I Didn’t Join the Video Games Industry to Make Glorified Random Number Generators
Mar 8th
I said that last night while discussing the state of Flash/Facebook games with my friend David. Cracked.com has a great article explaining some of the techniques video games use to keep players engaged.
Notice that I said engaged, not entertained. They are two different things. Games used to want players to have fun so they will More >
Cloud Computing is Just Rebranding. And That’s a Good Thing.
Mar 4th
Larry Ellison recently ranted about cloud computing at an Oracle stock holder’s meeting.
Someone asked if Oracle will be in trouble since there is a big push towards cloud computing. His answer is that cloud computing is what computers and internet has always been. The technology is the same, just called different things: SaaS, on demand More >
How iPad Multitasking Might Work
Feb 10th
There has been much complaining on the web about how iPad doesn’t support multitasking, and little analysis of why Apple doesn’t allow it. Adam C. Engst wrote up a great analysis of the types of benefits that multitasking can provide and what technology is required to achieve those benefits.
I’d like to approach the question of More >
Using Wordpress to Build a Website – Part 2
Feb 9th
Introduction
In part 1, I wrote about how to create a static home page for the top level of your website, with all of your blog related pages under “/blog” path. This article is about building out the rest of your site using static pages and adding a navigation menu by selecting the right theme.
Before moving More >
Using Wordpress to Build a Website – Part 1
Feb 4th
Introduction
Wordpress is a popular and well supported blogging platform and I’ve been using it for years for blogging. Now I am using it to build up a small website.
I am getting ready to launch an iPhone application called Cloud Browse and need a web presence to promote my company and the product. Since I am More >
Making Games Look Fun
Oct 18th
Video games are suppose to be fun to play, but what about to watch? A famous name in Japan’s video game culture is Takahashi-meijin who’s special gift is making games look fun.
In shooting games, if you want to get high scores, you shoot the enemies as soon as they appear on the screen, but if More >
Game Developers Are From Mercury and Marketing Is From Neptune
Sep 20th
One of the big bogeymen in stories that developers tell each other is the “Marketing Department.” The story always ends up the same way, “and then we had to change the game … for the worse.” If you read any developer’s blogs, it is clear that most don’t hold marketing in high esteem. They are More >
Videos that Show Palin is Ready to be VP
Aug 31st
Like many people when I first heard that McCain has chosen Palin to be his VP, I was perplex and thought it was an odd choice. How can he chose someone with so little experience in the area that America needs right now, economics, international relations and fighting terrorism around the globe.
After much research, I’ve More >
Learning from Alan Kay, 11 years later
Aug 30th
I first saw this video on reddit about a year ago, a famous talk by Alan Kay given about 11 years ago. I’ve watched it many times and each time understanding it a bit more.
The first time I watched it, I found his proposal that every object on the internet should have an URI and/or More >
Why Carmack’s iPhone Visual Tour De Force Will Flop
Aug 7th
Two words, “Battery Life.”
I have no doubts about Mr. Carmack’s technical ability. His games defined ‘cutting edge’ graphics on the PC for many years. But even he can’t fight against the biggest weakness of the iPhone, a short battery life.
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