Who is Jay Walker and why should you care about his library? He’s the guy behind Priceline.com and he made lots of money, lost lots of money, but still has lots of money…and a breath taking library that you could spend many years of your life in reading its contents.
WIRED.com has an article [...]
Here’s something which falls into the category of “Rad!”, software that’s being developed at the University of Toronto, called “ILoveSketch”, allows you to sketch on a touch screen in 3D. If you can follow along and understand the linguistic cavalcade of terms then more power to you. I just want to try it out [...]
Interesting read over at ethical spender, calling Android’s ability to scan 1D barcodes a possible killer app. Definitely a good read to see a comparison between old school 1D codes and newer, more info storing, 2D codes.
Certainly the possibilities for consumer software to take advantage of this are huge and with in reason, [...]
I read/watched yesterday that Eden has released a video demonstrating the capabilities of their game engine for the upcoming Alone in the Dark 5 survival horror game. It didn’t only show off the engine but also some of the possible game mechanics and systems that will be possible, and being a Game Designer this [...]
My new LifeBook T4220 arrived yesterday and so far I’m really impressed with it. The SXGA+ screen is working out as well as I had hoped, I dig the 1400×1050 resolution. Writing freehand in tablet mode with the stylus was awkward at first but thanks to the learning algorithm in the software it’s not effortless.
The reasoning behind this new purchase is that I wanted a laptop that was more conducive to my career as a Game Designer and designer in general. I’m not a huge fan of keeping note books as I lean more towards the tech side of life and this 12.1″ Tablet seemed like the ideal choice. Like a note or sketch book I can take notes during meetings as well as draw out design sketches. Unlike a note book though I have them all saved and cataloged digitally which allows me to print them out or put them into design docs, etc.
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