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Get free videogames in the mail

Okay – so technically they’re not completely free since you have to trade some of your old games for them, but really, we’re you going to play Counter Strike anymore now that you’ve got an XBOX 360? I’m not traditionally a console gamer, so I’ve gotten very little use out of the game-trading site Goozex [ READ MORE ]

Lessons from retail: How Godiva makes it ‘premium’ before you ever open the package

Welcome to the participatory web. The end of consumer culture. The age of making, rather than buying, and giving instead of always getting. As we all turn from consumers to producers, there’s nearly endless satisfaction to be had in simply making something. But lets face it… It’s a whole lot cooler if there’s also someone who’s [ READ MORE ]

So many events! I need a Time Turner!

(A replica of Hermione’s time-turner from the Harry Potter 3. ) Why is it that all the events I want to attend here in NYC happen on the same Wednesday evening? Tonight, I’ll be heading to the Video 2.0 event, but that means I’ll not only be missing yet another NYC podcasters meetup, but I’m also going [ READ MORE ]

Embarrassingly bad commercial for the awesome looking Rayman: Raving Rabbids

Check out this promotional video for Rayman: Raving Rabbids. It features a whole family getting involved with the Nintendo Wii’s innovative and kinetic gameplay, but with actors that make the kids from Saved by the Bell cast look like master thespians. It’s worth a watch both for a glimpse of how the Wii will work in [ READ MORE ]

Tantek: Make your services/products easy to blog about

It’s a complete “Duh!” right? If you want the community to talk about your product, service, podcast, photos, or whatever, you should make it easy for them to link to. I read Tantek’s piece today and almost dismissed it as a no brainer… Until I realized how bad I was at it. I haven’t given people any [ READ MORE ]

Am I a Marketing Wonk?

I never set out to be a marketer. Like many artists, I want to create stuff simply for the act of creating. If people like it and enjoy it, all the better. Increasingly, though, I find myself learning and thinking more and more about the fact that even great things can go unnoticed without the proper [ READ MORE ]

The First Great Coding Binge of 2006

Well, I don’t know if it was the fact that I was laid up for a good portion of the past week or just that my brain was rested and ready to churn out something creative, but last night I was struck by inspiration, and couldn’t stop coding for hours. I’ll release the results here in [ READ MORE ]

Family, Friends, Viruses, and Code

Whew. I mean really… Whew. I was attempting to think about this post beforehand so I could write a short, funny sum-up of the last 10 days or so, but it’s just not possible, so I’m winging it. We escaped NYC just after the transit strike lifted, and made our way out to CT to visit with [ READ MORE ]

Is it just me, or was tonight awesome?

Okay, well, we started off at the BigContact event. It seemed to suck at first (which I kind of smelled before-hand) and I didn’t find a single podcaster there. Seeing as this was an event to bring musicians and podcasters together, among other things, that’s not really a good sign. After Adam and I snuck off [ READ MORE ]

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