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Mandatory Subway Etiquette
Yahoo! Voices asked me to write about something I’d make mandatory in NYC besides food composting. I chose pushing onto the subway car before passengers have gotten off, because WOULDN’T THAT MAKE THE SUBWAYS BETTER FOR EVERYONE?!?! I’ve written about subway … Continue reading
Posted in Chapel Hill, New York City
Tagged Brooklyn, Chapel Hill, G Train, New York City, subway
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The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley – IndieReader
A fairly common tech blogger topic is asking rhetorically if a specific mid-size city with more than three start-ups could be the next Silicon Valley. Using The Rainforest’s guide to the factors that create start-up innovation can help answer … Continue reading
9th Dawn on Hardcore Droid
New piece on Hardcore Droid! ValorWare’s new game 9th Dawn offers so much to love for fans of old RPGs. The world is huge and open, allowing your little adventurer to explore a pixelly fantasy kingdom, protecting the weak and … Continue reading
Posted in Game Reviews, New York City
Tagged Android, Game Reviews, Hardcore Droid, New York City
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Indie Games On Amazon!
It might have gotten lost in all the E3 / XBONE / PlayStation 4 craziness, but retail giant Amazon has just started selling indie games. This has major applications for both indie games developers and smaller games publications, so I … Continue reading
Impostor Syndrome
I have such awful impostor syndrome that when a colleague described my bio to students, telling them that one of their teachers had worked on casual games and MMOs, and this person brought so much industry experience to help them … Continue reading
MakerFaire NC
I have a new summer job, which is full-time teaching at Youth Digital Studios in Durham, so I’m getting up earlier and earlier to come in, and staying at work later and later to get ready and take notes on … Continue reading
Animazement Conversation
Faith from Geek Insider and I both covered Animazement, which means we had this conversation a couple of times: “I just talked to someone you already talked to!” “Who?” “In the artists alley… With the cool business cards…” “Not narrowing … Continue reading
Skinny Bitch In Love
Skinny Bitch in Love is out today, and I wrote about this frothy chick lit crossed with a vegan cookbook over on Yahoo.
Posted in Books, New York City
Tagged Book review, Books, Netgalley, New York City, Skinny Bitch, Skinny Bitch In Love
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Club Monstrosity: Classic Monsters In Manhattan
When I got a pitch about Jesse Petersen’s new novel Club Monstrosity, I was fascinated because it had so many similarities with my fiance’s book, Screamland. When the Invisible Man is killed, the rest of the real-life horror movie monsters … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Chapel Hill, New York City
Tagged Book review, Books, Chapel Hill, Club Monstrosity, Jesse Petersen, New York City
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That Time I Had To Talk To Strangers
I recently interviewed Emily Farquharson of the International Geek Girl Pen Pal Club for Geek Insider, as well as Spiderweb Software’s Jeff Vogel for Hardcore Droid, and Sky Horse Interactive’s Dave Stafford for Indie Game Mag. Even though I got … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged Geek Insider, Hardcore Droid, Indie Game Mag, New York City
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