Fun chat that Nick recorded for his First Wonder Kickstarter campaign.

KICKSTARTER PROJECT HERE

Had a fun time at Eureka Fest 2015.  They’ve posted an interview of my fireside chat on stage with Eureka Founder Peter Polydor.

Cloud Gaming Conference

September 27, 2015 — Leave a comment

Just arrived in San Francisco for the Cloud Gaming Conference.

Popping over to TechShop this afternoon.

I really love the idea of Thunderclap, where you get your social network to agree to support a project or idea, then ALL the accounts are timed to tweet/post at the same time to create a Thunderclap of interest/press.

A friend (Nick Bruty of Rogue Rocket games) is giving it a try with his new game “First Wonder” and I’m supporting him to see how well it works.

Join me!

https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/31646-help-kickstart-first-wonder

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Shocking photos of Pluto!

September 18, 2015 — Leave a comment

The detail is incredible!

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Find out more here: ars technica

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TED Speech for the Month

September 18, 2015 — Leave a comment

I go to the TED conference each year and I will try to take the time to put more of the really surprising talks into my blog, to save you having to work through hundreds to find them.

One time Tony Robbins was asked to speak, I can’t remember if he was on the planned list or an impromptu addition but he delivered a very memorable speech which ended with a standing ovation.  One thing to notice was just how brilliantly he got himself extra time to speak, which is almost impossible at TED.  It’s a great glimpse of the artform of public speaking.

Underwater Drone

September 17, 2015 — Leave a comment

Super excited to support the OpenROV team.  I’ve been following them since they started and really like the design of the new Trident underwater drone.

KICKSTARTER LINK

http://www.openrov.com/

I met Dave Lang at TED 2013, he gave a short talk on the idea of the OpenROV

Recreated ZX Spectrum

September 17, 2015 — Leave a comment

I ordered the Recreated ZX Spectrum and it’s in the mail, can’t WAIT to try it out!  (I was one of the Kickstarter backers.)  The ZX Spectrum (thanks to Sir Clive Sinclair) was a MAJOR boost to my career and it’s awesome to see it being brought back in a really smart way.  (It’s a Bluetooth keyboard so you can touch/feel the original device, but it will run any game instantly through an emulator on all mobile devices.)

The device is here:

http://sinclair.recreatedzxspectrum.com/

The games are here (remember this is INCREDIBLY retro stuff):

http://sinclair.recreatedzxspectrum.com/titles.php

The apps for mobile devices are here:

iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/recreated-zx-spectrum/id957141812?ls=1&mt=8

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elite.zxec

Just a reminder that PlayStation Experience 2015 is coming up fast.

It’s in San Francisco, California at the Moscone West Hall on December 5-6.

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/campaigns/2015/playstation-experience/

WOW Bugatti

September 17, 2015 — Leave a comment

The Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo is a model of the car that appears in the popular Gran Turismo videogame series.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/15/autos/bugatti-vision-gran-turismo/?sr=recirc091715bugatti0930story