Zarinmedia Quarterly Newsletter: October 2003 Issue 06

Original link: http://www.zarinmedia.com/n_letter_oct03.html

Hello,

Welcome to the Zarinmedia quarterly newsletter highlighting the latest news, movements, information and technologies that have been brewing at our studio.

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Issue highlights:

1. A note from the team
2. What's new
3. Our services in context

1. A note from the team

We would like to remind everyone thinking of executing an XMAS/New Year online marketing campaign to contact us about our many 'bubble wrap' games. Remember how addictive a piece of bubble wrap can be? Well, lets wrap your brand in it then! You can choose from our stable of many game concepts licensed at a fraction of the cost of custom development.

Call us today to discuss the possibilities.

2. What's new

2.1 Recent Project: RBC CM 'FX Direct Sales Demo'

FX Direct is Canada's leading online currency exchange tool from RBC Capital markets. Zarinmedia was called upon to create a Flash demo to support the sales efforts of the this next generation Foreign exchange online tool.

Can be viewed at: http://www.fxdirect.info/

2.2 Recent Project: KRAFT's KoolAid online promotion using Zarinmedia adventure game engine

Zarinmedia has developed an abstracted adventure game engine produced entirely in Flash. The product is ready to license and customize/re-brand.
Our work can be currently viewed at the new KRAFT KoolAid summer promotion for 2003.

Can be viewed at: http://www.bekool.ca/eng/magicworld/index.php

2.3 Recent Project: Sovereign Super retirement calculator

Commissioned by an Australian technology consultancy Zarinmedia was called upon to develop an Flash based rich application to calculate various retirement scenarios and display results visually in real-time.

Can be viewed at: http://www.zarinmedia.com/super

2.4 Announcement: Ru Zarin leaving Zarinmedia

Zarinmedia would like to announce Ru Zarin's move from Zarinmedia in March, 2003. On behalf of Zarinmedia and its clients, thank you Ru, for 2 years of dedication and hard work.

2.5 Zarinmedia speaking events

Event: April 2003, Tech TV Iron Flash competitions
Topic: Zoubin Zarin among Iron Flash 2003 Judges on TV show which aired this summer
Reference: http://www.zarinmedia.com/ironflash.html

Event: May 2003, Parkdale/Liberty Economic Development Corporation New Media Career Workshop
Topic: Inspirational/educational talk on various career oriented topics in New Media
Reference: http://www.parkdaleliberty.com/

Event: May 2003, The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
Topic: Inspirational talk on “The Art of Imagination and Determination"
Reference: http://home.interlog.com/~artslets/


3. Our services in context

In this section we keep an eye on information and links that put the application of our services into perspective.

3.1 Article: Beyond the Fad: Macromedia's Flash Matures'

Here's an interesting article noting Flash's momentum in the industry.
Reference: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/31217.html

3.2 Community Post: Messaging Areas: The new 'Skip Intro?'

This post in one of the Flash community blogs identifies the design trend of 'messaging areas'.

Reference: http://www.actionscript.com/archives/00000567.html

3.3 Current Zarinmedia bookmarks

We're always on the lookout for interesting richmedia sites that explore new possibilities in web-design and user experiences. Here's a small sample of our current bookmark list.

http://www.adnec.com/eco/index_en.html
http://www.tetsoo.com/
http://www.wackedusa.com/index-black.html
http://www.buckla.com/main.html
http://www.stickee.co.uk/
http://www.fullsail.com/swf/index.cfm


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