Active Learning Systems, Inc.
1505 West 28th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55408
USA
Contact: Thomas J. Donahue, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Phone: +1 (612) 871-1757
Fax: +1 (612) 874-3704
Internet: TOM_DONAHUE@MACMAIL.MCAD.EDU
Active Learning Systems, a twelve-year-old corporation specializing in multimedia courseware development, consulting and teaching, presents seminars on developing multimedia and using the Apple Media Tool throughout the world. Favorable product reviews of ALS products have appeared in the NY Times, PC Magazine, Seybold Report, Computer User and other publications. ALS numbers many Fortune 100 companies among its clients. Currently ALS is in a strategic alliance with the University of St. Thomas (the second largest graduate school of business in the U.S.), 3M, KPMG Peat Marwick, Apple Computer and Interactive Personalities to put most of the technical aspects of the M.B.A. program into interactive media.
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Antenna Communications Inc., dab Seed Software
1095 Valencia Way
Pacifica, CA 94044
USA
Contact: Kate Adams
Phone/Fax: +1 (415) 355-1923
America On-Line: ROCK 1619
CompuServe: 75030,3606
Antenna Communications provides software consulting services to clients creating multimedia CD-ROM titles or kiosks. We specialize in the Apple Media Tool Programming Environment and in cross-platform (MAC/PC) development. We recently did over 95% of the extensive programming involved in "The Forever Growing Garden", a CD-ROM title copyright C-Wave and published by Media Vision. In addition to the usual collection of multimedia tools, we occasionally resort to MacApp, MPW, Hypertalk (for the Mac) and Microsoft's Visual C++ and Visual BASIC (for the PC).
Antenna Communications will be sysop for the AMT/AML board on the Media Planet BBS service. I will let you know further details about this board when it is created.
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Art of Memory Ltd.
Grafton Mews
High Street
Chipping Campden
Gloucestershire GL55 6AT
United Kingdom
Contact: Graham Howard
Phone: +44 (386) 841496
Fax: +44 (386) 841505
Internet: D.N.Crow@open.ac.uk
Art of Memory is a multimedia production company specialising in the design and production of multimedia information systems, installations, presentations, and CD titles. We develop products that show a real conceptual understanding of the messages to be communicated, married with very high quality design values. Good design and especially interface design is seen as a pivotal aspect of the success of any product. To engage and empower the user, we orchestrate a wide range of creative skills, using outside specialists from other fields as and when appropriate. As experienced multimedia producers we work in close cooperation with our clients, enabling them to understand the new ways of thinking and of representing ideas that are needed to create exciting and meaningful multimedia.
Clients include: Apple Computer Europe, Virgin, BBC, Pergamon, Southern Arts, Design Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, Olivetti, English Heritage, Corning Museum of Glass, Nationwide Building Society, Kodak, Addison Wesley, IKEA.
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Art Technology Group
14 Story Street
Cambridge MA 01238
USA
Contact: Andy Hong
Phone: +1 (617) 494-6065
Fax: +1 (617) 494-6067
Internet: lem-e-tweakit@redstar.com
When we're not skateboarding or snowboarding, we sometimes sit in front of our computers and make bets on whose hard drive will be first to perform a thermal-recalibration.
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The Carl Group
21710 Steven's Creek Blvd.
Suite 110
Cupertino, CA 95014
USA
Contact: Tim Carl
Phone: +1 (408) 255-9171 x101
Fax: +1 (408) 255-9170
Internet: tcg@netcom.com
Established in 1985, The Carl Group provides our clients with a variety of technical services, including multimedia design and development, technical writing, on-line hypertext documentation, technical training, and engineering. We have been an Apple Computer consultant for the past four years. Specifically, we were involved in the development Apple Developer University's Macintosh Programming Fundamentals: Self-Paced Training course. As a part of the Apple Media Tool team, we developed the original specifications for the Apple Media Tool and developed the documentation for the Apple Media Tool Programming Environment (User's Guide and Reference manuals) for the original release and release 1.1. Because of our extensive experience with the Apple Media Tool and its Programming Environment, we help our clients design and produce their object-oriented multimedia projects. Our Multimedia Services also include artwork development, video production and digitizing, and CD ROM pre-mastering.
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GALILEO, Inc.
680 Fourteenth Street NW
Suite A
Atlanta, GA 30318
USA
Contact: Mike Wittenstein
Phone: +1 (404) 425-4536
Fax: +1 (404) 872-3504
GALILEO is an Atlanta-based communications company specializing in multimedia for advertising, marketing, and sales. The firm designs and builds Talking Business Cards¬, Laptop Sales Systems¬, Kiosks, and On-Line Multimedia Information Systems for Fortune 500, Government, Start-Ups, and Mid-Range Companies. GALILEO's strength is in its combination of award-winning design with world-class programming. The firm's software engineers are very familiar with the Apple Media Toolkit Programming Environment, especially multimedia, file and image handling, and telecommunications. Each has multiple commercial products on the market. Our designers are award-winners and are fun to work with. Our programmers an intimate knowledge of MPW, C++, and other enabling technologies. GALILEO has applied to become a Kaleida Partner, so our engineers will grow with AMK and ScriptX as well.
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MAConsulting
1146 North Central Avenue, Suite 342
Glendale, CA 91202
USA
Contact: Mike Anderson
Phone: +1 (818) 547-3500
Fax: +1 (818) 240-7159
MAConsulting is a Systems Integration and Consulting firm specializing in client-server "on-line transaction processing" database systems, networking, telecommunications, multimedia kiosks and applications, and desktop video production. We offer a complete line of services, including network design and administration, system design, software design and development, multimedia production, production quality 3-D animation, and much more. Our clients include the City of Glendale, CA; Verdugo Tri-City Fire Communication Center; Glendale Police Department; Santa Ana Unified School District; San Joaquin County Office of Education; Ketchum Communications; Hispanic America Advertising; and many more.
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New Media Entertainment
1252 Mountain Quail Circle
San Jose, CA 95120
USA
Contact: Rick Rickards
Phone: +1 (408) 927-6866
New Media Entertainment is a full service multimedia consulting firm. With our network of consultants we are able to provide professional assistance in design and development of multimedia projects. We can help with a specific aspect of your project or develop an entire CD-ROM title.
Skills include:
Animation
Audio/Video Digitizing & Effects
Graphic Arts (2D & 3D)
Interactivity Programming
Kiosk Development
Producing
Project Management
Prototyping
Soundtrack Writing/Recording
Story boarding
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Number One Graphics
325B N. Clippert
Lansing, MI 48912
USA
Contact: Tom Drolett
Phone: +1 (517) 333-0111
Fax: +1 (517) 332-3837
CompuServe: 71001,3105
Founded in 1986, Number One Graphics was Michigan's first PostScript Service Bureau. Today we are a full service design studio, a print and video service bureau as well as active Apple Developers and Systems Consultants. Our staff consists of 14 employees, including 5 full-time designers. We produce a variety of printed pieces, including 4 color catalogs, children's books, and numerous monthly magazines. We are focusing our design and technical skills on the production of interactive CD yearbooks and technical publications.
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Perceptix Inc.
111 Richmond Street West, Suite 1014
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M5H 2J5
Contact: Henry Campbell
Phone: +1 (416) 365-1704
Fax: +1 (416) 365-7463
Perceptix distributes laser disc and CD-ROM based resource material to education. In addition the company develops CD-ROM based material and provides product support and educational services to it's clients. We have produced CD-ROM's for early childhood education and are presently working on a Cell Biology project as well as two instructional CD-ROM's.
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Shoestring Multimedia
1500 20th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Contact: Mike Yearling, General Manager
Phone: +1 (415) 920-6920
Fax: +1 (415) 920-2622
Shoestring Multimedia is a full-service multimedia company, with complete digital video and CD-ROM production facilities. Shoestring has several in-house productions teams for rapid turnaround of CD-ROM titles. Shoestring uses Apple Media Tool and Apple Media Tool Programming Environment as its primary vehicle for cross-platform production and rapid prototyping. Shoestring recently created an information presentation to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce on multimedia using Apple Media Tool in which we generated a "navigable" QuickTime Movie. Users were able to pan the entire San Francisco skyline (360í panning and 180í of tilt) under mouse control.