I am always interested in new ideas. I also feel like I have to constantly up the creativity factor in the field I work in. Maybe an impossible task but this interview seems to point at work we can do to boost our creativity:
How To Unleash Your Creativity
I like Julia Cameron’s “morning pages”—three pages of [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Creativity
Posted in Design, Games & Education, Grad School on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Guitar Resurrected
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Had a chance to visit my guitar last week. It has been in surgery. The headstock broke off (yes, I know) several years ago. I kept it in storage because I could not find a luthier crazy enough to accept the job.
Well, I finally found one crazy enough! Peter J.
At first, we were just going [...]
How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days
Posted in Games & Education on May 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days”
Gamasutra – Feature
Not really a technology but I thought a good article on rapid prototyping. Here is the cutout list to give you an idea of what is inside
Handy Cut-Out List!
Setup: Rapid is a State of Mind
Embrace the Possibility of Failure – it Encourages [...]
What is reality? What is virtual reality?
Posted in Games & Education on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been thinking about the alternate realities that people enjoy in WoW and 2nd Life, etc. The hardcore users of which are becoming less fringe. People that I respect: very intelligent, reliable, productive, admirable; are members. They still express a bit of embarrassment talking about their pleasure in these pursuits, but why? It is [...]
This is how I feel today
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mother’s Day 1974
Distributed Cognition
Posted in Design, Games & Education, Grad School, Technology on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In the pursuit of my path through grad school, I have been given the term Distributed Cognition. Thanks, Pamela.
people think in conjunction and partnership with others and with the help of culturally provided tools and implements(Salomon).
What is it? Proponents argue that cognition is not to be found within the head only; rather cognition is distributed [...]
G4C – Games 4 Change
Posted in Design, Games & Education, Technology on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Found this on BoingBoing! Looks great. They also have a free workshop which is a total soup-to-nuts on game design and deployment.
