Todd Simmons

The barriers to preserving games (and digital art more broadly) are daunting. Here’s a depressing rundown of the issue: youtube.com/watch?v=cPaij2…

Alex Winter (aka “Bill” from Bill & Ted’s) is making a documentary about Napster and it looks fantastic: vimeo.com/51793046

Another interesting advergame — This one promoting Old Spice, featuring Dikembe Mutombo, and developed by @ADAMATOMIC: theverge.com/2012/12/3/3722…

I’m no fan of Skrillex and this game looks somewhat derivative, but I agree that this is the future of music marketing: techcrunch.com/2012/12/01/mus…

Member of Galaxie 500 and Damon & Naomi reveals the meager royalties paid by streaming services like Pandora & Spotify: pitchfork.com/features/artic…

Also, this interview of Dalton by @Jason helped me better understand his strategy (to be the HBO of social networks): thisweekin.com/thisweekin-sta…

I’ve been skeptical about App.net, but Dalton Caldwell’s critique of Twitter here is pretty compelling: daltoncaldwell.com/twitter-is-piv…

@wallofknives I applaud MSFT’s innovation & love the aesthetic of Metro UI, but using it with a mouse looks bizarre. Need to try it and see.

It suffers from “hidden features, reduced discoverability, cognitive overhead from dual environments, single-window UI, & low info density”.

Usability expert Jakob Nielsen calls Windows 8 “disappointing for both novice and power users” plus “terrible for PCs”: useit.com/alertbox/windo…