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7 Generation Games CEO, AnnMaria De Mars, will be featured as the Keynote Speaker at the 6th Annual Livingston’s Young Women’s Conference on Saturday, March 28, 2015. The event will take place on from 8am to 3:30pm at Livingston Middle School which is located in Livingston, CA. This is a free event […]

AnnMaria De Mars presents at Livingston’s Young Women’s Conference as ...

February 4, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Events / Women in Tech tagged AnnMaria DeMars / Free Event / Keynote Speaker / Young Women's Conference by admin

snow — Documenting the excitement of our lives with evrybit.

The Glamour of Business Travel

January 27, 2015 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Ojibwa — Featuring cake, singing by yours truly and video games Two days and a couple thousand miles later We installed Fish Lake and the newly-released super-improved Spirit Lake 2015 at Ojibwa Indian School. We’ll be installing both games in five schools in North Dakota this week. We’re scheduled to go into […]

Fish Lake Release Celebration

January 26, 2015 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

old computer — My last post, I ranted about Windows security features. In the interest of fair play, today I am complaining about Mac. I understand the reasoning behind all of this. Malware is downloaded from the internet or carried as a virus on media like a flash drive and does bad things […]

Mac Tip on Opening from Unidentified Developer

January 25, 2015 in AnnMaria / FAQ tagged Mac OSX / unidentified developer by AnnMaria De Mars

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Dennis is upstairs swearing right now, while I am being annoyed in my office downstairs. No, we have not had a lover’s quarrel (as if!). We are both irritated – with Windows. Windows seems to have been designed with the philosophy that, really, most people are too stupid to use […]

Smart Screen & Other Windows Annoyances

January 22, 2015 in AnnMaria / FAQ by AnnMaria De Mars

Santa Monica New Tech is having an epic REUNION party tonight! Our CEO, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, will be presenting this evening and discussing 7 Generation Games newest project. Interested in learning what our newest project will be? Check out the slideshow below. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”9″ gal_title=”Santa Monica New Tech Reunion”]

Dr. AnnMaria De Mars announces 7 Generation Games Web App

January 21, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Educational Games / Women in Tech tagged Santa Monica New Tech Reunion / SMNT / Web App by admin

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from October 9, 2014 on “Repetition is the Recipe to Success ” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. I find it weird when I make people nervous. I’ve had people shake and stutter so […]

Throwback Thursday: Repetition is the Recipe to Success

January 15, 2015 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Success / Working Hard by AnnMaria De Mars

The children are heading back to school, you’re thinking about putting away the decorations, swearing you really will send out Christmas cards next year. To finish off the season, here is our annual holiday letter, sent when we all have a moment to get a cup of coffee and catch […]

A Christmas Letter from 7 Generation Games

January 14, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress / Math / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged Game Improvements / Spirit Lake by AnnMaria De Mars

Jenn and Ronda — I love Ronda Rousey as much as the next person does. In fact, I love her probably a thousand times more than the next person does because I am her mom. I couldn’t be happier that she has won three world titles in two different sports. That’s wonderful. That being […]

Education is More Important than World Titles

January 13, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from July 15, 2012 on “Tinkerbell visits The Julia Group” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. My father passed away about 18 months ago. We hadn’t spoken much of the past […]

Throwback Thursday: The Comfort of the Lives We Have Made

January 8, 2015 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Throwback Thursday by AnnMaria De Mars

teachers — Steve Blank talks about the mistake that led him to lose $35 million – not having gamers as co-founders in a gaming company. HE emphasizes the importance of having the right people on your team, including the ones who truly understand the product that you are building. He says, “To […]

Why Ed Tech Companies NEED Teachers

January 7, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Math Example — What do number sense and professional or Olympic athletes have in common? If you watch a truly gifted athlete you will see that they seem to have a sixth sense about their sport. They see things other people don’t. Wayne Gretzky was such a great hockey player because while others […]

Number Sense and Elite Athletes

January 6, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Math by AnnMaria De Mars