• Well, I’ve started work on my next app – it’s going to be for the iPad and it’s going to be an interactive story about…

    Well, that would be giving it all away before I’ve really got going! All my files are set up and my Apple Developer Certificates are all in place so I can get to work. Sketches are coming along nicely, as is the text.

    Text! Yes, I think text is very important. It maybe interactive, but it’s still a book with words in.

    I know our new Children’s Laureate, Julia Donaldson, isn’t very keen on computers and eBooks, but I am. The thing is to differentiate what is an eBook, which is something that you read and has words in, from a movie or a game or a TV show – eBooks and ipads and computers are not bad and they are not destroying the ability to read.

    To be able to read, you need to do a lot of practice and I don’t really care wether you practice using a book or an ipad – it’s the act of reading that is the important thing.

  • I don’t get Google Adwords. I had a voucher to get me going and see how it works. Well, I’ve re-crafted my ad so many times and in so many different ways, yet it keeps being rejected. I have no idea what is wrong with it! Not sure I can be bothered to keep going.

  • As promised, here is the painting video for how to draw a formula one racing car. I did this as an idea for a father’s day card. Corny I know, but some dads like fast cars! you can learn how to draw it here.