Kngfu. Good Ideas and Technology. http://kngfu.com/fu KNGFU has the brains to conceptualize, the skills to develop and the power to produce and market interactive projects Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:49:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en-us We are hiring! Position: Senior Web Developer http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=254&lang=en-us http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=254&lang=en-us#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:43:23 +0000 kngfu http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=254&lang=en-us We are currently seeking a Senior Web Developer with expert programming skill for lead development on our various ongoing and future projects.

The candidate must have excellent organization and flexibility to work on a large range of projects. The candidate must have the ability to learn & adapt to new environments quickly and be capable of designing and developing custom CMS’s and GUI’s along with large-scale database design.

The candidate should be able handle all aspects of the development life cycle i.e. from writing a project specification & designing the system to developing the back & front end and integrating the visual designs.

In order to deliver on more high-concept projects, the candidate must have a good grounding in computing concepts including Artificial Intelligence and advanced data structure programming.

The candidate should be comfortable with training other programmers and clients.

Qualifications:
BSc Computer Science

Language Requirements
Minimum 5 years PHP experience, object oriented programming is essential, knowledge of MVC an advantage.
Minimum 5 years SQL experience, including design & optimization.
Minimum 5 years Javascript experience, including AJAX.
Minimum 5 years XHTML/HTML & CSS,W3C standards & cross browser testing.
Minimum 3 years Flash & Actionscript experience.
Good knowledge of Linux and Apache.
Knowledge of ASP, MSSQL & IIS an advantage.

Software Requirements
Minimum 5 years proprietary CMS development experience.
Minimum 3 years jQuery & GUI building essential.
Experience in developing with all the major web 2.0 API’s (Google, Wikipedia, Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook etc.) is essential.
Knowledge of CMS platform Typo3 including plug-in development (knowledge of any other CMS’s e.g. Wordpress an advantage).
Experience in MLS/IDX feed integration an advantage.
Knowledge of wire-framing applications such as Axure or Visio an advantage.

]]> http://kngfu.com/fu/?feed=rss2&p=254&lang=en-us An interactive music video with Malajube http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=250&lang=en-us http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=250&lang=en-us#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:58:12 +0000 kngfu http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=250&lang=fr-ca 100 mots pour la folie : 5 months in the works, 600 clips from the NFB archives, a 12 000 word glossary in constant evolution, and a semantic engine that learns and creates bonds between words you enter. Add an original soundtrack by Quebec’s indie rock legends Malajube, and you start getting what the experience is about.
A project we were delighted to be a part of, commissioned by NFB, and that’s starting to make a lot of noise (Le Devoir, Cyberpresse, Métro, Le Lien)

]]> http://kngfu.com/fu/?feed=rss2&p=250&lang=en-us We’re hiring! http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=238&lang=en-us http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=238&lang=en-us#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:40:34 +0000 kngfu http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=238&lang=en-us Interest in working on cutting edge new media projects and fit the requirements below, please send your CV to jobs@kngfu.com

Position: LAMP Developer with 5+ years experience.

REQUIRED SKILLS

- Knowledge of graphics programs such as Photoshop & Illustrator

- Experience PHP, MySQL, MSSQL, JavaScript & AJAX (incl. jQuery & JSON), XHTML/HTML, RSS & XML

-Extensive experience in implementing & customizing web-based CMS applications such as Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Typo3, dotnetnuke.

- Proprietary CMS development including customization and development of modules & plug-ins.

- Extensive knowledge of development environments such as Flash (incl Actionscript), Dreamweaver, Homesite+, Eclipse, PHPmyadmin, Microsoft SQL server, Enterprise Manager & SQL Query Analyser.

- Experience in designing & implementing CSS layouts across all major browsers

- Working knowledge of source control applications CVS or SVN.

]]> http://kngfu.com/fu/?feed=rss2&p=238&lang=en-us What’s coming up http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=234&lang=en-us http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=234&lang=en-us#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:53:47 +0000 kngfu http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=234&lang=en-us We haven’t been very good at updating our blog since, well… the begining of summer. First there was some well deserved vacation time, then things got too busy again. Let’s get things back on track, starting with a fresh good news : Les Appendices just won the 2009 Gémeaux award for «Best Website for a TV show - Drama, humour, variety or animation». That makes us really happy.

Many other projects are underway these days. Let’s mention another teamwork with FEED on the just released site of the VIVA! Art Action festival, as well as a soon to be online  collaboration with Daniel Fortin and Provokat. Then there is a site with  Espace In.Fusion, an installation with Moment Factory, a campaig with Publicis and an interactive experience with the NFB. It’s going to be fun!

Oh, and perhaps you also noticed our boss on the  Faire l’INIS campaign posters…

]]> http://kngfu.com/fu/?feed=rss2&p=234&lang=en-us Analekta http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=197&lang=en-us http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=197&lang=en-us#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:17:26 +0000 kngfu http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=197&lang=en-us Analekta approached us a few months ago to create a series of web videos.  The objectives were twofold. Firstly, to use web videos to increase their fan base by making classical music more accessible to a younger audience. And secondly, the videos would be used to promote their artists on a national and international level.

The idea: To create 2 minute videos that capture the essence of each artist’ most recent recordings.

The challenge: To stay nimble and as invisible as possible not to disturb the artists during the recording sessions. The videos are shot, edited and uploaded the same day.

The result: Thousands of online-views and a happy client, the videos can  also be viewed on-board Air Canada flights.

The latest video is Lorraine Desmarais Big Band who will be performing at the Montreal Jazz Festival with Montreal’ gem Oliver Jones as special guest.

It has been a privilege to work with such luminaries as Angèle Dubeau, Kent Nagano, Alain Lefèvre and Matthias Maute. On a personal level, it’s quite therapeutic to be at recording sessions with such great artists.

]]> http://kngfu.com/fu/?feed=rss2&p=197&lang=en-us Conspiration @ Pecha Kucha http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=193&lang=en-us http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=193&lang=en-us#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:12:43 +0000 kngfu http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=193&lang=en-us
The Good Conspiracy will be featured tonight at Pecha Kucha Montréal. We hope to see you at SAT starting at 20:00pm.

]]> http://kngfu.com/fu/?feed=rss2&p=193&lang=en-us Les Appendices nominated for the Gémeaux http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=188&lang=en-us http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=188&lang=en-us#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:54:42 +0000 kngfu http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=188&lang=en-us Télé-Québec’s Les Appendices recently earned 6 nominations at the Gémeaux awards, including Best Show and Best Website. Since 1986, the Prix Gémeaux have been honoring the best of Canada’s french TV programs. With this record number of nominations, we with the show our best at the ceremony night in September.

]]> http://kngfu.com/fu/?feed=rss2&p=188&lang=en-us The Good Conspiracy http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=180&lang=en-us http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=180&lang=en-us#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 23:36:35 +0000 kngfu http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=180&lang=en-us To celebrate the 6th Edition of MTL BNL, Montreal’s Biennale under the Open Culture theme, we conspired with Amuse in order to build this good wishing machine. Anybody can conspire by sending their tweets to @inspireconspire, through the site, using SMS, or by calling the 514-933BIEN voicemail. A Twitter feed aggregates and spreads the love from all those different sources to the world. Go ahead, conspire now.

]]> http://kngfu.com/fu/?feed=rss2&p=180&lang=en-us Petropolis http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=175&lang=en-us http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=175&lang=en-us#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:23:57 +0000 kngfu http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=175&lang=en-us If you would like to know more on tar sands and the consequences of oil extraction in Alberta, Petropolis features exerts from the award winning movie, additional content and documentation, as well as stunning aerial photography of the oil fields by Eamon MacMahon.  The creation of this topical documentary site is a new collaboration with Angle Reserve and Greenpeace Canada.

]]> http://kngfu.com/fu/?feed=rss2&p=175&lang=en-us LaCache.tv http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=158&lang=en-us http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=158&lang=en-us#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:54:07 +0000 kngfu http://kngfu.com/fu/?p=158&lang=en-us It’s always a pleasure to start the week with fresh news.

LaCache.tv, the world’s first ever virtual Geocaching game has been awarded “Official Honoree” by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, in the Games category.

Of the nearly 10,000 entries submitted to the 13th Annual Webby Awards, fewer than 15% were distinguished as an Official Honoree. This honor signifies an outstanding caliber of work.

The game was created by Inpix. KNGFU championed the technical direction.

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