Todd Simmons

Finally saw “I’m Still Here”, the Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary. Painful to watch but raises lots of interesting issues: http://bit.ly/dYXB8q

Are complex human facial expressions the future of video games, as evidenced by the upcoming Rockstar title L.A. Noire? http://bit.ly/fu5Dj4

Surprised by yesterday’s CEO switch news from Google. Can this move help the company recapture the start-up spirit? http://nyti.ms/g5qVpC

AMODA’s next event is coming up on Saturday, January 29th, featuring Ensemble Pamplemousse from NYC. More details at: http://amoda.org/

Computer-based, algorithmic, high-frequency trading is changing Wall Street & making the financial system more unstable: http://n.pr/hmr9JB

Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave from Apple: http://nyti.ms/fJvRAy Best wishes to Steve… I wonder how this will affect the company.

Very sad to learn about the death of Broadcast singer and frontwoman Trish Keenan: http://bit.ly/hO5Wdh They were an amazing band.

Spending my Saturday geeking out at ProductCamp Austin: http://productcampaustin.org/ Lots of great speakers and sessions so far today.

Mobile game developers are jazzed about the iPhone coming to Verizon, since it means a possible flood of new customers: http://bit.ly/dKqPoc

If you haven’t seen the excellent chiptunes documentary “Reformat the Planet”, it’s now available for free on Hulu: http://engt.co/hLalgQ