Last of the painting done in the den this morning. Just need to get a few bookcases from Ikea for the room and we’ll be done.
Great advice for those building new products.
At both Viaweb and YC, every minute I spent thinking about competitors was, in retrospect, a minute wasted.
The basics from Nicholas Bate. Glad to see that I am striving to get back to all seven of these.
Slowing down with Michael Wade
Essential advice from Michael Wade about the benefits of slowing down as a strategy.
The counter-intuitive strategy of slowing down will save time in the long run by preventing possible mistakes and by improving the overall quality of the resolution.
LucasArts is back (kinda)
“Lucasfilms Games.” To quote an old master, that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time… a long time. It’s the original name of LucasArts, the legendary studio that developed games in the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as several of the great 90s adventure games. To make a long, messy story short, LucasArts was acquired by Disney in 2012, and was reduced to a skeleton the following year. For all intents and purposes, it was dead… until now.
— Disney bolsters Lucasfilm Games for a bright Star Wars future
LucasArts made some fantastic games back in the day. I remember spending many hours on my desktop PC playing the X-Wing and Tie Fighter games.
I’m sceptical about what Disney is looking to make with the new rebranded LucasArts studio, Lucasfilm Games. Only because Disney being the large company that it is, doesn’t ensure guaranteed success. They’ve had a good run with the Star Wars franchise though so it will be interesting to see what comes of this.
Killed by Google is a reminder that although the Google search engine has been around for over 20 years, many of Google’s products have a much shorter life span. Google’s products are more akin to long term product tests than actual products.
Curtis McHale recommends some depth.
Campfire etiquette for the digital age, courtesy of Wally Bock.
Thinking about bringing back my weekly digest posts. For no other reason than, I just want to write more and blog more.
I watched The Players Championship over the weekend
It was a great weekend of golf on the television with The Players Chamionship. Even with a few groups remaining on the course, it was still looking like it could be up for grabs but Rory held out for his 15th PGA Tour win.
The highlight of the weekend for me though was Kevin Na and Tiger Woods and their speed birdies on the 17th. A great moment.