Summer Fun
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Summer Plan 07
- Create Studio Aide Summer Schedule - Andy
- Media Technicians
- Equipment Specialists
- Tutors
- Keep track of tutors tutoring
- Game Studio Aides
- Reconfigure rm 409/413/ *608??
- 409 assemble carts
- 409 rip out counters
- 409 paint room
- 413 assemble carts
- 413 rip out counters
- 413 paint room
- 608
- 608
- Setup rm 420 as game research studio
- per Mirella, they will use 420 (ixne'd the 419 idea)
- Redo Fiber Core of IAM network (mas fiber = mas faster)
- Build and Test Vista image (32 and 64 bit?)
- Build and test Intel-mac 64 bit dual boot image (can intel mac boot pxe or UNDI)
- Deploy New Ghost Server (server and clients)
- Upgrade all current clients
- Test new images
- Make the render farm actually work and document procedures
- Read rush docs
- Add machines and edit hosts files
- Test Firewall settings
- Setup render storage server
- configure/document submit procedures
- Fix subnet problems with flexlm key servers
- Clean out 404
- Documentation
- Network Docs
- fun work for studio aides
- go through Wikidocs, make an inventory
- test the data on each page, make sure things work as they are written
- report each test as successful
- report changes that need to be made
- anticipate changes that will still be needed
- help salliedotgordon move her desk, file cabinet and shelf unit
- create resource library in 624 M front reception area
- rearrange 624 reception area furniture
- Faculty/Student Docs and FAQs
- Equipment planning and budgeting (part of spend down?)
- Inventory RM 406
- harvest report on results from curriculum/faculty
- Make the remote access lab actually work
- Clean up and organize Game Lab
- Inventory system
- Cabinets
- what is the vision of the game lab
- what needs to be there
- what functionality should it have?
- Game Server loaded with game ISOs
- Create summer projects for work aids
- Digitize Christiane Paul video
- Digitize video for Annette
- Label videos that need to digitized with sticky note, digitize and replace stickey not with dvd
- Digitize GDC docs
- Update MSDNAA and iamlibrary files (iamlibrary is full 200 gigs worth should add more stage to both servers)
- Web Programming Projects
- Equipment Checkout System
- WorkAid Time System
- Tutor Feedback System
- Email coordinators and tutors
- Adobe Flex and Breeze servers?
- Streaming server?
- 405 Audio?
- Fix broken speakers (I have many)
- Clean wiki
- make sure every page has a category, remove stubs,
- Upgrade MediaWiki, phpBB, wordpress
- Develop backup strategy for imamp/siam2
- HDTV editing system set up
- prep for move to 624 while rehab is happening
- add audio record and mix to 405 main and projection booth
- Second Life projects
- plan intermediary vision for island (incl. events)
- possible Film/Video conference exhibition
- Andy is going to SL Edu Best Practices conference May 25 (in-world)
- Train studio aides in SL essentials
- offer workshop series
- build working CTA train
- Second Life Community Convention (Hilton)
- Friday-Sunday Aug 24-26
- Construct trade show booth (large format prints)
- Orientation / Connections will include SL demos
- Monday-Wednesday Aug 27-29
- Work with Jon Cancelino (not working until later in the summer)to come up with workshops//documentation for DID classes
- clean out 404 - Mark
- turn 404 into game development room - Mark / Brian