Wagner James Au’s post on Why Demo Downloads Matter is good but misses an aspect of the game production ecosystem: the developer vs distributor dynamic. If you’re getting the money directly for the game (shareware, or whatever) you’re much more interested in pumping up online downloads, etc. If you’re a distributor (in charge of getting boxes on shelves at BestBuy, [...]

Frog Design (the pre-eminent industrial design group on the planet) and my personal brand heroes since pre-pubescent adolescence have launched the Frog Design Mind It’s a periodical update about some different cool things they’re working on; only one problem: no RSS. At first I think like maybe it’s a joke. Like the most with it, coolest place in the world [...]

I got one of the original MacMini’s when they were first released a couple of years ago. It’s ideal as a backup server / process automation tool. I put together some Automator actions that work with Transmit FTP to automatically download the websites I run, their databases, etc. and then replicate that to a huge removable hard drive I have. [...]

Dave Winer lists seven things he’d like to see professional reporters do to improve their craft. I’d suggest an additional item for the list: “Post your source materials for the story online”. If you do an interview, post the MP3 online, if you take handwritten notes: scan and post them. Everyone always claims: “That quote was taken out of context”. [...]