ChristopherDWhite

Thanks for your feedback and kind words. Whilst we’re always looking at social networks we might want to add to Socialite, we’re mostly working to ensure that - instead of working to offer every social network out there - we offer the best experience possible for those that we do support. We’re fairly focused on just the services that are available right now [and reworking other areas in the application] but these feature requests are definitely noted!

Quiet contemplation has led to its fair share of important thoughts. But it cannot be denied that good ideas also emerge in networks.

Yes, we are a little less focused, thanks to the electric stimulus of the screen. Yes, we are reading slightly fewer long-form narratives and arguments than we did 50 years ago, though the Kindle and the iPad may well change that. Those are costs, to be sure. But what of the other side of the ledger? We are reading more text, writing far more often, than we were in the heyday of television.

And the speed with which we can follow the trail of an idea, or discover new perspectives on a problem, has increased by several orders of magnitude. We are marginally less focused, and exponentially more connected. That’s a bargain all of us should be happy to make.

When it comes to the more complex ideas and experiences unique to games, we as gamers and as an industry haven’t yet gotten our lexicon to a point where it’s sophisticated enough to convey them. Hey, it’s not like we’ve had any practice; we’ve only in the past talked about what makes games special with each other, with people from “our world.” That we’re starting to notice our vocabulary is failing us is a good sign – it means that “other people” are ready to listen.

Please, put my headcount and that cardkey “invitation” to good use. Find a college student that claims we don’t get it and blogs tirelessly about our lack of agility. Track down an EE that has been focusing on fuel cells and has radical thoughts about power management. Or a social networking whiz who is tired of building little islands that go hot and cold and can’t break the mainstream. Hire a designer who’s given shape to 2 decades of beautiful automobiles and thinks we can sculpt technology to better connect to users. Infuse them with our purpose. Give them the tools. Give them lots of rope. Learn from them. Support where they take you. Invite them to redefine The Tribe.

I thought about how I stormed out the front door to my car and how the thought of leaving my cardkey at reception had actually crossed my mind. I walked out of the movie and I sat in my car. I took my cardkey out of my wallet and after concluding that I should lose the ponytail, I told myself, “You idiot. This is your invitation to change the world.” I went back to the office and got right back to it.
[In truth, I cranked the Descendents really loud (“You can only be a victim if you… admit defeat”) and flamed Herr Clownshoes to a crisp in wzmail, and then I promptly got back to it.]

Since that crappy day 17 years ago, every.single.time I’ve swiped that damned cardkey I’ve reminded myself of that invitation from The Tribe and our shared purpose.

I repeat the phrase silently in my head and I take it seriously. It’s not about me, it’s not about my career, it’s not about the project or the product or the profit – it’s about the central purpose and obligation we share to change the world and to build stuff that allows our customers and partners to do the same.

Also emailing Steve is like complaining to Stalin.

So in order to be minimalist, I’ve took up reading Zen Habits and Lifehacker, but they’re mostly full of shit. Most of their articles are top five lists that seem to exist for nothing more than to drive traffic and hipster-Eastern wisdom that somebody picked up while browsing the New Age section at Barnes & Nobles. It’s a nice try but decorating your house in faux Japanese knick knacks and using Coca Cola to clean your toilet bowl isn’t going to solve your problem. You’ve got too much stuff. I’m guilty of it. So I’ll never fault you for it either, but retweeting Leo Babuta isn’t going to help you. Cause you’re just cluttering up everyone’s Twitter feeds.

Not knowing how to cook is like not knowing how to fuck.

A free and open source video encoder, Handbrake was originally designed to handle DVD ripping, but later got the ability to convert ‘regular’ videos like AVIs and MKVs. The only problem with Handbrake though, is that it’s far from what a Mac app should look like—did I mention it’s open source?

And while we’re on the subject, I agree with John Siracusa that the first thing you do with a new Mac is toss the mouse in a drawer and get one that’s useful. We get it, Apple, Steve hates buttons and we must suffer for his art. The only one that’s come close to ‘normal’ is the Mighty Mouse with the clitoral scroll wheel. But it’s been 25 years and we’re still complaining. Hello? Hulk smash! Sorry. Where was I…? Oh, anyone need a half-dozen unused Apple mice?

This, Braithwaite argued, is the sort of freedom of play you generally can’t achieve in digital games. The tactile details of the game (the train openings are too small for the Jew pieces, so you’ve got to cram them in there, which becomes a sort of horrifying action once players realize exactly what they’re doing) and the “complexity of human choice” the board game format allows simply wouldn’t work in a computer.

The board itself sits on a frame filled with broken glass (presumably representing Krystallnacht). At one point when showcasing the game, a Rabbi saw the board, paused, and said that he understood what the game was about.

“I don’t want to play it,” he said. “You just did,” Brathwaite replied.

I wish I was in Spain now. Sadly: http://yfrog.com/6bxg3wj hey, @gruber you are a liar #losers #fail #assclowns

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