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Terry being interviewed — In school, I was in probably every clique but the ‘cool kids’. I was in a lot of fights and hung out in “hoods’ woods” with all of the other troublemakers. The woods from Forgotten Trail aren’t far off. I was in all of the advanced classes with the ‘smart […]

Party Like a Rock Star?

June 26, 2016 in AnnMaria / podcast by AnnMaria De Mars

Mom says right — Some of our testers had suggested that we have a more dramatic event when the player got the answer right or wrong. I thought I would replace the existing image with something like this with maybe a farting sound effect. (Kids liked the puking in Spirit Lake that happens if […]

See What I Have to Put Up With

June 25, 2016 in AnnMaria / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from June 05, 2015 “Needed: Advice on Appreciating Life” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I think I need some advice on appreciating how great my life is. I haven’t been posting for two […]

Throwback Thursday: Needed – Advice on Appreciating Life

June 23, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Advice / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Life / Life Advice / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

cat — When I get discouraged about the pace of ‘traction’ at 7 Generation Games, I remember an interview with one of the founders of Google. He said that it did not bother him in the early years that Google did not have a lot of users because they were working on […]

Cats on the Head & Other Start-up Tales

June 19, 2016 in AnnMaria / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from March 18, 2015 “The Luxury of Everyday Problems” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. We were driving to the hospital to get some tests done and complaining about the traffic with Colorado Ave. […]

Throwback Thursday: The Luxury of Everyday Problems

June 16, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Everyday Problems / Life Advice / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

teacher saying "Correct" — It’s been a crazy week here at 7 Generation Games. Maria was first at the Native Innovation Ed Tech Summit debuting our new game, and then at the White House speaking on a panel on women entrepreneurs. As for most of the rest of our crew, we have been busy […]

What CEOs can learn from elementary school teachers

June 15, 2016 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Girl writing a letter — I know a lot of entrepreneurs who are having trouble gaining traction, even for products that are free. It’s not that they don’t have good technology, it’s just that it is so hard to get people’s time and attention. When I was in ninth-grade, chain letters were extremely popular. I […]

I’ll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours

June 15, 2016 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

wigwam in background with Making Camp in text in foreground — As I mentioned earlier this week, we’ve been burning the midnight oil – and the early morning oil, and the afternoon oil. It all came together on Friday. WE HEARD YOU! I like your games but … I’d like a game that runs on the Android tablet. I’d like a […]

We missed you so much we’re giving you a free ...

June 11, 2016 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from February 23, 2015 “Quit Making Excuses Not to Succeed” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Like Alice in Wonderland, I often give myself very good advice but I too seldom take it. […]

Throwback Thursday: Quit Making Excuses Not to Succeed

June 9, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Excuses / Life Advice / Success / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Buffalo in a field with lake in the background — I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – coding 16 hours a day for weeks on end looks far cooler on TV and hurts your back far less than in real life. To make a long story short … we needed to create an app in a few […]

Sorry I didn’t return your call/ text/ email/ carrier pigeon

June 9, 2016 in AnnMaria / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from December 29, 2014 “How to be Better at Anything” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Ronda stopped by today and just talking about life and random people we know, I said, Too […]

Throwback Thursday: How To Be Better At Anything

June 2, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Advice / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Judo Blog / Life / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

room floor covered in books and other crap — The past week, I’ve spent some time cleaning up the nooks and crannies of the house. Informing my grandchildren about the chimney sweeps in Victorian England, I had them crawl under the bed and push out everything that had collected there. The result was this. Also, Eva, would like it […]

Cleaning up code is a lot like cleaning your house

May 30, 2016 in AnnMaria / Code Talk by AnnMaria De Mars