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'Books are not interactive. You can’t give readers rewards for reaching page 6 (although…). The principle is the same though – you need to give readers momentum.'
links for 2008-12-31
links for 2008-12-30
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Photos of families that will be broken up by Prop 8.
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Tweets that were supposed to be direct messages.
links for 2008-12-28
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'“Five years ago, the most important person — the student — was left out of the parent-teacher conference…. The old conferences were such a negative thing, so we turned it around by removing all the barriers and obstacles,” including allowing students not only to attend but also to lead the gatherings.'
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'If games try to imprison us in jobs, there is always the option of industrial action.'
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'When he was introduced last month as the Seattle Mariners’ manager, the first of Asian descent in the majors, Wakamatsu talked about serving as a metaphorical steppingstone for other Asian-Americans in sports.'
links for 2008-12-26
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Oy.
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Looks like a nice enough site, but the last thing we need this time of year is more "top X whatever" lists. Will reassess after new year's.
links for 2008-12-25
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Nice rant on ARG design.
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'University of Virginia moral psychologist Jonathan Haidt, who coined the term elevation, writes, "Powerful moments of elevation sometimes seem to push a mental 'reset button,' wiping out feelings of cynicism and replacing them with feelings of hope, love, and optimism, and a sense of moral inspiration."'
links for 2008-12-21
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BreakOut crossed with an EKG.
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A slick take on a classic board game.
links for 2008-12-19
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In the top tier: elite point guards and refined big men; works its way down through "salad bar" and "interior defensive presence," through "locker room chemist" and "explosive wing," and settles at the bottom with the lottery bust, the chucker, and the cancer.