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Innovation According to Star Wars
In my last post on the Star Wars universe, I advised disgruntled fans that creating an original piece of work would help them sympathize with authors better. I want to elaborate with…
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What is a Game?
A game is a framework for play and interaction. It’s an effective set of rules to direct our many forms of individual and group exercise. Sports games focus on our physical muscles.…
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The One Skill Students Need to Learn
A recent promotional blog post on Medium from the startup Tagboard promises, “6 Ways to Increase Your Interactive Storytelling in Higher Education.” Not one of the six recommendations mentions education, classrooms, or…
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The Imagination According to Star Wars
In my twenties, I worked with a guy who loved Star Wars as much as I did, but with one big difference between us. He loved dogma and I did not. Back…
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I Know Who Wins the Game of Thrones
But first, what is a game? The word grows more interesting as our world—and language itself—grow more “gamified.” The classic definition of a game—a set of rules for play or competition— emphasizes…
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It’s Time for Author-Centered Design
When I started teaching media creation to Web designers, the first text everyone handed me was Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug. It’s a fun, quick read. Krug explains that a…
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New Year; Beta You
This January, I noticed a lot of ads, links, and email subject lines with the cliché, “New Year; New You.” The copywriters weren’t even trying. The standard articles on resolutions had an…
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An Open Letter to Jack
Dear Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter, On March 1st, you outlined the challenges and anger facing your platform. We’re committing Twitter to help increase the collective health, openness, and civility…
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Smartphones Don’t Create Our Anxiety
Some sentences just stick with you. I never forgot the following quote from an assigned reading in college. Years later, I would discover the author of the quote, Columbia University Professor Jacques…
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Interactivity According to Star Wars
At the end of last year, I wrote about how the Star Wars films explain the complications of the Internet. Just a few decades ago, everyone was a spectator and reader of…
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