Self-proclaimed “pr geek” Jon Silk gives good advice on how to be nice to tech PR people. Yes, even we need some tender lovin’ care once in a while! We’re not the machines and solutions and devices we so competently represent in our professional life, after all. And if there’s trouble ahead, you’ll be glad to have a fully-focused, caffeine-fueled and relaxed PR to see you through.

The Peach Open Movie Project is a fantastic example of what creative people can accomplish when an open, non-commercial environment, great, freely available tools, and the Internet come together. Supported by the Blender Foundation, an organisation supporting open source animation projects and home of the Blender animation software project, seven extremely talented storytellers and 3D animators convened in Amsterdam to create a new animated short which is simply hilarious: Big Buck Bunny.

Community and foundation financed, without the backing of a big Hollywood studio, the team created a quirky, lovable and beautifully shot film about a big rabbit getting reeeaally angry at a trio of nasty rodents. This is only a short, but imagine what would happen if this type of project, with the right financial backing, took on the challenge to create a full feature length movie? Pixar beware! In our age of free tools, free flow of creative juices and new types of funding models anything is possible.

But now, sit back and enjoy!

Big Buck Bunny from Blender Foundation on Vimeo.

By the way, the Peach team is already on to the next challenge: Apricot, a 3D game, made under the same principles as the movie.

This is brilliant and I’m happy to admit that the Brits are the uncontested champions of black humour. (Found via Indiskretion Ehrensache )

Just came back from a blogger’s (and non-bloggers) meet in Frankfurt which was good fun and brought some extra perspective into this whole “live your life online” thing. I.e. meeting new people for real is still a lot more rewarding than just reading their posts.

Speaking of which, here’s a nice one I was recommended via twitter by @Joanikin today. Pretty much hits the nail on its head. Enjoy!

PS: I felt I was suffering from blogger’s block. So this is the first step to overcome it. :-)

Inzwischen finde ich den Durchhaltewillen des sevenload-Teams in Sachen Relaunch ja schon bewundernswert. Ibo bloggt und twittert weiter unverdrossen den Stand der Dinge, es knirscht offensichtlich in einigen Ecken, sodass der große Hebel noch später umgelegt werden kann, als noch gestern gedacht. Aber der Humor in der Truppe stimmt, wie der aktuelle Wartungsscreen zeigt:

Übrigens: Mein Post von gestern nachmittag hat offensichtlich den Nerv der Stunde getroffen und wurde von Olaf Kolbrück bei Off-the-record zitiert. Danke dafür. Auch Wolfgang Lünenbürger und Sebastian Keil sind voll des Lobes für die Kommunikation seitens des sevenload-Teams. Martin Oetting hingegen war es wohl etwas viel der Selbstoffenbarung, die Kommentare ließen da nicht lange auf sich warten.