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Re: This Week in iPad Episode #29 with Erin Raftery & Beate Antares of Dayfly.com

joecool79 — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:56:07 -0000

Hi Andrea, Jacob,

Thank you for the coverage of the Syte Shirt on twii!

I'd be happy to send you a couple of shirts to wear on your next show.

We have been selling Syte Shirt's regularly. Here are what some of our customers are using them for:

* Demo'ing their app at trade shows while keeping it secure and having their hands free to hand out flyers
* DJ's using it as a visualizer while they play
* Interactive t-shirt to use in the evening when going out
* Play promotional content while capturing leads or handing out collateral.

Shoot me an email at jyoung@syteshirt.com so I can get you two some shirts.

Joseph

Re: The top 12 trends of the video game industry

joecool79 — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:07:50 -0000

Dean,

Great summary of the current gaming trends. I was curious why you didn't reference the Wanda Meloni article directly. It was a great analysis that I think many of your readers would appreciate.

http://www.gamasutra.com/ph...

Keep up the great work.

Cheers,

Joseph

Re: With doing comes learning

joecool79 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:36:29 -0000

Kristine,

Thank you for the insight into your learnings from 2008. I believe with such an open marketplace (AppStore), the marketing is one of the most important aspects of a title's success. Developers on other open markets (XBLA, PSN) have already mentioned the difficulties in generating attention with so much content available (noise). ngmoco has already separated itself from many competitors with your transparency and focus on creating a strong brand for iPhone games. This should help in the long run. And I see tweeting, blogging, and speaking (GDC) to bee instances of generating interest in the short run. Do you see other avenues to generate interest in your products and drive sales?

Cheers,

Joseph

Re: Registration now open for GamesBeat 2009 Conference

joecool79 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:21:45 -0000

Why did you schedule this to overlap with GDC?

Re: Text messaging comes to Gmail Labs — SRSLY this time

joecool79 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:09:14 -0000

How do you think this technology relates to GrandCentral's capabilities and technology?

Re: New Rolando trailer shows its controls in action on the iPhone

joecool79 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:30:18 -0000

MG, I didn't mean to be harsh in my comments. Only that the art style and game mechanic are similar. Not a bad thing. More a good thing. And by incorporating touch, they've transfered the game from a joystiq playing style to a interactive, touchable toy. Looks like a great game!

Re: Google buries Lively

joecool79 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:07:12 -0000

True. True.

Re: Rolando, one of the best looking iPhone games, plays even better

joecool79 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:30:35 -0000

I have to agree with Amit. This is a direct copy of Loco Roco in terms of design. It's still going to be a great game and allows non-PSP owners to get a feel for high quality games like Loco. The only problem is that the true innovators aren't rewarded for their work.

Re: Google buries Lively

joecool79 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:49:45 -0000

From what I understand, Lively was another "me too" product who's only competitive advantages were attractive art style and the Google branding. Hardly enough to make a virtual world successful.

Re: Gmail’s awesomeness increases with video chat

joecool79 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:21:53 -0000

I tried this out last night and it worked well. I'm surprised it's only in the webmail client and not part of gtalk, though I'm sure it'll show up soon.

Re: The T-Mobile G1 keyboard: A lesson in failed ergonomics

joecool79 — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:16:19 -0000

You like stirring up a hornet's nest MG?

Re: First look at Windows 7: Microsoft promises it’s better than Vista

joecool79 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:43:43 -0000

Thanks for the update Anthony. I'd be interested in hearing VB's opinion of you've been able to play with it for a while.

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/20/pageonce-brings-your-online-accounts-to-your-smartphone/

joecool79 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:17:05 -0000

Nice post. I'd be interested in seeing how this compares to FriendFeed. Both offer the ability to track feeds and activities among various sites on the web. PageOnce looks to go one step further and also track web services that you use. Is the data 2-way or 1-way?

Re: MySpace’s self-serve advertising program has been off to a promising start

joecool79 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:52:39 -0000

First Row, 4th Column.

I think this is a good move for MySpace to find additional forms of revenue. My concern would be the viral effect of an ad being too successful and driving a small band into bankruptcy over money owed to advertising networks. Am I reading this wrong?

Re: CogniSafe lands seed money to stop online gaming cheaters

joecool79 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:23:08 -0000

If they can demonstrate this successfully, the first publisher/developer to pick them up will have a serious competitive advantage over their buddies (competitors).

Re: Q&A: Nintendo of America chief on game industry competition

joecool79 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:56:35 -0000

Good interview Dean. I'm impressed that RF-A read your other VG articles and referenced them in the interview. I'd be interested to hear about how much influence the Americas group has on hardware and software development or is that strategy dictated purely in Japan?

Re: Roundup: Android to have payment platform, Chrome considered a security risk, a hobbled Chinese iPhone, and more

joecool79 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:48:15 -0000

Hi Chris, I believe the link in the article "Angry workers kill Indian CEO " is broken. Keep up the good summaries. Favorite article of the day usually.

Re: Q&A with Sony Online Entertainment’s John Smedley on making online games

joecool79 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:00:36 -0000

Thanks for the interview. Appreciate it.

Re: Yahoo: The ultimate music search engine — for four artist tracks and 25 playbacks at least

joecool79 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:48:49 -0000

MG, For finding a specific song, I've been having good luck with seeqpod, a site which aggregates streams of media from the web to one place. I do prefer AmazonMP3 over iTunes as well.

Re: Google to buy Valve?

joecool79 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:42:06 -0000

Hi Dean, the rumor has already been squashed by Valve.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008...

Though they could be keeping it under wraps.

Re: Review site RateItAll closes $1.4M round

joecool79 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:32:39 -0000

I don't think the kitchen sink approach is going to work. You look at site focusing on a certain niche or vertical and they can be successful. Don't try to take on the world all at once...

Re: Austin game event: Online game pioneer spells out the business of online games

joecool79 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:57:25 -0000

Great first VB post Evan! I also read the Sun post and think they're both well written and have the flair of the other VB posts. I look forward to your additional posts covering AGDC.

Re: Magnify MVP merges self-uploaded video with the best of the web

joecool79 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:33:38 -0000

Nice post. I think you take the cake for quote of the day...

"An insane amount of users who watch an absurd amount of videos. "

Re: DEMO 08: High tech hitchhiking appears, with Mapflow’s iPhone app

joecool79 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:07:20 -0000

Great idea. One way to verify safety is to have people securely register their name and addresses similar to the way PayPal does. Since you're driving people around, you need to create the strong sense of safety for driver and rider alike.

Re: Roundup: Facebook movie casting, Yahoo shuts down Mash, and more

joecool79 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:59:04 -0000

Good God, do you people sleep? Also, can you set up a tag for roundups? It'd be nice to go through these posts after I've been offline for a week. Thanks!