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April 11, 2012

Boy Scouts video game belt loop

April 11, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 11APR2012 from http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/29/boy-scouts-of-america-introduce-video-game-... To earn a belt loop: Explain why it is important to have a rating system for video games. Check your video games to be sure they are right fo...

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April 11, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Socio-Technical
April 05, 2012

Bringing "Moneyball" to Startups

April 05, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 05APR2012 from http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/04/05/hbss-noam-wasserman-brings-... Harvard Business School (HBS) professor Noam Wasserman’s new book, The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Si...

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April 05, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ 1 Comment
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Finance
April 05, 2012

Filmmakers Eschew Convention

April 05, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 05APR2012 from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mark-duplass-jeff-who-lives-at-home-car... Duplass Brothers... turned down flawed studio opportunities for an independent, DIY career, and it's paying off big time... With close ups, e...

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April 05, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Finance, Socio-Technical
April 04, 2012

Congratulations to Christian Allen

April 04, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 04MAR2012 from http://www.ripten.com/2012/04/03/takedown-kickstarter-campaign-proves-to-be-a... As we reported earlier last week, the Kickstarter campaign for a Serellan, LLC’s new tactical shooter Takedown was winding down on April 1, 2...

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April 04, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Finance
April 04, 2012

Augmented Reality Glasses

April 04, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 04MAR2012 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17618495 Google has revealed details of its research into augmented reality glasses. The images show a minimalist design with a microphone and partly-transparent video screen that place...

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April 04, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
Uncategorized
Socio-Technical
March 31, 2012

Boston's 'Innovation District'

March 31, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 31MAR2012 from http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-21/bostons-so-called-innovation-... Over the last two years, blocks of old, brick factories and warehouses have been converted into hip working spaces by hundreds of entrepreneu...

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March 31, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Collaborative Intelligence, Socio-Technical
March 31, 2012

Thought Leadership

March 31, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 31MAR2012 from http://openviewpartners.com/report/thought-leadership-expansion-stage-companies/ Perhaps nothing is more important than thought leadership when it comes to companies forging their future. It’s an indispensable commodity. W...

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March 31, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Socio-Technical
March 31, 2012

Let art (games) be better than life

March 31, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 31MAR2012 from ttp://tinyurl.com/6tljnx8 At a time when the overall U.S. homicide rate is declining, more civilians are killing each other and claiming self-defense—a trend that is most pronounced in states with new "stand your ground" l...

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March 31, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Socio-Technical
March 27, 2012

Mob Science raises $1M in funding

March 27, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 27MAR2012 from http://tinyurl.com/bom3rh2 Social games company Mob Science has raised $1 million in a new round of funding, as a means of accelerating the growth of its social games portfolio. The company has released over a dozen games ...

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March 27, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Finance, Marketspaces
March 27, 2012

Analytics for Re-Engagement

March 27, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 27MAR2012 from http://www.flurry.com/product/appcircle/reengage/index.html Start with Flurry Analytics, which is completely free. Identify your most valuable users, any way you want to measure them – spenders, your key demo, heavy users ...

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March 27, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Advanced Analytics
March 27, 2012

Console vs Mobile Games

March 27, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 27MAR2012 from http://www.thetechblock.com/articles/2012/console-mobile-gaming-war/ Console sales are down and *gasp* mobile gaming is up!... Fact is, this generation’s console roster has had a much longer shelf life than any generation ...

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March 27, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Marketspaces
March 27, 2012

Growth of Digital Games

March 27, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 27MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/22/digital-game-sales-reach-3-3b-in-u-s-and-eu... Digital game sales reached a total of $3.33 billion in the fourth quarter in the U.S. and Europe, according to the NPD Group. The U.S. number...

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March 27, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Marketspaces
March 27, 2012

Collaboration vs Control

March 27, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 27MAR2012 from http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/03/managers_need_to_up_their_game.html Using social media to accomplish a meaningful purpose involves more than providing new technology and praying for success. Successful mass collaboration p...

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March 27, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
Uncategorized
Socio-Technical
March 23, 2012

Social Impact of Social Games

March 23, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 23MAR2012 from http://www.onlineuniversity.net/online-gamers-get-girls/ The Internet dating industry has blossomed in recent years, and people all over the world are turning to popular relationship sites in search of love. But when it co...

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March 23, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Best of 2012, Marketspaces
March 23, 2012

Cultivating Genius

March 23, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 23MAR2012 from http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/st_essay_genius/ Several years ago, statistician David Banks wrote a short paper on what he called the problem of excess genius: It turns out that human geniuses aren’t scattered rando...

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March 23, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
Uncategorized
Best of 2012, Socio-Technical
March 22, 2012

CoAdjoint's New Approach to Gameplay

March 22, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 22MAR2012 from http://www.imperialinnovations.co.uk/digital/portfolio/coadjoint/Action is based on a mathematical model of skill acquisition. It is a software development kit designed for simple integration into software. A developer use...

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March 22, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
Uncategorized
Best of 2012, Socio-Technical
March 21, 2012

The Rise of Social Network Games

March 21, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 21MAR2012 from http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/166479/how_triplea_games_went_social_an... This isn't just about creating mini-game crossovers that can be used to promote an upcoming blockbuster console release. Instead, it's about ...

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March 21, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Best of 2012, Marketspaces, Socio-Technical
March 21, 2012

Wargaming.net

March 21, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 21MAR2012 from http://tinyurl.com/83lltwo Developer and publisher Wargaming.net has revealed that World of Tanks, its client-based, free-to-play game, makes somewhere in the low end of "double-digit" millions in profits every month. The ...

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March 21, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
Uncategorized
Finance, Marketspaces
March 20, 2012

Posterous Acquired by Twitter

March 20, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 20MAR2012 from http://posterous.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/56001-acquisition-faq What happens to my Space? Will Posterous eventually shut down? You can use your Space(s) exactly as you have in the past. Can I still post to my S...

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March 20, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
Uncategorized
Socio-Technical
March 19, 2012

Christian Allen on Kickstarter

March 19, 2012/ Gary Riccio

Extracted 19MAR2012 from http://tinyurl.com/7vlmy9n Allen wants to make a shooter. An old-school tactical shooter (first person or third) like he used to develop at Red Storm. A game like the old Rainbow Six or Ghost Recon... This is what it would...

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March 19, 2012/ Gary Riccio/ Comment
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Finance, Marketspaces
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