I just read a great article by Scott Berkun: How to write 1000 words. He has a lot to say about creativity, about allowing ideas to flow and multiply. He also spends about a paragraph to tell us that “writer’s block” is where real writing begins. My favorite part comes at the very end, where…
Read moreFor some reason, there was tons of good content posted online in the last few days. Link roundup! Post-Secret Game Design by Drew Davidson (ETC at Carnegie Mellon!) discusses ways that our hyper-public internet lives will impact game design. Mountains out of Molehills by David McCandless (Information is Beautiful) is an interactive visualization comparing our…
Read more[googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=217662224576327858051.000498d2dce7a049e86e2&ll=45.554309,-122.668591&spn=0.009484,0.014011&output=embed&w=425&h=350] I don’t usually make much of New Year’s resolutions, but for some reason I’ve got a whole battery of them this year. Getting in Shape My wife and I have been walking every day, starting with a couple miles. We’ve done the diet thing before and taken advantage of treadmills in the nearest…
Read moreI’ve discovered a little game called Echo Bazaar. It’s kind of a giant choose-your-own-adventure mixed with a collect-a-thon. It’s hard to describe… it feeds you little bite-size bits of story and gives you several characteristics and knickknacks. Before you know it the backwards world of Fallen London pulls you in. Myself, I’m kind of fashioning…
Read moreHere in the United States, we’ve really got a thing for free speech and free press. It’s in the first amendment to our constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the…
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