any animators out there?<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ari Hollander</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ari@firsthand.com">ari@firsthand.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:52 PM<br>
Subject: Calling the Dorknet: we need an animator on a highly Dorquesque Project!<br>To: Kate Seekings <<a href="mailto:kate@whimsyfree.com">kate@whimsyfree.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:shelly@hive-mind.com">shelly@hive-mind.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:shellyhivemind@gmail.com">shellyhivemind@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">Hi Kate and Shelly,
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<div><span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></span>I am a Dorkbot lurker these days (and I believe I was hiding behind an orange badge for six or seven months in Kate's studio at MGS back during the turmoil of 2002). Sadly having a three-year-old has taken a bite out of my Mad Scientist social calendar so I haven't been haunting the halls of Dorkdom lately. HOWEVER, I do have a item of potential interest to local Dorkboteers (and perhaps others in your circles) especially in the current economy...</div>
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<div><span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></span>My company (Firsthand Technology Inc.) is looking to hire a Senior 3D Animator on a wild new government-funded project: It is stereoscopic 3D multi-player direct-manipulation behavior-modification and it is coming to the Pacific Science Center in 2010. We have <i>nearly</i> reached critical mass on the construction crew, but the last missing piece is an appropriately amazing individual to provide artistic vision and key character design and animation skills. We're looking for a brilliant artist and master of Maya or 3D Studio Max character design (and modelling, rigging, and animation) to flesh-out our team. This should be someone who not only knows the tools inside and out, but also has deep insight into the character design process.</div>
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<div><span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></span>We have just moved in to our new and super-cool offices on Lake Union in Seattle ("on" as in on piers and surrounded on three sides by water-- the other founder is even contemplating commuting by Jet-Ski). We have hired our 6th full-time employee (+ one part-time 3D artist) and we have an amazing group of collaborators including Turner Exhibits (exhibit fabrication and "Kinetic Architecture" extraordinaire), LA CAB Exhibits, the co-inventor of holographic TV and the UW Department of Dental and Public Health Sciences. This is going to be an amazing project! It embodies everything that our little education technology company has stood for since 1995: People-centric design, immersive technology, innovative control and display systems, and an ambitious, broad-reaching goal to change the lives of millions. We are missing only our artistic spark-- help us find it!</div>
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<div><span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></span>Anyone who might be interested should check out: <a href="http://www.firsthand.com/jobs/lead-artist.html" target="_blank">http://www.firsthand.com/jobs/lead-artist.html</a> for more information.</div>
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<div><span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"></span>Thanks,<br></div>
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<div>------>Ari</div></div><br>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px">Ari J. Hollander</div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px">CEO & Technical Director</div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px">Firsthand Technology, Inc.</div>
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