Designing Products, Experiences, and Marketing
This week has been pretty fascinating, examining the eyes and the mind. As people, we get habituated to our vision and take for granted how it works both for and against us. Understanding how the…
Preface – As of Jan 2019, I’ve enrolled at Kent State University, seeking a Master of Science in User Experience Design. As such, certain coursework in the curriculum will require regular blog posts (reflections) of…
A video essay exploring whether or not RDR2 is actually any fun or not.
Gamification Origins Gamification is a stupid word. I think at this point just about all of us agree on that. Yet despite the words silliness, the definition is important: the process of applying game-based elements…
I was selected by publisher Kogan Page to read an advance copy of one of their upcoming titles, The Gen Z Frequency (scheduled for release on September 28). Over the last few weeks, I’ve worked…
A short playthrough of Celeste with an 8-bit version of Metallica’s Enter Sandman.
Every year, I take a different approach to resolutions. Since 2013 I’ve crafted a personal balanced scorecard to guide my personal behaviour, and, hopefully, improve it. Most of this is pretty personal to me, but…
My video review of the book Be Like Amazon by Roy Williams and Brian & Jeffrey Eisenberg. How you create a successful business that maintains momentum.
It’s more than the gamification buzz that’s been thrown around. I’m a total nerd. It took me a long time to realize how big of a nerd I really am though. In high school, I…
Last month I decided it was time to do a new custom PC build. It wasn’t much on the “budget” side, but I did already have an Nvidia GTX 1070 that I’d picked up last…