on it and it's nice to see that. It's certainly a contrast to the McCain campaign which looks like it's being run by hapless amateurs.
It's nice to see things that are genuinely well done every once in a while. In my old age I'm so used to seeing crap that it's heartening to see when genuine care and effort is taken to think things out and do the right things.
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