I attended a professional meeting earlier this week (of which I may say more later), and the person who handled the badges had a great idea – which she took from another chapter. When badges were handed out there were … Continue reading
Anime/Manga The red-hot Crunchyroll is slowly making the transition from fan site to professional content provider – apparently, some fansubs still remain on the site. Crunchyroll, it seems, means serious business in the industry, and we can't stress enough that it's a … Continue reading
Video Games Analyst The Cowen Group is predicting an increasing market share shift away from the Playstation 3 in favor of the Wii and Xbox 360. (This may be hastened by the apparent appearance of one particular PS3/Xbox title on the Wii … Continue reading
The big news today is huge job losses in the PC sector, starting with the job cuts at Microsoft. The software giant is slashing up to 5,000 positions in the next year and a half, with 1,400 of those effective immediately. The … Continue reading
Economics, Geekonomics, Freakonomics Worst. Mall. Ever. – Welcome to the worst kind of mall you could have decided to make in this economy – the Home Remodeling One-Stop-Shop. All it needed was a real estate office and a loan office … Continue reading
Anime Tokyopop needs interns – You know what to do. Even if there's economic trouble, this is still good experience. Harlequin launches new manga magazine – It may take time, but I think the "phonebooks" will eventually make more and … Continue reading
Slow day today news-wise. With a holiday and the Inauguration coming up, it may be a bit slow. Economics/Geekonomics/Freakonomics Is the stock market at a bottom for real? – Frankly I have no idea. However following this can be important … Continue reading
I grabbed this book after getting my new job when it caught my eye at the bookstore. Having had a whirlwind layoff, series of interviews, and new job start, I felt it was time to take a look at something just like this. It turned out to be an excellent purchase.
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Even on the eve of the inauguration of a new president, economic uncertainty was everywhere in the past week. Nowhere was that more evident than in the startling news that two of the biggest, seemingly most stable banks, Citigroup and Bank of … Continue reading
Video Games Sometrics has released a virtual currency manager, definitely something that will be part of the future of online multiplayer games. Meanwhile, Sony Online Entertainment's MMOs are being offered as part of the popular Steam service. Steam is a rapidly-growing company that may be … Continue reading