February 2010
26 posts
Watchgautamramdurai:
Super interesting talk about gaming, facebook and people - a little long, but worth it. I love how he see ‘beyond the technology’ - sees the inherent human need for gameplay and the psychological undertones for the way we consume technology today.
I’m not sure about the “authenticity” thing though.
I do like the picture of the future he paints towards the end - not for the fact...
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WatchAn interesting introduction into Chatroulette.
Blog of the Day
If you’re curious in catching up with the latest tech being developed for entertainment, cultural, and branding purposes, I recommend heading over to this blog:
http://gspdigital.com/
Created and run by the ladies and gentleman of Goodby, Sliverstein & Partners
Sway Something Else.
Being in advertising, it’s important to stay on top of trends and issues surrounding you and your clients. Because, after all, your clients are paying you to sell their products, so it’s good to know how your audience thinks, right? Ok, I’ll buy that. Walk into any bookstore, and you’ll be sure to find fantastic writings from the Gladwells, the Godins, or the Heaths....
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FWA
I like websites. I like good websites. I like websites that push the boundaries of interaction. but more importantly, I like websites that tell a story. You can feed me all the content in the world, but if it doesn’t hold any type of message that is relevant to anything but itself, then I don’t care.
That’s why today, for those of you who haven’t already discovered it...
“Be fearless right away. Don’t hesitate to make yourself completely...”
I Quit Twitter This Weekend
Due to several unfortunate events including my account being hacked, I’ve decided to leave twitter to the bird gods.
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I Want It Now! The Fierce Urgency of Videogaming's... →
LAS VEGAS — Videogame execs say impatient gamers increasingly act like Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — they want their games now, Daddy, and if you don’t give them what they want, they’ll find somebody who will.
“People have no patience,” said Steve Perlman, CEO of OnLive, a company that is currently beta-testing a service that streams high-def games directly into homes...
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Good Bye Apple
On Tuesday - for the first time ever, my Macbook crashed. I’ve had it for almost 4 years now. It was a first generation model too, not that means anything. It was the first Apple product I’d ever owned.
Do I continue with Apple - or move back to PC? My budget is thin.
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Save Yourself The Time
If you’re like me (ok, I could be alone on this one), you constantly browse your favorite book store, which in my case is Barnes and Noble, in search of new nuggets of knowledge. With my background being in communications (primarly advertising and PR), I tend to stick to that section, always hoping to run across something new and interesting.
Fortunately for me, there is no shortage of good...
“Is it possible time travel exists in our dreams?”
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