May 2011
5 posts
“Publishers seem to have settled on marketing and heavy, heavy promotion (often...”
– The Slow, Strange Death Of The Demo | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Whatever happened to the demo?
April 2011
9 posts
“Total disk storage systems capacity shipped reached 5,127 petabytes.”
– That… seems like a lot. From an IDC press release quoted at the XZ Backup Blog. (via blech)
Just over 5 exabytes! Woo!
“I was going to comment on this article, but there aren’t any incentives to...”
– Ian Bogost in Gamasutra - News - Analyst: Over Half Of ‘Innovation’ Companies To Adopt Gamification By 2015
March 2011
47 posts
“People who live in glass houses are on the internets ALL THE TIME!”
– Terra Nova: People Who Live in Glass Houses…
“With just half a dozen close friends online, she has a strict regimen to remain...”
– Is This The Girl That Hacked HBGary? (via gwire)
Yep. Sounds like a character from a Cory Doctorow novel!
“At a presentation, there is something much more respectful and engaged about...”
– Tablet Sightlines | Quiet Babylon
““It sounds to me like Twitter wants to round up its user-cattle and drive...”
– Hacker News | Twitter to developers: no new Twitter clients
“Very little physical damage around me, but I’m still a bit distraught. NHK...”
– Large earthquake off coast of Japan | MetaFilter
“Launched in 2007, Fourth Wall has created so-called “alternate reality games”...”
– Fourth Wall Studios raises $15 million for cross-media productions | Company Town | Los Angeles Times (via jaybushman)
Great news.
“And the Cuba level doesn’t even really need the player to be there, except as a...”
– Editorial: How mainstream games butchered themselves and why it’s my fault | PC Gamer
“Flight opportunities in 2011 may be available for autonomous or...”
– Blue Origin - New Shepard Program
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space startup with a delta clipper/dc-x style ssto launch vehicle is apparently due for an unmanned launch to orbit this year.
Charming 1909 Bungalow →
$1950 / 2br - Charming 1909 Bungalow (Inner SE) (map)
Oh. My. God.
VINTAGE STYLE with YARD →
STILL BEING ADVERTISED!
Completely remodel Townhouse →
$995 / 2br - Completely remodel Townhouse (1221- 1225 SE Main ST. Portland OR 9721) (map)
20 mins to work by public transport.
“It’s a light-hearted game of tag we play now, that robot and I. “I still love...”
– Steven Frank - In June of 2010, I signed up for a line of service…
“Game designers, Lantz said, are like architects, making rooms for “a race of...”
– Gamasutra - News - GDC 2011: Area/Code’s Frank Lantz On Finding The Sublime In Game Design
Beautiful
“Today’s games, you don’t see what the game is all about, what the...”
– Gamasutra - News - GDC 2011: Pac-Man Creator Iwatani Discusses Female-Friendly Design Lessons
Fun, remember.
“There’s a port of GarageBand, with multitouch keyboard, drum, and guitar...”
– Boxing clever - Charlie’s Diary
(more) intuitive computing for the rest of us.