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Why do I blog this: this is the kind of thing that used to be on a CD-ROM in the 90s and is now continually updated online
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Why do I blog this: big social network doing "something", hard to divine its intentions, previous announcements and actions do not give cause for hope
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Why do I blog this: how do you find interesting people who're doing worthwhile things and scale them up?
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"Pixar University's Randy Nelson explains what schools must do to prepare students for jobs in new media." – Why do I blog this: Adrian and I have visited Pixar once as it's named in our Six to Start business plan – the company we most admire in the world. Being able to nurture, attract and hire the talent that Pixar has is incredibly important to us
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Why do I blog this: an evolution of the graphical adventure by ex-LucasArts artist Bill Tiller. One for the "to-play" pile
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Why do I blog this: alternatively, what about engineering a meme that spreads to gather, in a loose way, personal data?
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Why do I blog this: I wish we'd have a cabinet-level CTO/information position.
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Why do I blog this: YA data point on the "established game developers producing iPhone games" – although I suppose it's not clear if it's going to be subcontracted out and based on Bethesda IP?
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Why do I blog this: Raph's always interesting, but I do think he's taking a (understandable, really) MMO approach to analysing Twitter
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Why do I blog this: Simon's come up with a bumper list of links to do with story, narrative, storymaking, non-linear open-world sandbox games, some good H2G2 news and comics
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"Combined with a RC plane, this makes it easy to build a complete UAV for less than $500, which is really kind of amazing. As exciting as that it is, it’s also sobering to know that a technology that was just a few years ago the sole domain of the military is now within the reach of amateurs…" – Why do I blog this: just underscoring the pace of change
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Why do I blog this: search for Meliza on Mars in Google Earth (the fact that Google Earth has a dropdown for planets is awesome in itself), and find a hidden Eliza easter egg bot
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Why do I blog this: yes, all very well and good, but is GAE good for production now? Or is it still just for experiments? (perennial Google Beta syndrome)
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"Now Ben de Lacy Costello and pals from the University of West of England in Bristol have created a chemical version of [the Glider Gun in Conway's Game of Life]. Their model is based on the famous Belousov-Zhabotinsky reactions in which a specific cocktail of chemicals can produce complex patterns of oscillating colors." Why do I blog this: You're kidding me, right? This is all kinds of awesome
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Why do I blog this: pretty awesome, works already on the iPhone, would be interesting to see what Firefox's implementation schedule for the proposed spec is