I’ve been invited to speak to about creating apps for kids at Nook – a work and event space for artists and illustrators here in Toronto. I’m expecting it to be a pretty free-wheeling discussion about all the practicalities of the process. I’ve hand picked a number of articles and links to get people started [...]
For the past few years zinc Roe has supported a number of charities. It’s part of being a good corporate citizen. Everyone on our team puts forward the name of one charity to give to. It’s a great chance to learn more about all the great work that charities are doing both here at home [...]
Things really get rolling at SXSW Interactive today. Luke and Davin (along with our unfaithful companion Crappy Cat) are still pouring over the schedule and laying down our plans for what should be a very busy few days. Crappy is up for an award this year and we’re doing our best to keep him in [...]
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.
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 [...]
Drupal has been our choice of CMS since James Walker worked with us to build terminus1525.ca. Ashok Modi is our very own Drupal guru and recently undertook a major project in porting the Zimmer Twins site from Drupal 4.6 to Drupal 6.0. Ashok will be giving a bit of ‘behind-the-scenes’ tour of the process involved in [...]
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at the Showcomotion conference in Sheffield, England. The conference was a crash course in the children’s media scene in the UK and I met plenty of interesting folks. There were a few excellent speakers showcasing their recent work. Mark Walsh from Pixar gave an excellent behind-the-scenes look [...]
This summer, the Toronto Public Library KidsSpace website comes to life as a larger than life Dewey visits locations around Toronto. What’s a Dewey? Dewey is/are the KidsSpace mascots and they are helpful alien clones that love to read, play, and tell stories. Dewey was discovered in late 2005 by intrepid explorer, and builder of [...]
Don’t miss the opening of the Cheap Date at the Steamwhistle brewery on June 4. The group show includes work from number one super dude Aaron Leighton. Aaron is the creator of the Zimmer Twins characters and has provided illustrations for a number of our projects. I imagine Aaron wishes we would stop calling him with work and crazy project ideas. But no luck. Such is the price of being such a talented and hard working art machine.