Month: June 2011

  • But what this “Studio 60” crew is attempting—coordinating a real-time story told between multiple Twitter accounts—is on a whole different level. For each of the past three weeks, the person(s) behind these fake accounts have put on a show pretending to put on a show. From Monday through Thursday evening, the creators voice their creative…

  • I found that Marengo Elementary School has formal guidelines and rules that apply not only to tag but to all kinds of playground activities. Additionally, Marengo isn’t alone in giving tag and other rough-and-tumble games a time out—games such as tag and touch football are being banned across the nation. One rule that prevents my…

  • I found that Marengo Elementary School has formal guidelines and rules that apply not only to tag but to all kinds of playground activities. Additionally, Marengo isn’t alone in giving tag and other rough-and-tumble games a time out—games such as tag and touch football are being banned across the nation. One rule that prevents my…

  • Then again, there may be surprises. I was recently reading The Medici Effect — which is about how to foster creativity — and was surprised to discover that most brainstorming is probably conducted in the wrong way. Generally, people think of “brainstorming” as gathering everyone in a room so they can yell out ideas, with…

  • Miyamoto: At first, when we hardly put in any hints, the testers’ faces looked angry. *laughing* But they had good reactions when they solved the part they were working on. When they looked back on the part they were having difficulty with, they remembered the struggle as fun. When we increased the number of hints…

  • Miyamoto: At first, when we hardly put in any hints, the testers’ faces looked angry. *laughing* But they had good reactions when they solved the part they were working on. When they looked back on the part they were having difficulty with, they remembered the struggle as fun. When we increased the number of hints…

  • Marcel Duchamp had his urinal. Ian Bogost has his cows. And while the grand old man of conceptual art wanted to make a complex point about art in the 20th century, hanging a utilitarian piece of porcelain in an art gallery, Bogost just started out making fun of social games. But it wasn’t long before…

  • Marcel Duchamp had his urinal. Ian Bogost has his cows. And while the grand old man of conceptual art wanted to make a complex point about art in the 20th century, hanging a utilitarian piece of porcelain in an art gallery, Bogost just started out making fun of social games. But it wasn’t long before…

  • monoscope: Leading vs. Line spacing

  • Vol. 6 (Buzz): John Lasseter of Disney*Pixar Talks Toys (via DisneyLiving) (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)