Three main lessons I learned from going to Belize: 1. If you want to go some place, just GO! Quit waiting for a day when you will come into the office and say, “My work here is done.” Just go. 2. You can get what you need done almost anywhere, […]
AnnMaria
Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from August 29, 2014 “I’m upset that I’m not perfect: Rant on grant writing and success“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I’m upset that I’m not perfect […]
Throwback Thursday: I’m upset that I’m not perfect: Rant on ...
There is a reason I am sitting here with 3 devices. In a word – Internet. In two words – slow Internet. Maria asked how it is that I am getting so much more done this trip and swearing so much less than when we went to Rio a year […]
Being Productive in Belize
5 Let’s cut to the chase : No product is perfect. Sometimes people are ignorant or jerks or ignorant jerks. Our games are awesome. You should buy them. We are still always working on making them better (yes, you get free updates for life). To give you an example of how […]
You Should Buy Our Imperfect Games & Quit Telling Us ...
Brief background We are working on a game with the Circle of Life substance abuse program on the Fort Berthold Reservation that will be used to help people change problem situations in their lives. The general theory behind it is Motivational Interviewing. Since the application will be used by people […]
Analyzing your emotions with your iPhone (& jQuery)
Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from March 29, 2014 “Favorite Magazine for Teaching: More 20-day blogging challenge“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. So, this is day 13 of the 20 day blogging […]
Throwback Thursday – Favorite Magazine for Teaching: More 20-day blogging ...
This is part 7 in a series on making games with impact.js game library. For a list of the first 6 parts, scroll to the bottom of this post. So far, we’ve set up our computer to have a local server and created a background layer. That’s the most […]
Making games with impact: Part 7 adding a character
Caution: Rant ahead. Years ago, I worked in a tall building with a lot of well-educated professionals. Our offices were located downtown and looked right over a school attended by low-income children. Like a lot of affluent Americans, we spent a lot of time criticizing public education, complaining that students […]
How we can help your students
People often imagine life at a start-up as being more exciting than it actually is. Many hours are spent debugging code, balancing budgets or in meetings with investors. Friday, however, was one of those days that lived up to the hype. Maria and I do a sort of weekly podcast […]
Chuck Zito, Start-ups and Hells Angels
Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from January 9, 2014 “Website to Die for : Day 3 of the 20-day blogging challenge“ that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. The question for Day 3 is […]
Throwback Thursday – Website to Die for : Day 3 ...
16 Hello, random person from the interwebz. I would like your opinion on game violence and how much or little is appropriate. Some background … While we began making educational video games to teach math and social studies, we have received numerous requests from teachers, counselors and parents to branch out. […]
Want your opinions on game violence
Obviously from the name, this is the sixth in a series on making games with the library, impact.js . Now that we have a background, let’s start putting in some trees and bushes. (For the first 5 parts, scroll to the bottom.) We’re going to create a new layer of […]