Tag Archives: Generation Y
The reluctant crowdsourcer: a decade of Wikipedia
February 11, 2011… funded by users – the last donation drive raised over $16 million.
Geeky, cheeky and clique-y?
Okay, enough statistical drooling. In the old days (I’m thinking pre 2005) accuracy was Wikipedia’s big controversy. At first, the whole idea of user-generated content raised academic eyebrows – if a college professor asked “Did you get that fact off Wikipedia?”, they definitely weren’t complementing your techie research skills. In recent years however, tighter editing and fewer …
Crowdsourcing: amateur and proud
January 10, 2011… was/is the same: the urge to collect, share and add to the sum of available knowledge.
Next generation collaboration
In a recent interview in Wired magazine, net heavyweight Clay Shirky points out that, for the first time in recent history, young people are watching less TV than their parents. Instead, kids are online. They’ve swapped, Shirky claims, an essentially passive form of entertainment for something you can actively engage with. He isn’t claiming young people are …
Behind the façade: How crowdsourcing will bring videogames to life
August 4, 2010… Zelda), Jeff Minter (Tempest, Gridrunner) or Rob Gilbert (Monkey Island) is carried on by a new generation of young designers, all eager to leave their mark on the pixilated hallways of the industry.
So much has changed since these legends were born it almost seems incredible that they are still alive, let alone still overflowing with volcanic creativity. As a programmer, Peter Molyneux celebrated themes like power, choice and influence in his games. Now, as the Creative Director of …
Reaching for the stars
June 4, 2010… according to astronomers, the sky would be filled with the most spectacular meteor shower in a generation.
As many other sleepy amateurs found out that night, what is spectacular to astronomers may be rather ho-hum to normal people. I wasn’t even sure if what I saw was a showering meteor, or just one of my eyelashes bathing in the early morning dew.
Whatever it was, it wasn’t worth the effort. The flash of light when I open my fridge door is more spectacular (and rather more …
Madmen join the game
March 20, 2010… virtual worlds, they recognize in-game advertising is a necessary evil.
The choice of a new generation?
Because the people that play the games are also the ones that buy them (or pester their parents to do so), their views on in-game advertising are obviously rather important. Some studies suggest gamers are okay with it, although such studies tend to be sponsored by companies that produce the advertising. The keen-eyed among you might notice a slight conflict of interest there. …
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