"What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger". Okay so it turns out that saying is a little hard to appreciate when you are running on this little sleep and your week has consisted nearly entirely of living in the new media lab. In fact the only time you leave this windowless world is to attend SciFest events, trail the Monument and gather more material for your stories... and if you're lucky catch a bite to eat. Maybe i'm painting a rather grim picture here so let me rephrase - it has been a very good learning curve! Jude has officially thrown us in the deep end, and it turns out most of us seem more adept at drowning than swimming. As a photographer it has been a new experience covering an event not just with my camera but with my pen and notepad and with audio recording equipment. I've certainly felt like i've learnt a whole new range of skills in multi-tasking, and have performed many acrobatic balancing acts trying to hold a microphone while taking notes, with my camera slung over my shoulder!
Another learning curve has been the length of the multi-media process, I never expected it would take quite so long to get stories ready for publishing. Jude is intent on being meticulous and insists the stories are perfect before they can be published on the Grocott's Digital site. As a result of his perfectionism and our amateur status, there is currently very little content sitting on the site! In fact I am eagerly waiting to have my first multi-media package published later today - much cause for celebration, even if it is several days later than i hoped!
There is no doubt that Darb and Jude's name for this week, "Scifest Bootcamp 1.0" was incredibly accurate!
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