As the summer melts to a close we’re finishing up the redesign of our web site, which is why these pages have been changing day to day. When it’s done, the site will include a new Project Gallery with Case Studies of our recent work in games, social media, web and mobile apps, an updated [...]
The Future of Video Games: The Kids Are Alright
What a long strange trip it’s been. First, video games were seen as nothing more ...
Burning Through Summer
While the city’s sidewalks have been melting and even at the shore life under the boardwalk more appealing than being on the beach, our affiliate the Brooklyn Blogfather has been ripping up the web, building and launching six new sites this summer. Dr. Bruce Weinstein’s new site TheEthicsGuy.com features his Bloomberg BusinessWeek columns, CNN and [...]
Brain Meets iPad
My post of a cat playing with an iPad was a placeholder until the initial hype died down and more reasoned reviews started coming in. Lee Wilson, President of PCI Education, wrote a very cogent post titled iPad for Education Revisited that praises the iPad’s value as a media consumption and media organization tool, with [...]
Cat Meets iPad
No way around it this is a silly cat video, but it’s worth it (thanks Ecks & Gizmodo). Backstory: I decided to wait for the initial product shakeout and a v2 release of the iPad before buying one. After seeing this I wish I’d gotten in line early and unless you’re allergic, I bet you [...]
When Toys & Virtual Worlds Collide
When the annual New York Toy Fair and the virtual world conference Engage Expo filled the Jacob Javit’s Center during the same week in mid-February, the two events showcased more than any one person could absorb. Fortunately Warren Buckleitner (Childrens Technology Review) hosted an informal round-table where 18 industry experts talked frankly about the best [...]
Three Billion Customers and Counting
How would you like access to three billion customers? That’s the promise of the newly announced Wholesale Applications Community formed by telcom operators including América Móvil, AT&T, Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, KT, Mobilkom Austria Group, MTN Group, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, Orascom Telecom, Softbank Mobile, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, Telenor Group, Telia Sonera, [...]
Naturally Speaking
We used voice to text, text to voice and semantic data analysis successfully on two products for Pearson Education a few years ago — AMP Reading and Quick Reads — which rocked, technically and commercially. But successful though they were, as products for middle-school kids there was professional but not personal relevance. Finally, these technologies [...]
