Unity: Game development tool

Lately I’ve been very interested in Unity as a development platform for mobile, web and standalone development of interactive experiences. The editor looks really simple and the programming aspect also looks like it could be a breeze.

Alternativa Platform

In a previous post regarding 3D development in Flash, I’ve become obsessed with learning the Alternativa Platform which makes use of a systems GPU power for Flash based 3D developments. Now its actually jaw dropping insane how astounding the performance of the showcase projects are running 3D within Flash within a browser.

EpicWin Level up your life

I always wanted to explore some kind of application which took a productivity tool and made it fun by adding some incentives. Well it appears someone has actually made an application like this for a To Do list.

Managing the design process

I bought this book last week and started reading it recently. It contains some useful advice to anyone trying to come up with a great concept rooted in a strong strategical background.

Design can change

I’ve been reading a book titled “Managing the Design Process” by Terry Lee Stone and one of the case studies was done on a company called smashLAB based in Vancouver.

The most inspirational videos I’ve seen online

I have two mentions here which are probably the best art pieces I’ve ever seen online. Remember watching these is not only recommended I would say its the only way to watch them

How to build a successful blog business

This new book “How to build a successful blog business” looks pretty sweet. I haven’t purchased it yet but I’ll probably do so sometime after I finish all my current books

The Rotten Fruit Tardis

So I finally found James Patersons website and the project I was looking at on the Lost Actionscript 3 weekend with Colin Moock, Hoss Gifford and James Paterson. Its pretty awesome. Jame Paterson creates some weird experimental exhibitions based around his illustrations.

James Paterson, Colin Moock and Hoss Gifford

I’ve been busy learning object oriented programing in Actionscript 3 and I was looking for more training titles and books to help me further my understanding of OOP in AS3. I came across this video training series on O’Reilly’s website with Colin Moock

3D Studio Max’s 20th Anniversary

Wow I actually feel kind of old now after hearing it was 3D Studio Max’s 20th anniversary. A lot has happened with this 3D application over the years and when you look back at how it all started you’d be amazed at how little was possible compared to now.