A bit of Areae news
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Jan 192007
I should make a category for Areae-specific stuff! Not that I want it to take over the blog, of course. I didn’t bother linking to every bit of coverage from the announcement because there was so much of it. But this interview with the Guardian ended up being much about overall topic than about specifically the company and the project. Longtime blog readers will probably see some stuff that echoes things I have said before…
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Mmmm, more fuel for the speculation fire 😉
This article resonates so much with things I’ve been wanting to see on the web for a while. Starting with MMO’s the late GNE (game neverending) and the growing idea of incorporating play into web applications I can see how there is going to be this kinda fusion of web apps + gaming + social software. Looks like Areae has it’s finger on the right pulse! I wonder if Raph knows of m3mnoch and his game “the singular“.
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[…] ( Read more… )About this EntryreddragdivaLeave a commentPermanent LinkJan. 19th, 2007 @ 01:26 pm (no subject)Someone just sent the following email to my local homeschooling group, and I want to respond in a way that might make some people think. Please make suggestions, especially if you have good, scientific information on how useless prayer really is. I haven’t bookmarked any sites. :-(ONE MINUTE EACH NIGHT In WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of people Who dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for one Minute to collectively pray for the safety of England ,its people and peace. There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America. If You would like to participate: Each evening at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (8:00 PM Central) (6:00 PM Pacific), stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute Praying for the safety of the United States, our troops, our citizens, and For a Godly nation. 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I didn’t bother linking to every bit of coverage from the announcement because there was so much of it. But this interview with the Guardian ended up being much about overall topic than about specifically the company and the project. Longtime blog readers will probably see some stuff that echoes things I have said before… About this Entryraph_kosterLeave a commentPermanent LinkJan. 19th, 2007 @ 11:21 pm 3rd response (cos multiple comments and this should answer most and thank most ) Current Location: home Current Mood: thoughtful and thankful Current Music: nil Tags: billion dollar questions , google , hedgehog principle , work All our images have alt tags, ALL of them (i know this, because I did the migration by hand (with the assistance of battblush for a month). Our website is between level 1 and level 2 compliant for accessibility, and i believe there will be someone strategising to improve that further.Me personally? 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heh. yep. i’m pretty sure he knows about it. i’m loud and obnoxious enough….
the best part about that interview, raph? this quote from you:
amen, my friend.
case in point? who here has seen my NEW secret project: digg.com + darkthrone.com = hypefighter?
stil an early poc/alpha thing, but sticky, accessible and fun none the less. in fact, i was in the middle of putting together some atom feeds for it when i saw andrew’s trackback from here.
ooh. and as an aside, don’t forget justin hall and duncan gough with their passively multiplayer stuff. justin’s upcoming gdc talk should be fun.
m3mnoch.
Whoa, I didn’t know you were behind HypeFighter! Congrats on the attention you’re getting.
eh? i wasn’t aware of any attention. hmmm…. someone should really tell me these things.
uh, thanks for the congrats tho!
m3mnoch.
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