Author Archives: Meg

An Etiquette Guide To The End Times

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Meg

In Maia Sepp’s novella An Etiquette Guide to the End Times, Olive writes a blog answering etiquette questions for well-mannered survivalists in the semi-collapsed society. Just because the earth grows warmer every year, beachfront property is now underwater property, and … Continue reading →

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Meteolojinx Recanto

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Meg

I wrote this a while ago, right after it happened, but I thought it was too negative, and didn’t post it. Recently, I got into a discussion about whether we’d recommend our rental company to friends, and I had to … Continue reading →

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Still Not Rome.

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Meg

In which my love of the Rome series tricks me into reading another Colleen McCullough novel. I have mixed feelings on Colleen McCullough’s work. On one hand, Caesar’s Women and the rest of her Rome series are epic and well … Continue reading →

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Facepaint

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Meg

I didn’t really start wearing makeup until I was almost thirty. Before that, I’d thought of cosmetics as something one learned to applied skillfully to hide one’s flaws, or  something one should choose carefully to match skin tone and eye … Continue reading →

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Success Marker

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Meg

One of my current App Design students took Game Design with me last year, and today he asked if I would please tell him the story of Cow Clicker again.

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Apps That Need To Exist: Skipworthy

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Meg

To improve the Facebook experience for the average user, this app will automatically hide everything shared from Buzzfeed or Upworthy from the user’s Facebook timeline.  Optional upgrades will allow users to block any posts with “…and you’ll never believe what … Continue reading →

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Hello Kitty Around The Office

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Meg

I’m not saying you should never have me run a meeting, I’m just sharing a photo of an assignment from the meeting I ran today.

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Hachette v. Amazon

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Meg

I became interested in Gil McNeil’s A Good Year For The Roses because it’s set in a small British village, and that’s all it took to interest me. Also gardening. But I bumped it to the top of my NetGalley … Continue reading →

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The Silent Age

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Meg

The Silent Age is a point-and-click (I mean, point-and-tap) iOs adventure from House on Fire, a small game studio in Denmark. Joe is a janitor on an average day in 1972, cleaning up on in a high-security government lab when … Continue reading →

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You Win or You Drive

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Meg

My coworker SuperDan lent me his Game of Thrones audiobook to listen to on my long commute to the studio.  It’s just great, and has really helped me deal with the drive. My team are all massive fans of the … Continue reading →

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