Family guy and web developer
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.
“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.
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.
Side-projects are taking a back seat for the next few days so that I can get the den re-painted and spruced up abit. Looking forward to getting a place for some of my books as well.
Almost there with registrations for Markcase. I’ll start will limited registrations to begin with and then scale it from there. I’m in no hurry.
Australian broadcaster Waleed Aly on the attacks in Christchurch the reason why they no longer shock him.
“Of all the things that I could say tonight—that I am gutted, that I am scared, and that I am filled with utter hopelessness—the most dishonest thing, the most dishonest thing would be to say that I am shocked,” Aly said. “I’m simply not. There’s nothing about what happened in Christchurch today that shocks me.”
Aly went on to list attacks in recent years in places of worship—targeting Muslims in mosques in Quebec City and London, Jews in a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Christians in a church in Charleston, South Carolina—saying that this kind of violence has come to be expected in a climate of hate that many political leaders build up and manipulate rather than stop. — Watch a Muslim broadcaster make stark sense of the New Zealand mosque shootings
Are we ever going to be rid of political leaders that use hate and fear to score votes and secure their seats of power?
You can watch the full broacast here.