Polytechnicast - Service of a Game

In this episode of the Polytechnicast, I delve into some behind the scenes planning and development I do to support Guitar Fretter.

Recently I received an email from an Android user who is rather good at the game. On her Android device once she gets past level 12 or so the game has problems. I share details on how I’ll tackle that issue, ponder the complexities of the Android market, future updates for Guitar Fretter and behind the scenes thoughts on Guitar Fretter’s game design.

Links Mentioned and Links That Came to Mind While Writing These Show Notes

• Guitar Fretter
• Corona SDK - the tool I used to build Guitar Fretter
• Interview of Rob Stenzinger for the Ansca (maker of the Corona SDK) Blog
• Guitar Fretter - iTunes App Store
• Guitar Fretter - Android Market
• Guitar Fretter - Amazon Appstore

Follow Rob on Twitter or his blog at Interactive-Storyteller.com

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LIA Cast 19 - Skill Set Overlap

This time Rob and Jerzy find their way to a topic through talking about Rob's recent experience presenting at the Ann Arbor District Library's Comic Artists Forum. The subject this week is ostensibly building local communities around your chosen field of art, but an underlying idea of how these skills apply to developing and maintaining a presence online eventually surfaces.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Krishna Sadasivam's Mentor Project
• Vote on what you think our next workshops should be!
• Mitchel Resnick
• Michelangelo Cicerone
• The Ann Arbor District Library

Social Networking

• Lean Into Art Google+ Page
• Jerzy on Twitter
• Rob on Twitter
• Lean Into Art on Twitter

Check out the Lean Into Art Workshop page for a complete listing of over 40 hours of instructional material!

LIA Cast 19 - Skill Set Overlap

Polytechnicast - Jumping into Clojure with Special Guest Craig Andera

In this episode of the Polytechnicast I’m joined by special guest Craig Andera for a totally unscripted tutorial session on programming Clojure. Clojure happens to be Craig’s programming language of choice.

Clojure is a very different coding experience for someone like me who’s into Lua, Python, JavaScript, and ActionScript. Before this podcast I hadn’t written a single line of Clojure - now I feel I have a grasp on the basics.

This is an episode I hope will be interesting whether you’re curious about getting into coding, familiar with coding and are wondering about Clojure, or curious to see how I explore an unfamiliar coding language.

Links Mentioned

• Clojure - a Lisp-like programming language
• Craig Andera on Twitter
• Craig’s Blog
• Think Relevance Blog and Podcast
• Try Clojure - used this for the demo
• 4 Clojure - almost used this for the demo, requires signup
• Craig’s Clojure Tutorial (available for free from Pluralsight)

Follow Rob on Twitter or his blog at Interactive-Storyteller.com

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LIA Cast 18 - Time! Time! 2

It's a return to some talk on time management this week as we discuss Jerzy's recent experience using David Seah's Emergent Task Planner. We share some observations on learning how to estimate time needed for projects, how to rapidly reconfigure one's day, and tricks to not talk yourself out of sitting behind the desk.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• David Seah
• David Allen
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
• The Maker Makes
• Spelljammer
• Heroes Unlimited
• GURPS

Social Networking

• Lean Into Art Google+ Page
• Jerzy on Twitter
• Rob on Twitter
• Lean Into Art on Twitter

Upcoming Workshops for January 2012

• FTAM! Designing Sound Elements in Adobe Illustrator January 7, 11, and 14

LIA Cast 18 - Time! Time! 2

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