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Pokémon Go, from the Beach: Two Perspectives

Jul 24, 2016

Apple, Apps, Games, iPhone, Local, Mobile, Nintendo, Pikachu, Pokemon, Pokemon Go, Santa Monica, Social

I went for a walk to the beach today (not something I do often), and ended up at the end of Pico Street near dusk, right on the Santa Monica beach boardwalk. I was surprised to find not swarms of beachgoers coming home from a hot day in the sun, but instead, swarms of Pokémon…

Why Live Video is So Cool

Aug 25, 2012

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Broadcast for Friends, Cool, iPhone, Live Video, Product Management, Projects, Ustream

People broadcast their Nintendo sessions. Their Jägermeister. A low angle on their TV set as they prop the phone up on their couch. Someone is broadcasting his daughter’s basketball game. And another is broadcasting her baby’s bathtime. I know this because as product manager for Broadcast for Friends I have the keys to the castle–that…

Rain and a Busker

Jun 12, 2012

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Budapest, iPhone, Music, Rain, Street Performance, Vignettes, Violins

When the rain starts falling in Budapest it doesn’t come with a warning. The drops fall heavy and splatter on the cracked sidewalks and the citizens run for cover. Men in suits dash single file alongside the granite buildings. The windows of the tenements on higher floors that were open for the heat start shuttering…