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The Kindle Marketplace, Indie Authors, and Possible Lessons for Digital Game Marketplaces: Part 1 23 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
I've always been a fast reader, and in the last six months my rate of devouring books has massively accelerated. It's gotten so bad that I've had to consciously limit my spending in the Kindle store b...
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 24 Jan 2011 | 01:13 pm
I finally sat down and played through one entire round of Heavy Rain, nearly uninterrupted, yesterday. It took me about ten hours. An unruly piece of my brain kept humming that beautiful Bob Dylan son...
The Magic of Julia Child 22 Jan 2011 | 04:13 pm
I finally watched Julie and Julia this evening. Along with most people, I could have used a little less Julie and a lot more Julia -- Meryl Streep as the famous Julia Child is simply a joy to watch. I...
When There's No Win Condition 22 Jan 2011 | 06:00 am
Wow. I haven't played this yet but I'm very intrigued by the premise, in which the player plays as a homeless child in St. Petersburg in the winter. http://www.ulitsa-dimitrova.com/ Also check out a s...
Fashion Bloggers Unite 22 Jan 2011 | 03:07 am
It's totally outside my field but I'm really curious about this and would love to attend: http://the-coveted.com/blog/2011/01/10/save-the-date-evolving-influence-fashion-blogger-conference-mac-milk-st...
Love, Discipline, and Education 20 Jan 2011 | 12:05 pm
Amy Chua is taking a lot of internet heat for her memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and I can understand why. The juicy extracts from the book (I haven't read it) make her seem like the classic...
Balancing Business, Creativity, and Satisfaction 28 Oct 2010 | 12:22 am
Like the rest of the game development community, I've become utterly enthralled by the iPhone sim game Game Dev Story. It's got that highly addictive sim mechanic in a storyline peppered with puns, wr...
Failing Towards Fearlessness 23 Oct 2010 | 12:48 am
I recently discovered Mark Suster's Both Sides of the Table through a post on Fred Wilson's always excellent blog and I've been devouring the content. It's really insightful and interesting. The lates...
Ada Lovelace Day: Teachers 25 Mar 2010 | 07:47 am
I've long been an admirer of the remarkable Ada Lovelace but it wasn't until three days ago that I learned she's inspired a day of blogging about women in technology. Unfortunately the fanfic that I h...
Who is The Right One? Moonstruck versus Crossing Delancey. 19 Aug 2009 | 09:06 am
Perhaps because I've been spending so much time lately in lower New York and Brooklyn, I've been attracted to films set in those streets I love, and recently I watched, back-to-back, Moonstruck (1987)...
