Tag Archives: Chapel Hill

Planning Fallacy

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Meg

There was so much to learn at IndieCade East, and so much to mull over and think about afterwards, but I haven’t actually written anything. I got home feeling completely, deeply exhausted, like I’d been traveling for weeks. I usually … Continue reading →

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IndieCade East

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Meg

IndieCade East is held at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, which should be a almost a straight shot from my parents’ house. Take the 66 from the corner to Port Authority, then take the R almost to the … Continue reading →

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Still Life With Hello Kitties

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Meg

The view from my window of real snow falling in Chapel Hill!

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Tumblr evangelist, SEO rulebreaker and coffee connoisseur

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Meg

I wrote about the sameness in tech hipster pitches when I was at TechCrunch Disrupt a few years ago, so I found this auto-generator for tech hipster Twitter bios hilarious. Have you noticed that there’s a certain sameness to tech … Continue reading →

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HotorNot’s New Mobile App

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Meg

Ranking website Hot or Not has been reborn as a local dating app. The original version of Hot or Not was pretty racy in it’s circa-2001 day. Strangers could upload their digital photos (which were pretty hard to get a … Continue reading →

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Adventures, Games, Harold

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Meg

Sometimes it’s challenging to work in games and have a partner who also works in games. Sometimes the very idea of having two stable game jobs at two different studios in the same city seems completely insane, impossible and ridiculous. … Continue reading →

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The Perils of The Lady Gamer: A Graphial Diversion Regarding Women and Games

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Meg

I wrote about this hilarious and sad comic on female gamers by Shaenon K Garrity for The Absolute. You may have seen it by now — this is actually the 4th time* I’ve covered a story right before a Gawker … Continue reading →

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Indie Games Blog Carnival

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Meg

I would just love it if you’d submit indie game pieces and encourage friends to submit! This includes reviews written for magazines, communities or personal blogs, as well as essays on indie games, thoughtful dev blog pieces, and related creative writing. You can also submit indie games, too. Continue reading →

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‘The Boleyn Bride’ by Brandy Purdy

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Meg

The Boleyn bride of the title is Elizabeth Howard Boleyn, mother of George, Mary, and Anne Boleyn. My entire previous knowledge of her life is basically me noting that the Boleyn siblings got their family prestige and connections through their … Continue reading →

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Adding Awesome with ‘If This Then That’

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Meg

New post on Yahoo about using IFTTT to save time and add awesome: If This Then That is a repository of recipes to take advantage of services and sites you’re already using, by integrating actions on one service with a … Continue reading →

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