Muzzy Lane :: 5/14 @ 3PM

This week we will be having a meeting on Thursday 5/14 @ 3PM. Matt Seegmiler and David Martz and/or Dave McCool from Muzzy Lane Software will be coming by to demo their 3D online game platform/service called Sandstone:

Muzzy Lane: http://www.muzzylane.com/
Sandstone: http://www.muzzylane.com/ml/sandstone_platform

Hope to see you there!

-Brian

Next Meeting Friday 4/10 @ 4PM :: Time Estimation 101

How long does it take you to brush your teeth in the morning? Go grocery shopping? Fix the squeaky hinge on the garage door?

You probably know this scenario: You think you’ve come up with a great time estimate — even given yourself a little buffer time for the unexpected. Yet somehow, at the end of the project, you find out that you’ve taken twice as much time as you thought. What gives?

Our next EMAWD meeting will be this Friday, 4/10 @ 4PM at FableVision. The topic: Time Estimation. Along with doing some fun exercises and an estimation contest, Karen Bresnahan, Executive Producer at FableVision, will join us to impart her words of wisdom.

And there will be cookies.

Next Meeting Friday 2/13 @ 4PM :: Developers and Designers Workflow in Flash

Our next EMAWD meeting will be this Friday, 2/13 @ 4PM at FableVision. The FableVision Developer and Art Teams will be leading a discussion about how the two teams work together on Flash-based projects. The focus of the discussion will be around how to prepare files and pass them back-and-forth throughout the life cycle of a project.

Come by and share your tips and tricks... or even horror stories!

Directions: http://www.fablevision.com/info/directions/index.html

-Brian

Next EMAWD Meeting :: 12/5 @ 2:30PM @ FableVision :: Mike Horn presents Tangible and Multi-Touch Technology

Our next EMAWD meeting will be this Friday, December 5th @ 2:30PM at FableVision. EMAWDer, Mike Horn, a PhD student at Tufts, will be presenting work on tangible and multi-touch technology for use in classrooms and museums. Should be really cool.

Directions: http://www.fablevision.com/info/directions/index.html

Note the time change: 2:30

Next EMAWD Meeting :: 10/10 @ 2PM @ FableVision :: Exploring Educational Websites

Our next EMAWD meeting will be this Friday, October 10th @ 2PM at FableVision. We will be taking a look at some examples of existing educational software and websites. Basically, this will be an open-ended forum and opportunity to look at some software/technologies that are out there. My hope is that we will get some good discussion about common problems and solutions with existing technologies.

Please bring:
Any kids’ software that you love/hate
URLs for cool kids’ websites
Technical challenges you’ve been up against in creating software
An appetite for cookies

Directions: http://www.fablevision.com/info/directions/index.html

-Brian

Next EMAWD Meeting :: 9/12 @ 2PM @ FableVision :: Brian Peltonen on Evolvables

Our next EMAWD meeting will be next Friday, September 12th @ 2PM. Brian Peltonen will be discussing Evolvables, a video game that lets children create physically simulated creatures and obstacle courses. As the creatures' bodies and behaviors are defined by a series of parameters, the creatures can be evolved in the environment of a given obstacle course while the user is away from the machine.

Brian will also be discussing Proteus, the multiplatform engine that Evolvables runs on.

Cookies will be served.

Directions

-Brian

Next Meeting :: 8/8 @ 2PM :: FableVision :: Scratch and Squeak

Our next EMAWD meeting will be next Friday, August 8th @ 2PM. Margarita Dekoli will be discussing Scratch, a visual programming language that she helped to develop while at the MIT Media Lab. She will also be discussing the programming language Squeak, an implementation of the language, SmallTalk.

If you get a chance before the presentation, definitely check out Scratch. It's truly amazing. This should be a great presentation -- and there'll be cookies!

Let me know if you’ll be there!

-Brian