Jun 13, 2013
Jun 13, 2013
Are coders worth it? ∞
Web start-up companies are like play-companies. They stand in relation to real companies the way those cute little make-believe baking stations stand in relation to kitchens.
Sobering. And a great read for entrepreneurs and web developers.
Jun 12, 2013
Save the Date ∞
It’s a perfectly normal evening, and you have a quiet dinner planned with one of your friends. And so begins one of my weirder games. Save the Date is a game about a lot of things. Friendship. Stories. Hope. Destiny. And above all else, dinner.
It's really something different from anything you've ever seen. Well made, great direction and dialogues, intriguing. A bit on the frustrating side, but maybe that's just me.
Really makes you think. Download it (Mac version linked) and let me know what you thought of it.
Jun 11, 2013
Typeform: Making forms & surveys awesome ∞
Goodbye forms, Hello typeforms → Engaging, beautiful, flexible & fast
Amidst the WWDC craze, you shouldn't let this one slip by.
I've tried creating a few surveys and it's absolutely true. They are easy and fun to create, configure and design. There are a lot of features and, most of all, they're really fun to complete (you can do it with your keyboard only!) and work on every device perfectly.
If you want to give it a try, complete this short test survey that I created.
Jun 6, 2013
VSCO Cam update ∞
06 June update: the app is finally available on the App Store. It's fantastic and it's free, so download it right now.
In the near future, we will be launching the new VSCO Cam™. It will be an all new app, and best of all, it will be FREE.
I really love VSCO Cam, and I can't wait for them to release the new VSCO. It's the only iPhone app (apart from Instagram) that I have on my iPad.
You can watch the video with all the features here.
You can see what their free minimalist publishing platform is all about. I love it, but unfortunately (but rightly so) it will be very closed in the beginning.
Jun 2, 2013
Start Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ∞
For the friends, KOTOR.
It's one of the best RPGs ever released in my opinion and if you are even slightly a fan of Star Wars this is a must buy.
I didn't expect this at all, and as soon as I saw that one of my favorite games ever had been released for iPad, I bought it without even looking at the price tag.
It's €8,99 on the AppStore and you should buy it (it plays perfectly on my iPad mini). You're in for one hell of a ride (the game's quite lenghty).
May 24, 2013
The Weekly Bundle: Alan Wake ∞
Part action game, part psychological thriller, Alan Wake is a pulse-pounding thrill ride. When the wife of the best-selling writer Alan Wake disappears during their vacation to Bright Falls, Wake’s search turns up pages from a thriller he doesn’t even remember writing. A dark presence stalks the small town, pushing Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
Imagine: Twin Peaks meet a Stephen King novel. No wonder it's one of my favorite games ever. It's not perfect by any means but its narrative and situations are so powerful that its impossible not to love it.
It's only for Windows Pc, I bought it anyway because of all the bonus content (there's a ton of it, much of it never released before).
If you have a Pc: buy it. If you have an Xbox: buy it for Xbox. If you have none: cry in despair and then get this bundle anyway.
May 22, 2013
Twitter for Brands ∞
This is a short paper (around 4500 words) that I wrote in mid 2012 about Twitter and how it can and should be used by Brands.
I believe that it's a fairly interesting read and still relevant in 2013, so I decided to give ReadyMag a try and transform this paper into a magazine.
It's not perfect but I do like the result. You can read the magazine or download the pdf (just put 0€ as value and download it for free).
Enjoy.
May 21, 2013
Google Now vs Siri ∞
To keep things short: they're both awesome, if you speak English.
May 20, 2013
Inconsolable, a tale of Sword&Sworcery ∞
If you haven't finished the game, please forget this article. And play S&S.
"Its insincerity is a mask. It’s the most sincere, unironic game I’ve played in ages."1
Two years ago a special game was released, the only iOS game that managed not only to entertain me but also to really move me.
This game is Superbrothers: Sword&Sworcery, an game that's ironic only on the surface and it's now available on pretty much every existing device. If I were you, I'd play it on the iPad, where it was first released and thought.
Read on to find out about the creators reflecting on the journey that was creating the game and about a fan that is still inconsolable2.
but now that it's happening I realize I'm not ready, it's too soon... and I'll be honest with you, I'm fucking weeping this whole time.
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Rock Paper Shotgun writeup from which the quote was pulled. ↩
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There are spoilers, so finish the game first. ↩