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Concept Game Design

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Tyler Knowlton

I worked on this concept for an old school platformer that is set in a diner. The idea was to develop a game that could be played through as an interaction between the gamer and a song. Unfortunately the band who put out the song (my band:) had an epi… Continue reading →

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Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Rocky Agrawal

Editor’s note:This guest post is part of an in-depth series looking at the daily deal industry written by Rocky Agrawal, an entrepreneur who has worked on local products since 1995.  Read Part I, Part II, and Part III also.  He blogs at reDesi… Continue reading →

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Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Rocky Agrawal

Editor’s note:This guest post is part of an in-depth series looking at the daily deal industry written by Rocky Agrawal, an entrepreneur who has worked on local products since 1995.  Read Part I, Part II, and Part III also.  He blogs at reDesi… Continue reading →

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The Innovation Unit

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Tyler Knowlton

The “Innovation Unit” is designed to be:

an Incubation Centre for running small scale proof of concept initiatives with early adopters in DFAIT
a centre of expertise – maintaining strong ties with the private sector, other government … Continue reading →

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Purpose or Perish: Engagement is Just a Side Effect

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Tyler Knowlton

I’m heading down to the E 2.0 Conference in Boston to give a talk on Collaboration, public engagement and the purpose driven organization. The talk is shaping up pretty nicely but I keep trying to come up with a good analogy for the ‘shape ‘ of a… Continue reading →

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10 Downing

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Tyler Knowlton

I had a quick jaunt over to London to meet with blogger, digital diplomacy, general social media guru Jimmy Leach in January. Our meeting was great, good discussions on how his team was set up at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. I had a great time… Continue reading →

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Was It Google And Verizon Or The FCC That Just Screwed Us On Mobile Net Neutrality?

Posted on December 21, 2010 by MG Siegler

We’ve already covered the FCC Net Neutrality vote earlier today, but something new has come to light. Something that’s very odd. Something that’s quite frankly a little terrifying.
Engadget dug up the FCC’s release [PDF] and found the following… Continue reading →

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Was It Google And Verizon Or The FCC That Just Screwed Us On Mobile Net Neutrality?

Posted on December 21, 2010 by MG Siegler

We’ve already covered the FCC Net Neutrality vote earlier today, but something new has come to light. Something that’s very odd. Something that’s quite frankly a little terrifying.
Engadget dug up the FCC’s release [PDF] and found the following… Continue reading →

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Stalkers. Creeps. Weirdos. Terror. Welcome To Location, Facebook

Posted on August 20, 2010 by MG Siegler

The countdown is officially on for the big Facebook location backlash. How long will it be? One week? Two weeks? We all know it’s coming, it’s just a matter of when. And that’s too bad because I think Places is actually pretty great — potential… Continue reading →

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A Nice Side Effect Of The Tweet Button: Real URLs Back In The Stream

Posted on August 12, 2010 by MG Siegler

The link shortening revolution that has taken place the past few years has been interesting for a number of reasons. But one of the most interesting aspects is that we’re all now trained to click on a URL even if we have no idea what it actually is…. Continue reading →

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