Making Stuff is Fun!

Meet Tom Horn – Tingo Family iPhone App Developer

admin — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:55:14 +0000

I first met Tom Horn in November 2009 at the Open Australia Hack Day. He’s always working on great projects and has loads of apps in the iPhone Appstore and Android Market.

What are you making at the moment?…..

A location based iPhone/Web app that we are hoping (Apple Willing) to release on the 25th of November:

http://www.tingofamily.com/Home/Tour

Meet Susan – Web Developer, Sewing & Craft Girl. Likes owls.

admin — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:33:43 +0000

MEET We chatted to Susan about Web Development, her line of Jewellery – Owl Posse – which she created using 3D printers, and the monthly meetup she organises called @MelbourneMakers.

You can read more about Susan and what she’s making on her blog: http://owlpos.se/

You can also follow Susan on Twitter: @Suziam

Meet Juliette – Homing Pigeon Project

admin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:47:34 +0000

You’re an urban food mapper, a university lecturer and have a little 7 month old boy, what are you making at the moment?…..

There seems to be continuous struggle to find a name for all the things that I do – my partner calls me a social sculptor as through my expertise in consumer behaviour I try (or should try) to manipulate, transform and inspire!

But I call myself a historian as I don’t believe any of the projects that I’m working on are new or original. believe I’m merely repackaging it up and displaying it in new light.

Tutorials – Would you like to write for Making Stuff is Fun?

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:32:34 +0000

If you have an idea for a tutorial and would like it to be featured in the how-to section of Making Stuff is Fun, please send a tweet to @TammyButow or email tammybutow@gmail.com.

We would love tutorials on loads of different topics…you never know what will come in handy!

Sharing is Caring!

Meet Tom Killen Part Two – From iPhone / iPad idea to App Store!

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:16:07 +0000

GAMES We also chatted to Tom about how the Voxel Agents went from idea to app store, check out the audio slideshow on Making Stuff is Fun!….

You can read more about it on their website too: http://thevoxelagents.com/

Meet Tom Killen – Game Developer for Train Conductor 2

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:41:34 +0000

GAMES We met up with Tom Killen at Flinders St Station in Melbourne, he spoke to us about his teams latest game released on the iPhone & iPad , Train Conductor 2. Tom is part of the Voxel Agents, you can read more about Train Conductor 2 on their website: http://www.thevoxelagents.com/

You can download Train Conductor 2 from the App Store.

Meet Terry Paton – He’s got a personal goal to make 100 games

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:02:06 +0000

You have a goal to create 100 games, and you have already made 98!…..

Yep, but I’d like to clarify that the 100 games relates to games made for me, I’ve made 98 for myself, but I’ve also made another 49 for various clients. Most of my personal games were made in the hours after my full-time jobs, a couple of hours a night … for around 6 years.

For the last year I now work for myself at home, so I’ve been able to accelerate my development and up the quality recently.

Meet Brendan & Andrew – Level Designer & Programmer on Strength in Arms @ Freeplay

admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:05:37 +0000

GAMES We met up with Brendan and Andrew at Freeplay, they spoke to us about their game Strength in Arms, which is their 3rd year major project for the Games Degree at RMIT. They have been working on it for 6 months, and Strength in Arms is due to be completed in October. You can read more about it on their website: http://strengthinarms.com/
Freeplay is the independent games festival…. check it out here: http://www.freeplay.net.au/

Demo video of the Android Launcher Icon generator – HTML5 Drag and Drop!

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:12:54 +0000

WEB & MOBILE Roman Nurik recently posted this video on youtube which shows a sweet example of HTML5 drag and drop to create an Android App Icon creator – Using HTML5 canvas, Drag + Drop, and the File API… you can create Android app launcher icons by simply dragging and dropping! It’s so awesome! We love it! You can follow Roman on twitter @romannurik to hear more about Android! Roman is a San Francisco-based web developer and graphic designer, currently working at Google as an Android Developer Advocate.

PayPal X Developer Contest

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:56:04 +0000

COMPETITIONS PayPal X is running a comp for developers to build innovative applications. The $100,000 Grand Prize winning app will demonstrate an innovative use of PayPal’s products in any way you can dream up, not strictly payments. Have you got a sweet idea? Check out more info at the PayPal X Developer site -PayPal will accept entries from anywhere in the world!