A version of this blog post first appeared on thisiszone.com. While budding actors dream of seeing their name in lights, would-be developers envisage their name on the pages of .NET magazine. So it was with a big smile that I sat down to write a tutorial for the latest edition…
***WARNING: This blog post contains Grease 2 spoilers, ’80s hairstyles and fantastic tunes*** As a child I had several female icons, Kylie Minogue for one (although that was mostly just because I had a massive crush on Jason Donovan), however there was one woman who topped them all and that…
“For fear… such as shakes you to your foundation… nestles in your memory like a gangrene: it seeks to rot everything, even the words with which to speak of it. So you must fight hard to express it. You must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it….
I’ve just finished reading Owen Jones’ Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class. It’s the most important book that I’ve read in a long time, on a topic that’s very close to my heart, delivered with the passion it deserves. I urge you all to pick up a copy and read…
I recently came across the wonder that is the Up documentary series. If you haven’t seen it then go find it. Now. Spend the next week in your pyjamas watching it and don’t emerge until you’re done. The enlightened amongst you will know that the series follows the lives of…
On Tuesday, I attended Reasons to be Appy, a one-day event for designers and developers held in the spectacular LSO at St Luke’s, Old Street. The day consisted of a series of fascinating talks, demos and games on topics relating to design, code and creativity. The keynote talk came from the…
This is not really a blog where I talk about what I did recently. If it were, this post would be about 6 months late. Last September, after graduating from my Master’s degree in Design and Digital Media from Edinburgh College of Art, I was fortunate to spend 5 weeks…
There, I said it. I recently read this Comment Is Free article by Matt Parker about why we need maths. We hear all the time about why we should love maths and why it’s important. We’re reminded that without maths we wouldn’t have computer games, ipads, laser-quest or the delights of…
If you want to be a half-decent writer, you really have to write something, sometime, right? Well here I am, trying. Trying is good. The internet tells me that my first task is to find my voice. If anything I think I know my voice all too well. I conceive…