Archive for August, 2008

5 year Plan

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Somewhat inspired by Ian Robinson's declaration of his 5 year plan. I can't really separate things like Home/Work (which is probably a bad thing) but here's some things I hope for: learn to program. Seriously. Find a mentor who has infinite time and patience. Learn some cocoa and get something out ...

CENSORED

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Image credited to Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore's seminal work, Watchmen. Wikipedia says: Watchmen remains the only graphic novel to win a Hugo Award, and is also the only graphic novel to appear on Time's 2005 list of "the 100 best English-language novels", an annual feature of the magazine since it was ...

Vivendi Games Mobile out the door?

Friday, August 29th, 2008

PocketGamer writes: It's an open secret that Vivendi Games Mobile isn't long for this world, at least in its current form. Newly-merged parent company Activision Blizzard recently described it as a "non-strategic business unit" after all. ... With Activision Blizzard now the world's largest games publisher, it's hardly a resounding vote of confidence ...

Anyone got cool technology?

Friday, August 29th, 2008

...and fancy demoing to four universities in Northern Ireland? The dates are from the 3rd to the 12th of September. We've got a couple of cool things, in the areas of 3D visualisation, biological monitoring and games but we could do with a few more. The idea is to demo technology ...