Double T Catering App (DTCcater) Now Available

We are pleased to announce the Double T Catering app, DTCcater, for the iPhone and iPod, is now available in the Apple App Store.

MICE 2012

I never heard of The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE) a week ago, but found my way there last Saturday. It was quite an experience to see local creators up-close and personal. Also, the locale of Lesley University's, University Hall, made for an intimate setting. It was great to see the diversity in the ages of the attendees, and more female creators, from when I first really began to attend and participate in comic shows back in the early 1990s. I'm looking forward to next year already.

Apple App Submission Approved!

We are pleased to announce our first Apple App Store Submission, DTCcater, (for Double T Catering) has been approved. It will be available in the App Store, October 1, 2012. Thank you all for your prayers and support.

Making It So at the Montreal Comiccon

It was great being in Montreal after so long, as well as attending the Montreal Comiccon for the first time. The bonus was that I could take the family to work, so to speak. They were free to get lost in the fanfare, while I attended panels and chatted with creators. This was my first conference of this size in about a decade, and a great choice.

The highlights were being able to meet creators with works depicting various character ethnicity styles, and Anthony Del Col's (Kill Shakespeare) panel, How To Create and Market Your Comic.

Although, it wasn't all seriousness. I gave in, starry-eyed, to catch glimpses of Jim Stalin (The Infinity Gauntlet), and Sir Patrick Stewart (Star Trek, Generations).

First App Store Submission

After a little over five months of blood, sweat, and tears, we've completed our first Apple App Store submission. Now we eagerly await rejection from Apple to propel us forward. Just kidding. I leave you with this scene from the movie The Matrix, to put it into perspective. To quote Eric Thomas, "Pain is temporary!"

Heading to the 2012 Montreal Comiccon

I plan to be at the Montreal Comiccon on Sunday, September 16. For you comic lovers and creators that can make it, I hope to see you there.

Comic Submission Guidelines

Zumbi Mobile Solutions' focus on mobile applications includes Kindle format ebooks. We plan on publishing one ebook per year to start with. After our debut, Kindle format novella in 2011, we are eager to embark on our first Kindle comic title, and are currently open to submissions. Our plan is to work with creators we contract with on a shared-royalty basis.

Our focus for comics are non-graphically violent and non-sexual, stand-alone and mini-series comics (black and white, with color cover art). The content will be centered around Black characters and/or characters of color, regardless of where on (or off) the planet they originate. You don't have to be Black or a person of color to submit of course. Your work will let us know whether you can capture people of color as they truly are. 

We imagine a schoolgirl, her father, and her grandmother should all be able to enjoy (or at least appreciate) our comics. We are interested in science fiction, general fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, humor, and superheroes.

Artists, Pencilers, and Inkers:

Submit five (5) consecutive story pages; fully inked and penciled (as applicable).

Colorists:

Submit five (5) pages of sequential art.

Letterers:

Submit five (5) pages of story to show diversity and effects. If you can provide lettering in a non-English language (Spanish, Portuguese, French, Yoruba, etc.) as well, that's a bonus.

All submissions should be final work; submitted via e-mail only. Submit electronic copies of original work in *.PNG, 72ppi format, to beanpolice (at) yahoo.com. In addition, each submission must include a completed submission agreement.

Due to the number of expected submissions and our limited resources, we will neither be able to return submissions nor respond to submissions that do not adhere to the submission guidelines. We will review and respond to complete submissions of merit within two to four weeks of receipt.

Worry, Not

I was sorting though my sermon notes from my iPhone (yes, iPhone 5 is here and I'm not getting it, so there), and I found a bunch of old, but memorable, raw sermon notes I took down.

Sermon 6may12: Worry

Don't worry be happy
+Take life as it comes 
God has equipped us to take life as it comes
+Refuse to live in dread
Fear looks into the future and imagines the worst happening
How we approach life (enduring versus enjoying life)
Dread drains our peace and strength for living.
Having faith and being positive energizes us
The future is coming whether you like it or not.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath 
torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. (1 John 4:18 KJV)

+ Know God's character 
Praise God for his faithfulness

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, 
and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing 
wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind 
and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the 
Lord. (James 1:5-7 KJV)

+ Follow after peace
Peace will decide for you with all finality questions you have when you need 
guidance.

Let peace be the umpire 

Peace is there to keep from making dumb mistakes 

Refuse to let worry and fear steal your peace.

+ Cast all your cares on the Lord

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you 
in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (1 Peter 
5:6, 7 KJV)

Back From The Sao Paulo Cloud

My trip to the Cloud Computing World Forum Expo in Sao Paulo was a gentle reminder that different populations adopt technologies at different times and rates. Right now in Brazil, cloud computing is all the rage. During the workshops and speakers sessions at the Expo, I got the expression from the audience questions, that there are a significant amount of companies still in the information gathering to early-adoption stages.

The Expo vendors I spoke with fell into the camps of either, mid-sized companies looking to develop partnerships in Brazil as well as Latin America, and Latin American divisions of US-based companies such as Amazon, Accenture, and Level 3.

As for Zumbi Mobile Solutions, I think the best convergence of opportunities (in the near tearm) will be in the technical support end of things, for managing support services overflow. Although, attending the Expo reminded me I still have a lot of homework to do, to discern what the market needs and the best way to engage that market.