February 2012
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“Some aphids have telescoping generations. That is, the parthenogenetic,...”
– Wikipedia entry on Aphids.
A basil plant in my apartment recently succumbed to aphids. They are a formidable opponent.
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“I make silly stick figures for a living, but you’re the ones who care...”
– Rich Burlew’s 26th project update, and the first one since Order of the Stick crossed the million dollar threshold.
Between just yesterday and today, Burlew spent 14 hours answering emails and messages from thousands of backers. Since kicking off this project, he’s posted an update...
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Make It So: Joel Spolsky gets it (sort of) wrong
I started reading Joel Spolsky’s post about Management Teams earlier this week and nearly choked on my coffee when I saw this:
Very few company founders start out with management experience, so they tend to make it up as they go along. Sometimes they try to reinvent management from first principles. More often than not, they manage their startups the way that they’ve seen management work...
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“And I would have traded an awful lot of Being Neil Gaiman today for someone...”
– Neil Gaiman, on how sometimes even Neil Gaiman has a rough Valentine’s Day.
Give this man ALL THE HUGS.
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“But I think that whether you’re making a pitch to a publisher, or a...”
– Tim Schafer answers the Big Question: Can Kickstarter work for everybody?
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A Lesson in Compromise from the Pinterest Team
Recently, Pinterest was asked by officials from Mitt Romney’s campaign to change the name on the account of a user who had created a satirical board poking fun at Romney’s, how shall we say, epicurean tastes.
While it’s clear the Pinterest team appreciated the commentary and creativity that Eric’s board brought to their site, when it comes to setting a precedent for the...
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Anonymous asked: So there is a Doctor Who/Star Trek TNG comic book crossover coming out. Any interest in it?
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“The expression, “a Tim Schafer moment” is used among video game...”
– From Tim Schafer’s Wikipedia entry.
I think it’s safe to say the internet is collectively having a Tim Schafer Moment.
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Double Fine Launches a Kickstarter Project, the...
If you like games and have been on the internet tonight, then you know that it is currently kersploding with excitement over Tim Schafer’s announcement that Double Fine will be making a new adventure game and funding the whole thing on Kickstarter. In about 2 hours, the project has already raised $158,986 and there is no end in sight. I’ve been staring at the project page since it...
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“Oh, and my email inbox is a swirling eldritch nightmare that threatens to burst...”
– An interview with Order of the Stick’s Rich Burlew.
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Next year's GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial is going...
Too Real.
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“But what makes it really fascinating is that it’s the democracy of the...”
– Chris Sims at Comics Alliance marvels at the power of fans.
As of this moment, Order of the Stick has raised over $331k and is on track to become one of Kickstarter’s 10 Most Funded projects of all time.
Mind. Blown.