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BKWLD in a matter of seconds.

Chad Turner — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:02:02 +0000

Some fun times right there.

BKWLD vs ground(ctrl) softball game

Robert Reinhard — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:04:05 +0000

Thanks Greg Patterson of ground(ctrl) for putting this together. Game time in a couple hours!

Update:

BKWLD Wins! It was a great day and a close game. Ground(ctrl) led with an early lead that they kept through most of the innings but BKWLD gradually wore away at it, eking out a victory in the last inning thanks to Shelby.

Kicking It Up a Notch with Digital Magazines

Sean Monahan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:14:55 +0000

This morning I was watching a video about an application for the digital version of Wired magazine for tablet computers. This app is the result of a partnership between Wired and Adobe to make a compelling counterpart to traditional print magazines.

One of the things I truly enjoy about Wired is the strong, distinct designs employed for the various sections and articles in the magazine and it looks like the tablet version does an excellent job of preserving these qualities in the digital realm. And yet I couldn’t help feeling underwhelmed by what was demoed in the video. Everything is wrapped in a slick presentation but I’m not seeing anything and there is some interactivity but it just ends up feeling like a website living in a print layout.

Steve Jobs described the iPad as a magical device but we’ve yet to see anything really magical achieved with it (yes, I realize it’s not available for sale just yet). Running with the magical theme one thing a tablet version of magazine could do that a print version could not is a moving photo/video cover ala the newspapers in Harry Potter. Esquire recently had an augmented reality issue, something like this could be the norm for digital magazines.

My examples aren’t really anything new either — they’ve both been thought up and/or executed already. The iPad and it’s tablet brethren represent a new take on computing and the computer, I’d like to see the apps developed for them offer a fresh perspective and experience as well.

Photos from Sacramento summit

Robert Reinhard — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:39:43 +0000

The SEA office flew down to Sacramento before the holidays to meet in person as a group, plan the next year, and have fun together over 4 days. My shoulder was (and is) out of commission (bike accident) so I missed this years ski trip to Tahoe; it sounded like everyone got along fine without me though. Going up to Tahoe is sort of a BKWLD tradition at this point, I think this was the 4th or 5th time. Of all the photos I took, these came out the least blurry, which is pretty sad. If someone with more skills and a better camera has some shots, please replace mine in this post!

Happy New Year everyone, looking forward to an amazing 2010!

Augmented reality mobile game

Robert Reinhard — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:59:46 +0000

Jeff passed this around earlier this month, showing a practical use of augmented reality that was handled very elegantly by AKQA. This isn’t flash, but shows another huge leap for this emerging technology:

Bungie is single again!

Robert Reinhard — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:22:35 +0000

Does this mean we’ll be getting mac games again? I doubt it, but I thing this is good news nonetheless.