Cave Time » Craig Wall

FileMaker Database Consulting in Anchorage, Alaska. Home Again.

Craig Wall — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:59:26 +0000

It’s been awhile. Two years now… But I’m doing some FileMaker database development again. Just a small project on the side of my very hectic schedule. I’ve been busting it with this hydrological training project–video production and animation. But I welcome a little variety to the routine, even if the schedule gets only crazier. I also enjoy the young man who is driving the project.

I first came to Alaska to craft a database for a training initiative up on the Slope. So carrying the title FileMaker Consultant? It’s like coming home. Again. File it!

Cave Man Fitness and a 2010 Goals Declaration

Craig Wall — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:02:50 +0000

I try to see myself as a creative athlete, achieving peak performance for my clients as well as myself. But hey I also have a sweet tooth! To satisfy my ambition and my appetite I exercise 3 to 5 hours per week. I also try to read at least one technical or trade book per week to maintain professional muscle.

I’ve often heard it’s important to declare your goals. I’ll share three of mine for the year.

At the beginning of 2009 I got too comfortable hanging out in the cave and I let my health slip, but that has been remedied. I lost over 30 pounds in the course of 2009 and am projected by Spring to trim down to my college days weight.

Thus…
Goal #1: Drop 15 pounds.

Goal #2:
Join a rowing, biking or hiking club this summer…

Goal #3:
Network one-on-one with one new top Anchorage professional each week.

Good luck with your 2010 goals and aspirations! To a Perfect 10!

Contract with the Queen: Hydrological Training

Craig Wall — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:41:50 +0000

Indirectly I am now under contract with the “Crown.” I am the sole non-Canadian involved on a government sponsored training project. The Canadian initiative involves training government employees on the safe operation of micro-potable water systems. The systems might be small but the initiative isn’t. Many Canadians live in remote locations where large scale plumbing is unavailable.

It was quite an honor. We were selected as the sole vendor from a pool of over 40 candidates. The project will extend through February. I will be providing industrial style animations. It is strange to be working on a project where the client is—at least symbolically—the Queen!

Ted Stephens Airport Animated Signage

Craig Wall — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:54:49 +0000

It was fun to help Mad Dog Design and their client Span Alaska. I animated a digital sign that is used at the Anchorage International Airport.

Alaska Aces Animation Project

Craig Wall — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:27:49 +0000

The Sullivan Arena in Anchorage rocks with a little more color this season. I was commissioned to build about twenty graphical animations for game-time use. These are the big screen graphics you see at a game like, “GOAL” and “DEFENSE.”

You can see some of the treatments here.

Airman Hall of Fame Video Tribute Kiosk

Craig Wall — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:50:00 +0000

Forty-eight years old and I finally served in the military. Sort of. I just completed a 30 inch interactive kiosk that features video tributes to over 100 men and women in the American Combat Airman Hall of Fame. It was a great privilege to help celebrate U.S. military heroes.
Though the museum is far away in Midland Texas, I was selected to assist Brazos Video because of my proficiency with Adobe Director, particularly in building kiosk projects.
The videos were epic…celebrating survival, sacrifice and triumph. I designed the kiosk to easily accommodate future updates and new inductees.