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Posted by Jason on March 9th, 2009
Arctic Shuffle has been up on the App Store for just a few days and we’re already hard at work on version 1.1. The update will have a few bug fixes and optimizations. But we’re also sneaking in some new obstacles and more levels! Here’s a sample… Arctic Shuffle v1.1 from Jason Krogh on Vimeo.
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Posted by Jason on March 3rd, 2009
Our team has just finished work on Arctic Shuffle – our first game for iPhone and iPod touch. Big thanks for Brian McBrearty for the tasty music and Trevor Van Meter for the lovely visuals. The game is in review but in the mean time here is a sneak peak! Arctic Shuffle Sneak Peak from [...]
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Posted by Jason on February 17th, 2009
Time to cast your vote for Crappy Cat at this year’s SXSW People’s Choice awards! http://sxsw.com/peoples-choice
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Posted by Jason on February 9th, 2009
We’re very excited about our early experiments with iPhone development. Today we are submitting our very first app to the App Store. Timecoder is a super-simple time code calculator, an idea that came to us from our super-talented video editor Kyle Sim. There is much more to come, but we are excited to make it this [...]
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Posted by Jason on January 25th, 2009
POSITION FILLED zinc Roe seeks System Administrator/Developer Our full-time back-end technology expert is moving on to a great new opportunity in California. We are beginning the hunt for someone to fill his shoes. Here is more on what we are looking for… zinc Roe is looking for a linux-minded developer to build and maintain backend [...]
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Posted by Jason on January 24th, 2009
In Elevate Web Design at the University Level Leslie Jensen-Inman puts forward some solid ideas on how we can begin to rescue the mess that is web design education. As a self-taught web professional who has taught in community colleges, universities and workshops this is a topic that is near and dear to me. It’s also [...]
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Posted by Jason on December 12th, 2008
An excellent talk from Gever Tulley entitled Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do. Working with kids online we are faced with the challenges inherent in providing safe online experiences. Many of the measures (I’m thinking of COPPA specifically) provide what I consider to be false assurances. In theory they protect [...]
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Posted by Jason on November 10th, 2008
Friends Kyle (age unknown) and Maeve (age 5) host the weekly kids’s time radio show on community radio in Guelph. Last week I made a special guest appearance on the show to talk about the elusive pugbunny. Every show has great themes ranging from pancakes to animals. The show combines great music with stories and [...]
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Posted by Jason on November 6th, 2008
My quick walkthrough of the Zimmer Twins. Loads of articles, ideas and videos from Dust or Magic is available on the Dust or Magic Wiki.
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Posted by Jason on October 30th, 2008
This Sunday Anne-Sophie and I will be heading to New Jersey to attend this year’s Dust or Magic Institute. Given the breadth of work we are involved with we often find ourselves at larger television, animation or technology conferences. This year we’ve made an effort to branch out and sample some smaller events with hopes of meeting [...]
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