News, Events, Press
A lot has been going on including presentations, press coverage and lets not forget preparations for our upcoming conference in Edinburgh!

By Caroline Finlay

Glasgow School of Art
We were delighted to be invited by the Glasgow School of Art's Digital Cultures Department to join and participate in their app building workshop at the Apple Store in Glasgow.

The world famous Glasgow School of Art is a pioneering institution in the arts world and this is clearly demonstrated in their new Digital Cultures Degree Course.
This course recognises and addresses the 'exciting changes rippling through art, design and architecture; changes driven by fresh ways of thinking allowed by advancing technology. The Digital Culture programme at The Glasgow School of Art embraces the creative possibilities opened up by digital technologies to reveal alternative approaches to design and artistic expression.

Part of the course work included a project to build an interactive mobile app from scratch and LiveCode was selected as their app building tool of choice. The app delivers a treasure hunt experience in the city and is called Secret Glasgow. It includes maps, video, music, GPS, QR codes and great graphic images.

Not only did the students create the idea and build the digital graphical assets using a variety of different tools, they had to present this as a work flow at a public workshop environment in the Apple Store. Each student took it in turns to show their part of the workflow which is no mean feat and everyone was impressed by the content of their presentation as well as their confidence and clear delivery; you could tell that they were having lots of fun, as did we all.

Press Coverage
LiveCode 6.0 has been widely covered in news articles by The Scotsman, MacTech, PCWorld, The H, Tidbits, TNW and more.Some of our favorite quotes:

"The spirit of HyperCard lives on with the release of LiveCode 6.0" Tidbits

"The combination of a drag-and-drop interface and easy-to-learn English-like language means that it should be easy for beginners to pick up, and ultimately faster to release an app. After all, who wants to spend all of their time neck-deep in code when you can be prototyping and showing off your creation to the world?" TNW

"News of LiveCode 6.0's launch comes just weeks after it emerged that one of the creators of the £2 billion Halo computer games franchise is using the software to create his latest title." The Scotsman

"If you've got a mobile, desktop, or server app idea for your small business, the new LiveCode 6.0 could be the tool you've been waiting for to help make it happen." PC World

Events Round-up
What a busy week it has been! In addition to the Launch of LiveCode Community we were delighted that LiveCode won the Readers Choice Award on About.com for the Best Mobile App Creator, and with 81% of the vote. Many thanks to everyone who voted for LiveCode.

We are also pleased to announce that the popular LiveCode Mobile Development Book by Colin Holgate has a 4 star rating on Amazon and is now available on the Kindle.

We were fascinated to see the LiveCode users map which was started by Bjornke Von Gierke and would like to share with anyone who many not know about it.

We are delighted to be working with the National STEM Centre in York. The National STEM Centre provides STEM subject teachers with access to a huge range of teaching support materials and brings together STEM partners in the UK. We will be delivering a hands on LiveCode workshop for teachers. This event will take place on the 26th June and is free to attend. For more information and to register your interest please look here.

We will be running a workshop in the Edinburgh office on the 23rd April showcasing the LiveCode Workflow for app development and Publishing. This short session will cover the steps involved from concept, design, and development and testing through to publishing on the app store.

We will also be attending the Digital 2013 event in Glasgow DIGITAL 2013 Thursday 25 April Loch Suite, SECC Glasgow, This event focuses on showcasing the best of Scotlands Creative and Digital Industries. Please join us if you are in the area.

We are pleased to let you know that Luis Astoria will be running a week long Hackathon focussing on LiveCode for Games. This session is included within the Festival of the Imagination in Columbia and will take place on 15 - 19 April. For more information and details on how you can join Luis please visit http://www.festivaldelaimagen.com/

And last but not least, we will be holding the event of the year in just a few short weeks, at home in Edinburgh with RunRevLive.13. If you haven't yet got your ticket to join us, it's not too late. Take a look at what's on offer, and make up your mind that you really want to be there! You couldn't be more welcome.

About the Author Caroline Finlay is the Sales and Marketing Manager for RunRev Ltd.