Touchy on Dragons? Den CBC

Touchy, the mobile game from Dan Zen will be featured in a short segment on CBC ’s Dragon Den on January 18th, 2012 at 8PM. Touchy – visit http://touchy.mobi – is available on the Apple iTunes store and Android Market. It is a social game where players physically try to touch each others ’ mobile screens. So [...]

Playing Around with Type Design/ Logos

Altura ? Pseudo Interactive Storytelling Site Launches

Altura at http://altura.mobi is a Web / Mobile site that lets people partake and write pseudo interactive stories in a fun and free manner. We will not give away exactly how it works until you try it!� Suffice it to say, it is another interactive storytelling feature from creator Dan Zen – http://danzen.com to add [...]

VOA: Son of a Gun

Water, the Hub of Life.

Eye-Balls

Slowly But Surely

Dan Zen Talk ? Creativity and New Forms of Mobile Games

Dan Zen will give a talk at the Arnie Student Pub on December 5th 2011 at 6:30 as the keynote to the Software Hamilton DemoCamp. The talk will go over using Hierarchies as a creative framework. So rather than approaching the subject philosophically, it will be a more practical guide with an explanation of terms [...]

What a Mess

What I've Been Listening To Lately

There is beauty everywhere.

Doodlez

Thesis: Rebranding! Oops!

That time change...

Back to the Hoverboard!

Swoodle, Wavy, Tada!

Dan Zen has just launched three mobile apps on iOS, Android and Playbook. The apps were made efficiently with Adobe Flash and Flash Builder. Just search the stores for the apps by Dan Zen. TITLE: SWOODLE BUILD: 2 Nights DESC: Swoodle to hone your finger tai chi! TITLE: WAVY! BUILD: 1 Night DESC: Wave your [...]

The Truth about Flash on Mobile

There has been a lot of buzz about how Adobe has “Killed Flash on Mobile ”.� This is not true. Flash on mobile is being focused to make APPS.� Adobe will focus on HCJ (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) for mobile browsers. The current Flash plugin is still supported on mobile including security updates so any legacy [...]

Process of a Spread

Charlotte the Boston Terrier

Thesis: Exploring Type for Sections

Flash and HCJ (HTML, CSS and JavaScript)

In this post, I will compare Adobe Flash and HCJ (a handy acronym for HTML, CSS and JavaScript). QUICK CREDENTIAL CHECK I have built hundreds of features and sites in Flash and HCJ over 15 years of creation at http://danzen.com for which I received the Canadian New Media Awards Programmer of the Year.� I coordinate [...]

Interactivity Scale

Interactivity, computation and distribution are the three main distinctions between the Internet and the authorative content of TV, Print and Radio. The following is a chart showing aspects of interactivity with examples.� These are ordered by general purpose going from simple navigational interactivity for consumption at the bottom to enhanced interactivity for creation at the [...]

Narrative Assignment 2,3,4,5 and 6. In one. Oh Boy.

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The New Coming of Winter