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Make expansion plans, get some investment capital, and *tell people what you’re doing.* Why don’t more companies do this? It probably helps that Etsy’s plans are sensible and straightforward.
links for 2008-01-31
links for 2008-01-30
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Project Runway 3′s Laura gives fashion advice in comic form, illustrated by Robert Best.
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‘the history of board and card games based on video games is not one of great games, with some improvements as of late.’
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‘Ninety-six printmakers of all experience levels, have joined together to produce 118 prints in any medium.’
links for 2008-01-29
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Tracking what’s wafting through the twittersphere right now.
links for 2008-01-28
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‘Facebook announced Friday a new JavaScript client library that will allow Facebook apps to be displayed on any website.’ Now that’s interesting.
links for 2008-01-27
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‘Researchers have taught AI agents to play Ms. Pac-Man – and sometimes do it better than humans.’
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‘The controversial feature in the upcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game Turok that rewards players for killing their teammates will be removed with a patch.’ Yikes, what a bad idea.
links for 2008-01-25
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‘Operators were much more willing to take a risk on something that may have been slow to recoup the loss, because the arcade scene was more active. “The way we purchase now is a lot different. We’ve had to become much more strategic.”‘
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‘a catalogue of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction. We dip into the cauldron of story and place it in front of you to read. This can include clichés, but that’s really not the point.’
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‘“It’s not that they had a desire to write and that the cellphone happened to be there…. Instead, in the course of exchanging e-mail, this tool called the cellphone instilled in them a desire to write.”’
links for 2008-01-24
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Good stuff.
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‘As of today, you can play full-length tracks and entire albums for free on the Last.fm website.’ A preview of their upcoming all-you-can-eat service.
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Repostings of essays from Emigre’s old magazine.
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Talking to parents (I know! What a concept!) about what games are appropriate for their children.
links for 2008-01-22
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‘Some might consider the idea of a barrage of text-messaged snippets about the presidential election the final dreadful realization of the news media’s obsession with “sound bites.”’
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LoC starts posting public-domain photos for all to view (and tag).
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A coffee table book of old computers.
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A Mac Mini transplanted into a 512k Mac.
links for 2008-01-21
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flash/java-emulated arcade games.