August 31st, 2009
August 20th, 2009
A great deal or a rip-off: Which is it?
Dear Condé Nast,
Are you trying to rip me off? You’re definitely confusing me.
I just got this in the mail:
but I can’t figure out if I’d be paying $12/year for both subscriptions, or $12/yr for each subscription I order (myself + any gifts).
As a preferred subscriber (it says so in big bold slab serif!), I’d like to think I’d get a better deal than say, what they offer to everybody else on their own site:
Or on Amazon:
instead of paying $2 more. I don’t want Wired to go the way of the dodo, but come on. Let’s not take advantage.
I spoke with a nice lady over at 1-800-SO-WIRED, who had absolutely no clue. She wasn’t exactly making an above-and-beyond effort to help me find the answer either, but I wasn’t expecting her to. (<self-promotion>Low expectations are a problem we’re aiming to tackle with Wantist.</self-promotion>)
Anybody know the answer?
August 13th, 2009
Our newest: Wantist
Our newest baby, Wantist, has been out of the gate for a couple of weeks now; I’ll just let us say it for me:
I also published our first behind-the-scenes development video blog. Aiming to do these once a week; I won’t be republishing them here though, if you’re interested please subscribe over at Ideademic.
August 11th, 2009
August 8th, 2009
pork nacho lunch, documented
yes, it was tasty.
August 8th, 2009
ideasonideas: Kids these days
Last week I listened to a podcast in which a trends analyst cooed at what a wonderful time it is to be young. She placed special emphasis on how this upcoming generation was somehow more interesting and special than any before it. This seemed like just the sort of thing you’d hear from a trends analyst: more mysterious possibilities to keep the marketing folks at Nike paying for overpriced ‘trends’ data. Forgive me if I’m cynical, but I say it’s quite the opposite.
I think every generation is almost identical to the one that preceded it. Each one experiences a marginally different context that seems immediately significant, but in actuality is only temporarily so. As decades pass, we learn that high-tops, flannel shirts and SMS slang actually amount to very little. These little novelties are curious, but looking upon them to ‘define’ a generation hardly moves beyond the brutally superficial. Universal truths, however, bind us all, even if our vision of them isn’t exactly clear. What are these truths? I think they include the need to be loved, the desire to feel connected to others, the hope that one is relevant, and an arm-full of other similar emotions that transcend any paper-thin trends.
This is a much more eloquent version of the argument I have with myself in my head whenever I’m feeling “old”.
June 4th, 2009
Microsoft Surface + RTS makes a technically impressive show at E3
Ubisoft’s RUSE being played on a Microsoft Surface
I’ve never enjoyed the RTS genre, usually because the control scheme doesn’t engage me (over-the-top complexity might have something to do with it as well), but I’m pretty sure this would change all that for me.
(via Kotaku.)
June 2nd, 2009
Buff Diss – An Introduction
5 minutes into the mind of an artist who uses masking tape instead of spray paint to transform the environment.
(via Wooster Collective.)
May 27th, 2009
Everybody knows “practice makes perfect”, right?
Everybody knows “practice makes perfect”, right?
from stevenf.tumblr.com
Any skills that have improved are always the ones that I continually used, not just thought (fantasized) about. Steven’s post illustrates (literally) that principle in a fantastic way.
May 26th, 2009
InFAMOUS / Sucker Punch Developer Diary: Episode 1
InFAMOUS / Sucker Punch developer diary
I love Game Director Nate Fox’s motto: “Fifth time’s the charm”. Gotta keep iterating, faster, faster.
