Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Really interesting thoughts on the importance of computer literacy, and seems to support Noah’s assertion (via edutopia) that coding is the new literacy.
As an aside, this feels a lot like what’s happening to music as some hip-hop has redefined the musician as someone who combines complex molecules of existing music rather than knowing how to make [...]
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Ever since I completely flubbed an interview with Rockstar Games a few years ago, I’ve thought a lot about the marketing of games and how incredibly important the game itself is to its success. Bad games will get bad reviews, which people will see, making the marketing of a less than perfect game a complete [...]
Friday, December 4th, 2009
I’ve never really made new years resolutions before. Partly because they are doomed to fail for most people, but mostly because I annually forget think about them until people start telling me about the fantastic things they are going to (not) do next year as the ball drops.
This year is different. There are a number [...]
Monday, September 14th, 2009
After spending the past few years developing marketing strategy, I’ve recently gotten back into my original passion: making music. And ironically, being in a band again has reminded me of how I became interested in marketing strategy in the first place.
Marketing a band has always been a difficult thing. From thinking of a name that’s [...]
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
So I’ve been neglecting the blog for a little while (which increased my subscriber numbers dramatically for some reason), but it’s not my fault. Work has been crazy. Or at least it was until a couple of weeks ago. Which made me wonder what ever happened to the good old days of summer hours. I [...]
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Will Wright is one of the smartest people in the gaming business, and he’d probably be well up there in just about any business. He’s the guy that invented SimCity, The Sims, and most recently, Spore. His games are never conventional. It always seemed as though he was pushing the idea of what a game [...]
A few months ago, after taking a bike ride across the Golden Gate to Sausalito, we came across this guy:
He stacks rocks. And it’s amazing. I don’t know how difficult it actually is … maybe it’s just a matter of being bored enough to try it. But it’s really interesting. And after watching Thru-You, and [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the idea of perfection. People strive for it, beat themselves up to attain it, and then beat themselves up when they fail to get there. Luxury brands like Lexus like to use the idea of perfection as a part of their product and marketing philosophy. Kids all strive [...]