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The social ages of videogames

November 19th, 2009 · Comments

I’ve been thinking about the concepts of game theory, play, and videogames for a while now – and they’re a lot more prominent in my thoughts considering the recent coverage of the success and controversy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Coincidentally, there seems to have been a rise in discussions about whether videogames and [...]

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Tags: Videogames

Still room for improvement in Google Reader

August 21st, 2009 · Comments

A lot of people have commented on the new social features which have been released for Google’s RSS Reader – and most of them have been pretty positive.
Recent changes have included showing more information on who likes and shares posts, and being able to connect with more people who have interested with content you like. [...]

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Tags: rss

Google RSS Reader finally allows social bookmarking

August 13th, 2009 · Comments

One of my guilty confessions is that I’ve been doing less linking and sharing of other sites on places like Stumbleupon recently than in the past.
A major reason for that is that I’m generally going through my reading on the train in Google RSS reader, and not actually visiting sites. Combine the slow speed of [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Two throwaway thoughts on a Monday

January 26th, 2009 · Comments

Both coming from recent updates on Twitter:
1. If we need proof that people are inherently social, how the hell did everyone find out about fire and the wheel before Mainstream Media? Or Social Networking, Social Media Marketing and Web 2.0 for that matter?
(brilliant response by both @epredator and @dalvado – seeing a wheel rolling past [...]

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Tags: Digital Culture