I’ve used flash cards for years, mainly while trying to tackle languages. The process of making the cards helps understanding the material better and breaks ground on committing the facts to memory. But, as the collection of flashcards grows, they start to become unwieldy. You end up with stacks of the things everywhere. A few […]
I was reading about a few of my favourite long term NASA projects today, specifically the New Horizons mission to Pluto which is in its seventh year, when I discovered mention of the Deep Space Network. Now, I’d never really thought about how NASA manages communication with their projects; I had always assumed that each […]
I recently had the opportunity to re-read the “Demon Prince” series by Jack Vance. In preparing for this post, I found a 104 page treatise on Google Books and the wikipedia article isn’t too bad either in giving a brief description of the world. I suggest checking both of them out. Vance’s settings often surprise […]
I’m really fascinated by the history of computer engineering and, by extension, the history of video games. It’s watching the evolution that intrigues me: seeing concepts or solutions grow and mature into all new technologies or relationships. The other night, I opened my DOS emulator and played through “King’s Quest 1”. What a stark […]
It’s pretty incredible when you get to see a thing go from some quick sketches on paper followed with a lot of arm waving and slap-dash metaphors to a real, living and breathing product. And that’s just what we’re seeing here. Because Ludic Philosophy is so bantam weight, the speed of change and evolution is […]
I’ve found an exciting opportunity to continue building on the software skills I have previously been developing on my own, but now with a real project in a production environment. Ludic Philosophy, GmbH is a start up in Berlin focused on gamification and transmedia. Owned and operated by Dr. Martin Burckhardt, Ludic Philosophy is really […]