On the Floor

Photoshop is one of those applications that takes years to master. I've been using it for about 8 years now, and I'm still learning new things, or better methods of performing a certain task etc. . Read more...

A lot of concern has been expressed by developers about the closed nature of the iPad and its ecosystem. Applications that run natively on the device (as opposed to web applications which run in the web browser Safari), are completely controlled by Apple. You have to purchase them from Apple's app store, and you can't modify them in any way. Read more...

You might remember the first time you were dropped into the 8-bit world of Super Mario Brothers. Limited colours, unfamiliar mechanics, threatening turtles. With a little bit of work, you figured it out - how to interact with the world and find out that the princess was, indeed, in another castle. Read more...

Thanks for visiting our blog. You may notice the post you're looking for isn't here. Upon further reflection, and a really quick roundtable discussion in the office, we decided it was really sending the wrong message. Read more...

It started life as a straight-forward, static web site with a reasonably simple design:  #wrapper, #header, #content, #footer, done.   Then, the client wanted a sidebar.   The designer wanted a custom font. Read more...

I figured that since this is my first attempt at writing a post to our blog (or any blog for that matter) that a natural choice for the subject would track how I entered into this industry. My background is in fine art (sculpture and painting) and I didn't own a computer until I decided to start this company with a few guys nearly 10 years ago. In art school I got my first chance to use a computer as a means to create art, but it was completely experimental, and in the early days of Photoshop 3. Read more...