ObjectiveMe – Bill Maya

As a software developer I consider myself “remote-ready” – since August of 2009 I’ve worked for teams where I wasn’t co-located with the rest of the team members and from January of 2012 I’ve been working exclusively out of my home office. I recently started a Remote Worker group on Trimble’s Yammer account and thought [...]

Breaking Bad Remix (Seasons 1 & 2)

September 20, 2012

Old Toliet, New Toliet

September 16, 2012

Sometimes you don’t always have the luxury of working with the latest digital technology.

Double Robotics – Segway + iPad

August 17, 2012

Double Robotics – telepresence for under $2000. Double is the simplest, most elegant way to be somewhere else in the world without flying there. The minimalist design and intuitive touchscreen controls allow you to freely move around without inconveniencing others. You can stay at eye level, whether sitting or standing, by adjusting your height remotely, [...]

Where’s Your Platform?

August 12, 2012

Seth Godin’s Where’s your platform?: That needs to be the goal when you seek out a job. Bob Dylan earned the right to make records, and instead of using it to create ever more commercial versions of his old stuff, he used it as a platform to do art. A brilliant programmer finds a job [...]

MonoCross – Part 2

July 15, 2012

Overview In Part 1 I outlined how a MonoCross application’s models, controllers, and views work together to provide a cross-platform smartphone solution (it also supports Windows and the web but smartphones reuse is what I’m currently interested in). The goal now is to create an Android application using Mono for Android and MonoCross that aligns [...]

MonoCross – Part 1

July 9, 2012

What is MonoCross? MonoCross is an open source cross-platform mobile framework designed to maximize the amount of code shared while maintaining the native look and feel of each platform. It is used in conjunction with the following tools: MonoTouch – iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) Mono for Android – Android Windows Phone SDK – Windows [...]

Why Chris Crawford is Misunderstood

July 8, 2012

Good article by Patrick Dugan on Chris’ place in the game universe. It was clear, during Crawford’s period as a game developer, that he was an -auteur- operating at the top of his form, not always creating commercially successful products, but always pressing at the edges of the possible, always advancing the state of the [...]

Chris Crawford on Interactive Storytelling

July 8, 2012

A video presentation of Chris’ 20+ year journey towards interactive storytelling from Gossip and Trust & Betrayal to Storytron as well as what he’s working on next.

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