Tag Archives: travel
Not Just Another Zombie Apocalypse
New interview with Sarah Northway from Northway Games. I asked Sarah about the growing freemium trend. “I’ve been hearing some real cautionary tales of indie games releasing only a free version with IAP.” Sarah says, “Free-to-play is territory best left … Continue reading
ReviewerCard: A Card For (Unethical) Reviewers
I’ve written before about times I feel like a real writer and times I wish I could carry all my clips around with me so I don’t feel like a hack and how great it is to get official confirmation in a … Continue reading
Secret Message To Tourists
New York, as befits the Greatest City In The World, has a wonderful system of transportation known as the subway. New York, as befits the Greatest City In The World, also has a constant influx of tourists, visitors and new … Continue reading
Jane Austen Fangirl
I’d reserved Heather Lynn Rigaud’s Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star from the library a while ago, because of course someone else was reading it and someone else was second on the waitlist. New York is awesome! This rockstar retelling of the … Continue reading
Stranger Than
A headline this morning made me realize that I’m literally unable to tell truth from fiction anymore. This started when some friends blogged about a bacon sundae at Burger King and I didn’t know if they were kidding or serious. … Continue reading
For Exposure
Hey, guys, which came first? Prefix’s post this morning on how Amanda Palmer doesn’t pay her backup musicians , including the brilliant snark at her cheapness: Palmer sought to crowdsource each city she stopped in to get the instruments she … Continue reading
Tripl Travelogues
Travel startup Tripl, originally a social connector for travelers, has undergone a reinvention as a virtual travel scrapbook. I checked out the newest version at Dreamit demo day. The original version, if I remember right, allowed users to find friends, … Continue reading
Youda Survivor
Youda Survivor is a time-management adventure from G5 Entertainment. The story begins, as all good island survival games do, with the player washing up on the shore of a tropical island. An ancient prophesy tells the tribe of the arrival … Continue reading
Satisfied: Whit.li at TechCrunch Disrupt
TechCrunch Disrupt NYC is a showcase for tech startups, which seems to almost universally mean apps. But Whit.li, one of the standouts from the show in the Pier 94 industrial warehouse, is an API, not an app. Whit.li uses social … Continue reading
