How to Brew Kombucha

A quick and dirty guide to brewing your first batch of Kombucha tea!

Home Mastering Master Class with Ian Shepherd

I recently finished an online 9 week “Home Mastering Master Class” from Ian Shepherd. It was great fun and very informative! Ian did a great job of communicating deep, valuable information about mastering audio while staying easy to understand and entertaining.

Join our “Build your own FPS in Unity!” class this month!

Once again I’m partnering with Indie Game School to bring another month long “Build your own FPS in Unity3D” class. We use Unity3D and Playmaker to give you the nuts and bolts you need to create virtually any FPS. And best of all, these are solid game development tools that will also be used in other game types like 2D side scroller, top-down RTS, etc.

Portfolio Defense at Bellevue College Digital Media Arts Program

I had a fun and rewarding day friday serving on a portfolio review panel for the Digital Media Arts program at Bellevue College. We saw some really good work, and I am very impressed with the continually increasing quality of that program! It’s wonderful to see so many students with strong portfolios who are ready to get work.

Teaching Game Development to 50+ Danish Students

Teaching Game Development to 50+ Danish Students

In February I had the great honor of being the lead instructor for a 3D Game Development program presented to 50+ students from 3D College in Grenaa, Denmark. The program was facilitated by Experience America, and held on the University of Washington campus.

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What Happened to Well Played Games?

What Happened to Well Played Games?

From March 2011 to November 2013 I owned and operated a little company called Well Played Games LLC. I started it with the intention of having a vehicle to use for making some small iOS games and growing it into larger products with bigger teams. But along the way a variety of different opportunities came up for me.

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Bellevue College DMA Review Panel

This morning I was a member of the panel for a Bellevue College Digital Media Arts portfolio defense. It was a small group this time, but I’m really impressed at the rising quality of work coming out of this program!

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Moving Forward

In the interest of being honest with myself and everyone else, I’ve been struggling a bit with what content to put on my blog. I’m one of those people who can do several things pretty well, which seems like a benefit until you realize that it really means I want to do several things at once!

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It would be a huge mistake to discount the drive and effectiveness of people who don’t have as many local options as those who live in big cities!

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Remote Learning Really Does Work

I was a guest speaker last night to students at the University of Tasmania, in conjunction with HIT Lab Australia. The class is taught remotely from the HIT Lab in Washington State, where I was interviewed.

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Jumpstart Your Startup or Idea – Incubators, Accelerators & More

I continue to be impressed with the quality of the Seattle Entrepreneurs meet ups. Last night’s session, “Jumpstart Your Startup or Idea – Incubators, Accelerators & More” proved to be an insightful and honest discussion, followed by more networking with some really interesting people. If you are in the area I highly recommend the group.

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My First Projects Using Final Cut Pro X

My First Projects Using Final Cut Pro X

This week I completed my first three projects using Final Cut Pro X. I had used earlier versions of Final Cut Pro several years ago, but didn’t have a need for editing video again until last year when I made some Playmaker for Unity3D tutorials. I used iMovie 11, because it’s what I had available at the time, and it did a stand up job, but I missed the more professional editing features of Final Cut Pro. It looks like I’ll be editing a lot more video from now on, so I stepped up to Final Cut Pro.

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