Category Archives: Planning

Jimmy Chamberlin rambles about the importance of creative identity.

I saw this video the other day while searching for drum solos. It’s sort of long and rambly, but he addresses some points in here that I think are important for planners and anyone in general who does creative things.

Technique doesn’t equal interesting—Knowing the technical aspects of creativity are not a means to an end, [...]

Suspend judgement. Learn from everything.

The world is a funny place. And it get’s really easy to get caught up in that funniness and start dismissing the unfamiliar or the seemingly ridiculous as a waste of time, a threat to the very fabric of society, or just something for other people. If anything, it is growing more and more of a natural [...]

Perfection and moving on from the 20th Century Anomaly

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 [...]

I don’t know what to do with this yet.

But I do know it’s interesting.  It’s Jesse Schell’s map of the game design process … presumably from his newish book that I now really want to read.
(via Danc)

MIT’s Futures of Entertainment 2 Conference – Day One

Plannery Quote

The ownership phase

Band 2.0, Part II

Women as Gamers?

View from the top : view from the bottom