Last time we discussed whether or not this is a venture you wish to pursue. I cautioned you on some things to be aware of if you’re going to create a game independently. You decided, “Heck yeah I want to make a game!”. Excellent! If you’re still with me, you’re probably itching to get into it and start making something playable.

Are you fed up with cluttering up your PC with Windows Apps? Fed up with putting up with your PC getting clogged up and slowing down to a crawl? Well, had you thought about turning your PC into a Portable App Centre? Portable apps are apps that never get installed on your PC, but you can still run them, as if they were. Take a look at the following video to find out how its [...]

I spoke to Lee Stott, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft UK, responsible for Faculty Connection and DreamSpark within the UK. Simple goal of making Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Design Academic curriculum interesting, exciting and modern. who is responsible for the DreamSpark programme at Microsoft.  It is quite long but worth reading if you want to get a career in ICT, programming, web design, game develoment, xbox 360, kinect, app development, server management etc.. If you are [...]

When you start a website you want it to be accessible from anything. Whether that be your mobile, tablet pc, mac, pc etc… Sometimes hosting packages don’t come with any plugins or scripts that do that for you. This is where Conduit comes into action! Conduit allows you to: Create custom apps for all major mobile devices Publish it for free Integrate rss, youtube, facebook and twitter feeds Make an app without any coding knowledge at all Free analytics [...]

1. Copywriting Freelance writers and copywriters are now in demand as of the recent Google panda and penguin updates, the importance of quality content is more paramount then ever. 2. Social media management Social media is constantly growing in influence on-line, Aaron Wall, seo Guru and founder of www.seobook.com, said in our recent interview that social media can in-fact help your search engine rankings as Google is now starting to factor in twitter etc.. into their [...]

Here are 26 ways to make money online, not in any particular order:   There are plenty more ideas on our forum and on our blog, and more that we have yet to reveal, here are 26 to get you going:   1. Sell stuff on ebay – everyone knows this. What is it: Yee olde Ebay, I actually struck lucky by picking up a few pokemon cards from a bookfair and they happened to be [...]

You want to be a Movie director? star on the red carpet?  Your name in lights, well here is your chance to do just that.  Thanks to Staffan and Linnéa, developers of “Pixely People, Making Movies” on IOS.  I caught up with them to talk about how the game was developed and how other people could make such a game.  Awarded “new and noteworthy” on the Apple App Store, Pixely People has launched very well [...]

Here is a list of helpful tools for learning programming, for web-development, making games, and creating mobile apps. Coding is not for everyone, however you should try to learn to read code at least to have an understanding of how scripts and programs work and be able to solve problems and/or make small amendments or customizations. Programmers can make a lot of money, without programmers there are no applications, programms are always in demand from [...]

A website can help you get a job! Yes you may not have thought of that.. There are a lot of people who have got badges from when they were at school or certificates that say they got an A* or A, but as we know there are many factors to employment, you need to stand out from the crowd.  In-fact working for free or volunteering are a great benefit, but making a website or [...]

Have you ever wondered how much it costs and what the rules are for publishing on the mobile app stores? Make sure you clearly read the app store requirements and approval process.You may consider these pretty expensive, if you have an app idea that can sell, you could soon be making much more, it is advised that you join a team, and perhaps share the cost of publishing, however I would personally advise that you [...]

 Here is a list of free tools related to web-development: Design Editing: http://www.gimp.com – One of the most popular free tools around! http://inkscape.org/ http://pixlr.com/ – Web-Based, and not perfect but solves a few problems!! http://imgur.com/ – Upload your images for free and very quickly!! (no registration needed) http://www.colorschemedesigner.com/ – Colour SCheme Designer http://www.photoscape.org/ – A popular free design tool http://www.patterncooler.com/spreadAppr/index.php - Amazing background creator Web-Authoring http://kompozer.net/ – Downloadable html editor http://www.wordpress.org - Very popular and highly flexible [...]