IGDA Board Elections

The Toolsmiths was created, and is an integral part of, the IGDA Tools SIG. Right now, the IGDA is holding elections for its new board. There are 23 candidates for 5 positions on the board, and you can read all of their statements at the IGDA’s website. In addition, Boston Chapter member and indie developer [...]

GDC Approaches

GDC gets closer every day.  This year, instead of doing an official IGDA roundtable to talk SIG business, we’ve decided to just get together for beers at a local bar.  The location and time is yet to be determined, but I would like to find out what night the membership / readers would prefer. So [...]

IGDA Board Nominations Open

The IGDA has opened nominations for the Board.  From the newsletter that went out to IGDA members: As we approach the start of 2010, it is time for us to begin the process of electing new representatives to our IGDA Board of Directors.  These are the people who will be adding their voices to the [...]

Tools SIG, how can we help you?

At GDC, we got a lot of good ideas on what people expect from the Tools SIG in the comming year(s), but I want to ask the blog readership what they think, to make sure we’re focusing our efforts on the projects that will not only give the most back to the community, but expand [...]

Back from GDC

The Toolsmiths are now all back fro m GDC (I’ve been on site with clients the past week) so we should probably recap some of what happened.  Geoff, thankfully, has already posted the notes / slides from his talk, and I’ve now filled in the Tools SIG wiki with some of the notes I was [...]

GDC Times Solidified

We’re just one week away from GDC and the times for most of the talks have been solidified. The links in my previous post will be able to tell you where and when to catch some tools related talks. This includes our official Tools SIG Round Table, which I will be moderating. Note that, while [...]

Election Results

The votes have been counted and the results are in for the new IGDA Tools SIG chair, which is me! Late last week, Raquel let everyone know the results of the election on the mailing list and asked if I had a few words to share with the membership. Below are my comments sent to [...]

Tools SIG, Web 2.0

Besides our discussion list, the Tools SIG has many other ways for you to stay connected with other tools devotees, including a Facebook group, a Facebook blog network group and now the new LinkedIn group. If you are a member of any of these sites, please feel free to join and connect with everyone else! [...]

Tools SIG Chair Voting Now Open

The IGDA Tools SIG has opened voting for the new SIG chair!  The new chair will replace the wonderful and talented Raquel Bujans, who’s been heading up the SIG for the past 2 years and has recently elected to step down. We have three “sets” of candidates looking at taking the roll of chair: Jeff [...]

A Preview of GDC

GDC has several tools centered talks this year, and I wanted to give everyone a heads up about a few of them (especially because searching for “tool’ or “tools” brings up every session that wants to give you the tools to succeed). First, as happens every year, John Walker will be hosting his usual Technical [...]