April 2011

Order & Chaos, initial impressions.

April 29, 2011

As a former World of Warcraft (WoW) gamer, we found ourselves intrigued when Order & Chaos (O&C) was announced for iOS. Gameloft titles are known for cloning gameplay, art, and themes from blockbuster titles, and O&C is no different. The title offers to do one thing that no one else hasn’t, however, and that’s delivering [...]

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On iPhone weather apps.

April 28, 2011

Ben Brooks wrote a solid review of various weather apps for the iPhone, which is quite handy considering how populated this app category is. Marco Arment’s comment on the weather app spectrum is perfect: The problem here is similar to any other general app category with a lot of potential for customer dissatisfaction, like to-do [...]

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A MovNat workshop retrospective.

April 27, 2011

We intended to write a comprehensive review of the one-day MovNat workshop we recently participated in, but realized that others have already done so, and that our overall impression isn’t much different1. In short, the experience was fantastic, despite the fact that we started the day with relatively cool weather and a rainy forecast. (This [...]

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Week of tweets: 2011-04-24.

April 24, 2011

The latest bubble? http://flpbd.it/vlJw # Why is every cleaning service management-challenged? # Missed news about Chaos & Order, the iOS-based WoW clone. Three-skill limit on the hotbar? Eery resemblance, though. http://bit.ly/dXm5sa # Saw episode one of Game of Thrones. You people thought that was _good_? # Why women wear otherwise impractical, high heels: http://bit.ly/flMioi # [...]

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Volkswagen designs are slightly off.

April 21, 2011

The announcement of the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle has a lot of people excited, though to be fair, most of those people are probably ex-hippies and the same folks who got excited when the “new” Beetle was offered in 1998. When that happened, it wasn’t long before the retro bug was deemed a girly car, which [...]

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The Apple TV as a console.

April 19, 2011

Over the past couple days, we’ve seen considerable speculation about Apple’s involvement in television manufacturing; some wish to believe that Apple will delve into the TV production business, while others are critical in this regard. Others still are taking this opportunity to point out that doubting Apple’s entry in a given market has a poor [...]

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