If you are an old friend (or stalker), you probably know that I attended Washington University in St. Louis, where I was first introduced to the Central Limit Theorem, and frat parties. Coming full circle, I’ll be back in the old neighborhood on December 29th for a 7 Generation Games […]
AnnMaria
Going through our archives, we came across this great post from November 12, 2013 “At the End of the Day…There’s Another Day” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. For the thousandth time, I stopped today and thought, “Wow! I have a great life!” When […]
Throwback Thursday: At The End of the Day…There’s Another Day
1 We’d like you to be part of our development. We really would. Even when it doesn’t seem like it at the moment. There’s a reason that we started putting our game developers’ meetings on line . We started a “tourist visa program” for people to be able to drop in as […]
Be Part of the Tech Story
1 Going through our archives, we came across this great post from August 11, 2013 “Don’t Tell Me I Can’t: From World Judo Champion to Start-Up Grandmother” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I was asked to write a chapter for the book, Real Talk, […]
Throwback Thursday: Don’t Tell Me I Can’t – From World ...
We had our weekly game developers’ meeting yesterday and were extremely lucky to have a stellar cast of visitors drop in; best-selling author Derek Landy, star programmer Dave Taylor and our favorite Pokemon moderator of all time, Ronda Rousey. Prior to the meeting, our marketing staff had requested, “Since this […]
It’s an Early Adopter Discount, Not a Late Majority Discount
4 I’ve been out and about a lot lately, from Minot to Fort Berthold to San Diego to Fort Totten, all within a few weeks, and now back home in Santa Monica. I spent a lot of time with the staff at Spirit Lake Vocational Rehabilitation Project, had dinner with teachers […]
Unexpected Lessons
2 Happy Freebie Friday! We have a special resource for you today courtesy of the boss, Dr. AnnMaria de Mars. As some of you may know, Dr. De Mars is a professor with over 30 years of experience in education, having taught all across the country at universities and educational institutions. […]
Freebie Friday: Developmental Psychology Course
1 Going through our archives, we came across this great post from December 26, 2013 “It’s The Giving Season” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. When we received a contract from Black Belt magazine to publish Winning on the Ground, I told my youngest […]
Throwback Thursday: It’s The Giving Season
1 Going through our archives, we came across this great post from May 18, 2012 “Starting a Business? Design, Develop, Cash & Credit” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Want to start a business? Think you’re a good programmer? Have a good design? […]
Throwback Thursday: Starting a Business? Design, Develop, Cash & Credit
Making a bilingual game is more than twice the work of making an English-only game. Not only do you need to have everything written in Spanish and English but you also need to create functions that make everything change from Spanish to English (and back again). To add a layer […]
Making Bilingual Games with Help from jQuery
Going through our archives, we came across this great post from June 12, 2012 “I Have No Trouble Finding Latino Staff Members – Proof There Isn’t a Level Playing Field” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. When I send bills to clients, […]
Throwback Thursday: I Have No Trouble Finding Latino Staff Members ...
4 Going through our archives, we came across this great post from October 10, 2012 “Six Start-Up Lessons from Martial Arts” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Twenty-eight years ago, I won the world judo championships. Unlike almost everyone else who accomplishes that […]