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Arctic Shuffle Update

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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Arctic Shuffle Sneak Peak

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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Vote for Crappy Cat

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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Next stop, App Store

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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zinc Roe seeking Sysadmin/Developer

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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Web Design – teaching, training, preparing

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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5 Dangerous Things

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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Kids’ Time Radio

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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Zimmer Twins at Dust or Magic

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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Dust or Magic

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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