missn

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by missn 10y ago
Nope, I didn't see the rest of his site until after I commented. Make sense under that lens, getting published in those places do help a lot reputation-wise.
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by missn 10y ago
Agree. The article had good points with the part about pitching especially helpful. I do get too that the focus of this piece is more on how to get into these publications. I do wish though that the author spoke a bit more on how he survive
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by missn 10y ago
I second that. A dev I spoke to basically said that the indie dev scene before (distribution-wise) was really tough because the only way to distribute games on a mass scale was through big box stores (with actual physical copies). A lot of
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by missn 10y ago
This is amazing, thank you for sharing this. I'm going through something similar and you never want to go on a full on fight because, like you said, it's hard "knowing that you or the other person may not come out as friends
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by missn 10y ago
Interesting develoment, seems similar to what APEX (Airline Passenger Experience Association, an industry org consisting of airline companies) is establishing: http://apex.aero/2016/04/06/Official-airline-rat
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by missn 10y ago
Have you seen Pearl from Google's Spotlight Series? It's a VR film that shows how you can get around the "limitations" of VR: http://www.fastcodesign.com/3060252/dont-be-surprised-if-goo... . I defin
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by missn 10y ago
BeAnotherLab is one that tries to do that: http://www.themachinetobeanother.org They let you experience what it's like to be another person via a custom-built video rig (i.e. you get to 'see' the world as another
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Hopscotch Teaches Kids to Code Without That Pesky Command Line(wired.com)
3 points by missn 10y ago|0 comments
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Eulogy for The New York Times R&D Lab(medium.com)
2 points by missn 10y ago|0 comments
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by missn 10y ago
Does anyone have a good simple and free alternative to Invoiceable? I loved the simplicity of that tool (where you can track who your clients are, make reports, the income chart, etc.). I've yet to find a similar kind of alternative (e
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by missn 12y ago
Second that. A friend made a platformer for an incubator called "Runnin' Around With No Shirt On" where it's basically about a (shirtless) guy running around in hell (and dodging all the basic platform obstacles like spi
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by missn 12y ago
Definitely. I think that's one of the reasons they have such flexible online course offerings (gives their co-op students a lot of flexibility). At the end of my second year, I transferred to McGill and I was a bit disappointed at the
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by missn 12y ago
The University of Waterloo is a good example of getting an official degree all while doing courses online. Their transcripts do not differentiate between online courses and regular courses so if you get a BA in English or Philosophy for exa
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Better by design: How a hospital room (design) can help patients heal(theglobeandmail.com)
1 points by missn 13y ago|0 comments
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by missn 13y ago
Can you elaborate what you meant by the "bs that came along with it"? Was it mostly setting up the system (getting the right folks, script, etc.) that was hard? Really interested to hear your experience (and the "pain points&
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To Grow, Netflix Must Learn From the Quietly Brilliant UI of Regular TVs(wired.com)
3 points by missn 13y ago|1 comments
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How Real is Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’? Artificial Intelligence Experts Weigh In(blogs.wsj.com)
1 points by missn 13y ago|0 comments
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by missn 13y ago
Definitely agree with you about issues with monetizing teachers. You would be surprise though to know the kind of things that departments/districts pay for. I once worked for a company that provided montly conferences to teachers (mark
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by missn 13y ago
You might find the work coming out of MIT's Fluid Interfaces group fascinating. The "Smarter Objects" ( http://fluid.media.mit.edu/projects/smarter-objects ) project seem to tackle some of the things you&#
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How Big Data Is Playing Recruiter for Specialized Workers(nytimes.com)
32 points by missn 13y ago|0 comments
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Bioart: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Using Living Tissue as a Medium(wired.com)
1 points by missn 15y ago|0 comments
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4-D Cinema Explores Shake, Rattle and Sniff Options(wired.com)
1 points by missn 15y ago|0 comments
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How Sid Meier Civilized Social Gaming(gamasutra.com)
3 points by missn 15y ago|0 comments
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Music Gets Physical in Biorhythm Interactive Exhibit(wired.com)
1 points by missn 15y ago|0 comments
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by missn 15y ago
This reminds me of Blizzard's motto of a depth first, accessibility later approach ( http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10773 ). Sure, you can focus on a few features that allows you to cater to your core market. But, wha
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Content-Focused iPad Apps Value Form Over Function, Study Finds(wired.com)
1 points by missn 15y ago|0 comments
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by missn 15y ago
One might argue that knowing all these "catch-up" details beforehand (through Facebook) could allow for more deep conservations when people meet up - they can immediately dive into the deep stuff and skip the catching up part. Yet, as you'v
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Wired Nerd Goes Digital Commando With Sims, Holograms(wired.com)
1 points by missn 15y ago|0 comments
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Scott Wilson: Do What You Think is Right & Apologize Later(the99percent.com)
1 points by missn 15y ago|0 comments
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The Future of Work is Play(the99percent.com)
2 points by missn 15y ago|0 comments

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