I was reading Dion Hinchcliff's “50 Essential Strategies for Creating a Successful Web 2.0 Product” (you should go read it when you have more time) and I’ve cherry-picked the points that ring true for … [Read more...]
Jerry’s “Law of Convenience”
I guess them that passes the laws first will get the kudos. So here's some credit, and honestly if you google around you won't find this law anywhere else. This is so simple yet it’s the basis of … [Read more...]
Google Earth as a visual-access tool
Google Earth can be viewed as a "browser" for people who are visually and spatially oriented. It lets them access information from around the world, using the planet itself as their visual/spatial … [Read more...]
Twitter made me (not) do it
It's been a whole month since I wrote anything in my blog? What happened? (Or rather, what did not happen?) Well, let's just blame it on Twitter. Or on the new iPhone. Or on two clients wanting … [Read more...]
Bye Bye SMS
My real-world mixed-reality games were originally built to depend primarily on SMS (AKA "TXT" in the US) messaging. As the years went on (I started this in 2002) I found that I had to develop the … [Read more...]