Category: Unthoughts

There are huge studies of people who have cancer from specific environmental or generic causes. What is the common thread that unites these people so that they all get cancer? How about this question: What is the common thread that prevented all the others from getting cancer? Wouldn’t those be worth studying? Maybe the human…

A way to dock your iPhone to make it more functional when you have the time and space to get something done.

Here are 2 shots of a 3D convenience store I am working on. The plan is to shoot some video people to put into this scene when it is done. One view will be from the cashier’s perspective, interacting with a customer. We will green screen the human shots here. Other views will be from…

I love life. When I decide to give a talk about identity, it ends up being in front of Chris Messina AND it comes off I was totally against OpenID. Crap. 15 seconds a slide needs to be clear and to the point, and I must have veered. I actually changed some of my talk…

I’m presenting at Ignite Denver tonight at Maloney’s at 14th and Market. This one’s on Human Online Identity. It started off solely about OpenID and my issues with it, but as I put it together, it expanded a little. The problems aren’t with OpenID or any other technology, they are with the human social creatures…

So RedGhost was able to wrangle half an invite to the TechStars for a Day gig in Boulder on March 3. Half an invite because we could get only one, and there are two of us. James, Bryan. One, two. Get it? Half? Moving on. We offered to serve drinks, mop the floor, run the…

Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses, and Consequences (Lea’s Communication Series) by Peter Vorderer (Editor), Jennings Bryant (Editor) •    Games are in every culture of human society •    Animals use play to learn skills for survival •    Traditionally, games are not required. People play because they want to. As games become activities, people can be required…

Game Design Workshop, Second Edition: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games (Gama Network Series) by Tracy Fullerton (Paperback – Feb 8, 2008) • Define a game o A closed formal system – when you take up a game, you set rules of life aside, and use the rules of the game. When game is…

The Denver Twestival (#denvertwestival) was a blast tonight. Got to go hang out with Aimee and Amy and we had a great time meeting all the IRL versions of the online personas we know so well. I’d name a bunch of them, but if I did, I’m sure I’d accidentally leave someone out. For that…

Not socks, SHOCKS. Although socks would be cool too. What a great idea! Those MIT kids are a smart bunch. Link to article. Part of article: *** A team of students at MIT have invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smooths the ride more…

I read an article here about Facebook and the future and mobile devices and how great location based apps are going to be. And I agree. Location based apps on a mobile device are going to be HUGE. And so are online identities. And that is where things are going to collide, and I’m not…

The cycle repeats over and over. You embrace something new to make your life simpler, and it works that way for a little while, but then it basically leaves you in the same spot you were in before. For example, cell phones. I got one once so that if I needed to call someone, I…