This is a really interesting talk about betting on design. Can you solve what sounds impossible through design?
Firstly, happy St. Patrick’s day!
I’m at an event for Irish technology entrepreneurs. (Silicon Valley 50 Global Awards.)
Forbes has covered the afternoon here: CLICK HERE
Joey Scoma put a lot of work into showing you how movies cut and transition.
It’s just under 12 minutes. If you’re into movies or make video, you’ll enjoy it.
It’s from the Rocket Jump Film School.
This was a surprisingly enlightening talk by the CEO of Uber (not a sales pitch). Worth a cup of coffee, enjoy.
It’s incredibly sad to hear about the passing of Fergus McGovern, he was only TWO years older than me! My first car was actually his own personal car, he gave it to me when I made a game for him.
Fergus was the head of Probe Software in Croydon, England. I had decided to start my own company (in my mother’s living room) and he gave me a steady flow of exciting projects to work on, including the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (they didn’t use the Ninja word in the UK), which gave me my first #1 video game. He also introduced me to Nick Bruty, one of the best artists in the industry and we made endless games together.
Fergus taught me to keep jumping hurdles no matter how challenging things would get. He believed we could do anything and so we believed it too. He gave me projects on Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Sega Genesis, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST.
He knew so many people in the industry, and it’s interesting to see just how many had close personal relationships with him. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a strong reaction to someone passing in the video game business.
He’s a real loss and sadly this keeps happening now as we all get older.
I had to post something as I’ve been thinking about him all day. I spent so much time with him, and am really sad that the last dinner we had together, is the last dinner we will ever have together.
Thanks Ferg.
I keep getting asked if I believe in Climate Change. The timing is excellent as Al Gore just did an update on where we are actually at now.
Super excited to get my new Arduboy from Kickstarter. Besides being incredibly cool I think it will be amazing for education (future game coders and Arduino fans.)
I’m stoked to have #1 hot off the presses!
ESA Foundation Scholarship Program
In 2007 the ESA Foundation established a scholarship program to assist women and minority students who are pursuing degrees leading to careers in Computer & Video Game Arts. In 2009 we extended this opportunity to graduating high school seniors and doubled the amount of awards granted from 15 to 30.
The scholarships are offered for full-time undergraduate study at accredited four-year colleges and universities in the USA. Up to 30 scholarships of $3,000 each will be awarded annually, 15 to graduating high school seniors and 15 to current college students.
Applicants must be:
- Women or minority students,
- Pursuing degrees leading to careers in computer and video game arts (high school seniors must already be accepted into a program),
- Enrolling or enrolled in a full-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited four-year college or university in the United States,
- Maintaining a grade point average of 2.75 or above on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent), and
- US citizens.
This scholarship program is administered by International Scholarship and Tuition Services, Inc. To apply, please visit https://aim.applyists.net/esaf between February 1 and April 1 for the following academic year.
This post is in support of Josef Juricek (team member’s son), who has volunteered to shave his head for The American Cancer Society (to aid Hope Lodge in Kansas City.)
That WAS a nice head of hair!
He’s back again this year to do it again!
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=39508027&fr_id=70533&pg=personal
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