Grant Skinner Develops Apps in HTML 5
Carl and Richard talk to Grant Skinner about Pirates Love Daisies, an HTML 5 game. The game runs on all of the HTML 5 browsers including IE 9 Beta. The conversation also digs into Easel JS, an open-source library that Grant helped create to make Pirates, simplifying the animation process on HTML 5 canvas.
Guests:
Grant Skinner
Grant Skinner is an internationally recognized leader in the field of rich interactive experiences. His body of work spans experimental interaction, applications, games, websites, installations, embedded devices, and mobile, with a recent focus on projects that span multiple environments. Grant fuses his experience with design, user experience, development, and business with a driving creativity to produce projects that push the boundaries of interactive technologies. While building gskinner.com into a leading interactive production shop, Grant has worked with a wide range of high calibre clients including AOL, BBC, Salesforce, Nissan, Adobe, GE, Atlantic Records, Comcast, EA, CNN, and DirectTV.
Links:
- Pirates Love Daisies http://www.pirateslovedaisies.com/
- Easel JS http://easeljs.com/
- Checking for Updates in Silverlight http://www.silverlight.net/learn/tutorials/silverlight-4/advanced-silverlight-out-of-browser-introduction/#Exercise4