Games That Make You Smarter

AnnMaria

This category is for posts written by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars.

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from January 19, 2012 “Learning From The Mistakes of Others” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Three times within a very short period I have seen technology offerings that I thought were […]

Throwback Thursday: Learning From The Mistakes Of Others

January 7, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Lessons / Mistakes / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

woman picking fruit — It might seem funny writing about this today when the Federal Trade Commission recently slapped Lumosity with a $50 million fine for claiming its games make you brighter. In a bit of bright news for Lumosity, the FTC did settle with them for $2 million. You might think I […]

How Games Can Really Make You Smarter

January 6, 2016 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from January 27, 2012 “Business Ideas Sparked By Twitter” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. COMPLETELY RANDOM THOUGHTS on business sparked by twitter…. I live just south of Malibu, a city filled with […]

Throwback Thursday: Business Ideas Sparked By Twitter

December 31, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Business / Throwback Thursday / Twitter by Erick Salomon

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If you are an old friend (or stalker), you probably know that I attended Washington University in St. Louis, where I was first introduced to the Central Limit Theorem, and frat parties. Coming full circle, I’ll be back in the old neighborhood on December 29th for a 7 Generation Games […]

Meet me, Tweet me in St. Louie

December 27, 2015 in AnnMaria / Events / Women in Tech by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from November 12, 2013 “At the End of the Day…There’s Another Day” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. For the thousandth time, I stopped today and thought, “Wow! I have a great life!” When […]

Throwback Thursday: At The End of the Day…There’s Another Day

December 24, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Advice / AnnMaria De Mars / Life / Throwback by Erick Salomon

We’d like you to be part of our development. We really would. Even when it doesn’t seem like it at the moment. There’s a reason that we started putting our game developers’ meetings on line . We started a “tourist visa program” for people to be able to drop in as […]

Be Part of the Tech Story

December 18, 2015 in AnnMaria / Dog food / Educational Games / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from August 11, 2013 “Don’t Tell Me I Can’t: From World Judo Champion to Start-Up Grandmother” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I was asked to write a chapter for the book, Real Talk, […]

Throwback Thursday: Don’t Tell Me I Can’t – From World ...

December 17, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Judo / Start-Up / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Ronda running — We had our weekly game developers’ meeting yesterday and were extremely lucky to have a stellar cast of visitors drop in; best-selling author Derek Landy, star programmer Dave Taylor and our favorite Pokemon moderator of all time, Ronda Rousey. Prior to the meeting, our marketing staff had requested, “Since this […]

It’s an Early Adopter Discount, Not a Late Majority Discount

December 17, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

old corn picture — I’ve been out and about a lot lately, from Minot to Fort Berthold to San Diego to Fort Totten, all within a few weeks, and now back home in Santa Monica. I spent a lot of time with the staff at Spirit Lake Vocational Rehabilitation Project, had dinner with teachers […]

Unexpected Lessons

December 13, 2015 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Happy Freebie Friday! We have a special resource for you today courtesy of the boss, Dr. AnnMaria de Mars. As some of you may know, Dr. De Mars is a professor with over 30 years of experience in education, having taught all across the country at universities and educational institutions. […]

Freebie Friday: Developmental Psychology Course

December 11, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Freebie Friday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Developmental Psychology / Freebie Friday by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from December 26, 2013 “It’s The Giving Season” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. When we received a contract from Black Belt magazine to publish Winning on the Ground, I told my youngest […]

Throwback Thursday: It’s The Giving Season

December 10, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Charity / Holidays / The Business/Judo of Life / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from May 18, 2012 “Starting a Business? Design, Develop, Cash & Credit” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Want to start a business? Think you’re a good programmer? Have a good design? […]

Throwback Thursday: Starting a Business? Design, Develop, Cash & Credit

December 3, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria / Business / Small Business / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon