I got this email tonight. :-(
Hello,
As a long time Puppettime fan, it came as quite a dissappointment that
puppettime.com is now a porn site. I just can't believe that cycore would
let this happen. I have repeatedly emailed my disappointment in their
mothballing of puppettime and have received minimal form letter responses.
They did not respond at all to my less than diplomatic email regarding
their inability to retain ownership of the puppettime name on the web.
About a year ago I even encouraged Apple Canada to try to purchase
Puppettime, and they sent my ideas down to the "decision makers" in
California, but I never heard back. This software is the perfect app for
apple to market their computers to the 11 to 15 year old market. Little
else in their software library (except for listening to tunes) is
targetted at this age group.
We still use Puppettime in our technology lab with 13 and 14 year olds.
(1200-1400 students per year over the last 3 years) Those who follow our
manuals exactly are very successful, but for those who aren't as careful
the beta glitches cause frustration. We were hoping that by now Cycore
would get off its duff, but odds no longer seem good. We will probably
phase out our Puppettime module this year to be replaced with an iMovie
digital editing module. Because of our reduction in staffing we have to
go to something which will run smoothly for all students, not just the
careful ones. This saddens me as Puppettime is a one of a kind product
offering students an experience that no other software that I know of is
capable of.
I hope cycore never makes it out of the red. Cult 3D who cares? Look it
spins around and opens its doors. wow!
Rob Davidson
Bluewater Technology Centre (J.D.S.S.)
Hanover ON
Canada
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