Just a heads up for all of you that attend the morning meetings/coffee catch ups on Wednesdays.
The Bridge Street Collective and the Cafe will be closed from the 22nd April–13th May for renovations.

Cheers,
S.

—
Stewart Knapman
Designer & Developer

+64 21 206 9990
@stewartknapman
http://stewartknapman.com 

Hey all,

I’ve just been asked by Tony at Downing Design if I knew any freelancers that might be looking for some contract type work.
So in scatter gun style attempt to answer his question I ask:

If you are interested in some freelance / contract work and you are good at:
  - php & wordpress
  - html & css
  - javascript (required)

Then contact Tony Downing:
  - 539 0003
  - ideas@downingdesign.co.nz 

Cheers,
Stewart Knapman.

Here are my slides from tonights talk. 
http://stewartknapman.github.io/shopify-slides/

Cheers,
Stewart Knapman.

Hey,

I am a big fan of designing in the browser, it's more realistic than static mock ups as you can effectively explore things like varying content lengths, different device sizes and browser quirks. These are all things that get overlooked during the visual design process and end up being after thoughts.

My main points to this would be:

1. If you are a visual designer creating for the web, there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON AND NO EXCUSE for you not to have an understanding of html and css. That's like a photographer trying to replace the clutch on your car, if they don't know what they are doing, it's only going to end badly.

2. Design is a process of refinement and iteration. If you are waiting till the final pixel perfect mock up to get sign off from the client, you're probably waiting too long. Sign off should be done at various stages like completion of content strategy or wireframes. If you need to / can educate your clients about your process.

Also rather than submitting a mockup of the page to the client you could try Style Tiles (http://styletil.es/) where you define the elements that will make up the final page, independent of layout. 

Cheers,
Stewart Knapman.

You all might be interested: http://www.gamezebo.com/news/2014/02/11/3-game-app-store-using-stolen-assets


Cheers,
Stewart Knapman.

Thanks Clare,

Yes, to confirm for everyone the date of the next meet up is Wednesday 7th August.

Cheers,
Stewart Knapman.

On 1/08/2013, at 1:16 PM, Clare Atkins  wrote:

> Great news - I wil be there!
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Edwin McRae wrote:
> 
>> Hi there.
>> 
>> This is your invitation to the next Nelson Game Developer Meetup.  Please
>> not the change of*time*and*day*!
>> 
>> *   Wednesday, 7 July 5:45pm  at the Bridge Street Cafe, 111 Bridge St,
>> Nelson.
>> *
>> The presentation will be on
>> 
>> *   Augmented and Virtual Realities
>> *
>> Our special out-of-town guest, Tuck Siva of Asylum Productions, will talk
>> to us about his recent Augmented Reality game projects and the current
>> state of Virtual Reality.
>> 
>> All welcome! Drinks and pizza will be available.  A $5 koha is much
>> appreciated to help cover costs.
>> 
>> 5:45 pm - Doors open
>> 
>> 6:00 pm - Presentation
>> 
>> 6:30 pm - Pizza and animated discussions!
>> 
>> There will be lots of opportunity for questions during and following the
>> presentation.
>> 
>> See you there!
>> 
>> *
>> Background*
>> 
>> The monthly Nelson Game Developers Meetup has been initiated with the aims
>> to...
>> * promote connection with other game developers: professional, amateur,
>> and 'in-waiting'.
>> * foster game development projects within the talent pool of Nelson
>> * enable each and every visitor to each month take home a new piece of
>> knowledge about game development
>> 
>> If you didn't for the last Meet Up, please RSVP by registering at the
>> Nelson Meetups Game Developers group:
>> http://nelsonmeetups.org.nz/groups/gamedevelopers
>> 
>> For those of you who are members already (or newcomers who would prefer to
>> do it this way), the Bridge Street Collective has kindly paid for an
>> international Meetup.com account and set us up a space. To RSVP via
>> Meetup.com, click here:
>> http://www.meetup.com/bridgestreetcollective/events/114340762/
>> 
>> Registration is free!
>> -----------------------------------------
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>> 
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>> Fiction Engineer for Video Games
>> http://thefictionengine.com
>> 
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