Open Source Developers Conference

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Tammy Butow

Hello!

Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak at OSDC2010 which was fantastic.

My talk was “Making Apps for Fun” and I spoke about the last 12 months where I have played with a lot of different APIs and created a lot of web and mobile apps for fun :) I chatted about setting goals, attending hack days / meetups and learning from others.

At the end of the talk rather than asking if anyone had any questions, I asked he audience to share their stories of making stuff for fun (I may have also bribed them with chocolate to talk hehe).

It was so great to hear what everyone has been building over the last few months. I always find it inspiring and amazing and a lot of people came up afterwards and said that I had inspired them as well which is fantastic!

I look forward to being able to blog about what everyone is making. I thought Graham’s CakeFest PhoneGap app which he made for a CakePHP conference was really awesome!

If you would like to be featured on http://makingstuffisfun.com please send me an email :) tammybutow@gmail dot com

Ciao,
Tammy

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Soundwave Pirate Radio Mobile App Launched!

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Tammy Butow

What do you get when you mash:

Soundwave Pirate Radio + Soundcloud API + HTML5 + Less Framework?

A mobile app that was super fun to create and super fun to use!

A mobile app that works on:

iPhone
Android
iPad

And what am I working on now?

- A way to support older devices that don’t yet support HTML5
- Collecting a list of HTML5 ready devices – do you know if a list of devices already exists?

Soundwave

The Soundwave Festival is a yearly nationwide music festival with bands coming from all over the world to play in Australian capital cities. It rules, and I love it!
http://soundwavefestival.com

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Creating a magazine app like Wired for the iPad

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Tammy Butow
I was just browsing and came across Adobe’s Digital Publishing Platform….
It sounds awesome! I wonder how expensive it will be.
It looks like a really great way to create magazines for the iPad.
They have announced that it won’t be available until late Summer 2010 (American)….
But, you can follow their facebook and twitter for updates!
Are you interested in creating an iPad  magazine app?

I am!

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New Blog – Making Stuff is Fun

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Tammy Butow

I have a brand new blog that I’m putting together. It will have interviews, tutorials, audio-slideshows, videos, photos of anything related to tech, mobile, web, games development and design with a bit or marketing chucked in as well http://www.makingstuffisfun.com/

Looking forward to meeting lots of great people while creating content for Making Stuff is Fun. Already met heaps at GTUG Campout Melbourne and Freeplay Independent Games Festival – check out the audio slideshows on Making Stuff is Fun.
http://www.makingstuffisfun.com/

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GTUG Campout Melbourne 2010

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Tammy Butow

An awesome group of Melbourne locals interested in seeing what they can do with HTML5 in only a weekend. Things on the table include a Battleships style game, a mindmap app and an Android web app for visual searching. Tomorrow afternoon we will be able to see how they did and what they were able to create!

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Freeplay Independent Games Festival 2010 Melbourne

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Tammy Butow

Chatting to a few of the talented folk who have been working on fantastic games over the last few years / months. We went to visit the Freeplay Independant Game Festival, which is being held at the State Library of Victoria all weekend. The Experimedia room is open to the public and you can go along and speak to the creators while playing their sweet games.

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Google Campout 2010

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Tammy Butow

Just about to head to the Google Campout! This year the theme is HTML5 :) Looking forward to seeing what everyone is creating and also taking some photos! Freeplay is also on this weekend (Independant Game Festival) so I would like to check that out as well! This is a great weekend for Melbourne woo :)

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MoMoMelbourne

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Tammy Butow

Just got back from the MoMoMelbourne event which was awesome :) It was really great to hear from all the speakers about what they are working on the the mobile space. Everyone was pretty different too so that was great, there were iPhone game devs, web-based mobile devs, educational game devs to name a few!

It was also great timing that this event was on because I just got my first mac today! I’m really excited about it because I own an iPad and can’t wait to develop apps for it! :) Have already started playing around with that. Will make a few test apps just to learn some skills first before I decide on a project I want to create.

Will keep you posted! :)
Tammy

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Roller Derby Flickr / Maps Mashup

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Tammy Butow

I’ve been on leave for the last few weeks, so a lot of hiking and mountain biking in the Grampians…..

I also went along to Google Devfest where I learnt how to create a Flickr Map mashup :) My first one is really basic, it pulls the keyword “roller derby” and displays all those photos on the map based on their location. If you click on the marker you will see the photo!

Lots more I can do to make it prettier, will have a play with it… Ver cool to mashup photos and maps, I love both! :)

Here’s my roller derby Flickr Mashup!
http://tammybutow.com/rollerderby

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What was created at our first Let's Hack Melbourne?

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Tammy Butow

We had our very first Let’s Hack Melbourne and saw these apps created in under 6 hours!

  • Beach Brick – Break Out Game for the iPad – Made in under 5 hours at Let’s Hack Melbourne by Ivan & Jess
  • EyeSay – Prototype for a Location Based App for the iPhone / Android with an Augmented Reality Version  by Tom, John, James and Drew
  • ZombieHood – Google Maps Mashup Zombie Locator for the web by Jess, Will, Andrew, Mitch and Tammy

If you want to make awesome stuff really fast come along to one of our monthly events in Melbourne, Australia.

There are game devs, web devs, graphic designers, thinkers and awesome snacks! :)

Beach Brick is on the app store!
Want to make an iPad game in 5 hours?

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