Morgan David de Lossy

I change my mind all. the.. time…

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

My favorite scene.

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

@altphotos_pl Control is hard when there’s obstruction during a scene. Notice how she suddenly has a hat when her face appears again? - Nice prompt though!

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

@PaxBythi @fishsaucy @ragipsoylu The post cutting the quote short is a bit misleading…

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

@iamufohunter Typos.

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@fishsaucy @ragipsoylu He’s ending by saying « that being said, history never weeps for the executioners *of their own people*. » referring to the Iranian regime.

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

100% agreed

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

https://t.co/bDCdltFo0A

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

@gothburz 😂 This is so relatable.
💯

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

The company hired me to lead their "Agile Transformation."
I don't know what Agile means.
Nobody does.
That's why it works.

I make $425,000 a year.
To move sticky notes.
From left to right.
On a board.
The board is digital now.
The sticky notes cost $80,000 in Jira licenses.
Progress.

Day one, I said "we need to break down silos."
Everyone nodded.
Silos are bad.
I don't know why.
But destroying them is a career.
My career.

I introduced "squads."
Squads are teams.
But disrupted.
We disrupted the teams into teams.
Different names.
Same people.
Same problems.
But Agile problems now.
Agile problems are strategic.

A senior engineer asked what we're actually changing.
I said, "The mindset."
He asked what that means.
I said, "It's a journey."
He asked where we're going.
I said, "Toward agility."
He asked what agility means.
I pointed at the sticky notes.
They were moving left to right.
That's velocity.
We have velocity now.

The VP of Engineering said two-week sprints don't fit their work.
I said, "That's waterfall thinking."
Waterfall is bad.
Like silos.
I don't know what waterfall is.
But I know it's bad.
She stopped talking.
Waterfall accusations end conversations.

We had a retrospective.
In the retro, we discussed what went wrong.
Everything went wrong.
We put it on sticky notes.
Then we moved the sticky notes.
Into a column called "Parking Lot."
The Parking Lot is where problems go to die.
It's full.
We don't look at it.
That's agile.

Velocity is up 40%.
I defined velocity.
I also defined the points.
I also defined the stories.
We're crushing it.
At the things I made up.
To measure.
Ourselves.

The CEO asked for ROI.
I showed a chart.
The chart went up.
Charts should go up.
This one did.
I didn't label the Y-axis.
Nobody asked.
Leadership is confidence.

We do standups now.
Every day.
We stand.
For 45 minutes.
Standing is agile.
Sitting is waterfall.
My legs hurt.
But we're transforming.

The transformation is now "Phase 3."
Phase 1 was assessment.
Phase 2 was implementation.
Phase 3 is "continuous improvement."
Continuous means forever.
Forever means job security.
I'm very secure.

My contract was extended.
Three more years.
For "cultural impact."
The culture is confused.
But impacted.

Agile transformation isn't about being agile.
It's about transforming.
Continuously.
Toward more transformation.
The destination is the journey.
The journey is billable.

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

@LudovicCreator

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@LudovicCreator

[Bilawal Sidhu @bilawalsidhu]

Okay coolest Adobe Sneaks of the year award goes to Project Light Touch.

Adobe calls this "spatial lighting mode" -- interactively move your light source around within a 3D volume and voila -- your image is accurately relit.

They're probably using ML to infer a PBR + depth map under the hood ala. Beeble AI. When creatives ask for control -- this is what they mean.

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

Firefly Image 5 : 3D characters

Highly detailed 3D stylized happy character portrait, expressive facial proportions, exaggerated nose and chin, large round eyes. smooth clean render, studio key light, shallow depth of field, cinematic animation style.

#AdobeFirefly

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

@ChillaiKalan__ That hint of a copyright infringement at the bottom 😅.

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

Firefly Image 5 and Edit

Prompt: Black and white picture of a giraffe in a studio, close up on the eyes and face with part of the neck.

Edit: Colorize this picture.

#AdobeFirefly @Adobe

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

@moinzek @Adobe 🔥

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@velvetspectrum @phlearn Good shot.

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

@icreatelife Deservedly so!

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

@jnack You’re here! ? 🎉 let’s meet!

[Morgan David de Lossy @Mogddl]

@LinusEkenstam @Adobe @AdobeFirefly @jerrod_lew 😂 agreed.