My young son turned five recently, bringing to a close a wonderful year in his life. In terms of my relationship with him, it was a particularly good year as his “Mommy only or bust” evolved into “Mommy’s my #1
Elena 7.0
My daughter turned seven recently. Her seventh year of life was one of the best years of my life. Our closeness is a source of tremendous joy. I know at some point in the next few years she will pull
The Game Design Round Table #159: Guess Who’s Back, Back Again
Description 0:01:16 – Where did David go? 0:05:14 – Designing a game to be more than mechanics 0:10:26 – Women in game design 0:16:49 – What pre-existing IP would you pick to work on? 0:20:32 – Choose ONE game design
The Digital Life #191: Automate
Episode Summary On this episode of The Digital Life, we discuss workplace automation and the technologies that will make it happen — from robotics to artificial intelligence (AI) to machine learning. The McKinsey Global Institute released a new study on
The Game Design Round Table #158: Suzanne Zinsli and Cardboard Edison
Description 0:00:46 – Cardboard Edison and other jobs 0:08:05 – Publishers vs. self-publishing 0:11:47 – Firewalling your own games 0:14:06 – Cobras 0:19:06 – Cardboard Edison Awards 0:32:16 – Having three partners 0:40:59 – Dubai 0:44:02 – Managing a large
The Digital Life #190: The Future of Retail
Episode Summary On this episode of The Digital Life, we discuss Amazon Go and the future of retail. As e-commerce continues to rise in popularity, retail stores are taking a huge hit, losing billions of dollars in transactions which have
The Digital Life #189: Human Behavior Data as Asset
Episode Summary On this episode of The Digital Life, we discuss how data on human behavior has become an increasingly important asset in the 21st century. We start with an examination of Uber Movement, which offers access to the company’s
The Digital Life #188: Our Cyber Rights
Episode Summary To start off the new year on The Digital Life, we discuss cyber rights including the “right to disconnect” law that took effect in France on January 1. It looks like the enlightened humanists in France are now
The Game Design Round Table #157: Harrison Joins the Mail Crew
Description 0:00:32 – Harrison’s status 0:03:03 – Rob and Restoration Games 0:07:37 – When is game setup part of the game? 0:11:40 – Number of decision points in a game 0:18:57 – The incremental idle genre 0:25:19 – Overproduced games
The Digital Life #187: A Year Talking Tech
Episode Summary For our final podcast of 2016, we chat about the big themes on the show and our favorite episodes over the past year. We had conversations on design and tech with some wonderful guests including ground breaking geneticist