October 2009
10 posts
Pixel Games
Andrew Parker posted about a collection of pixelated games. My favorites from the list are Pixel & Small Worlds.
thegongshow:
I really enjoy both the art-style and the simple gameplay of super-pixelated games. Here’s a couple examples that are worth a spin, but, be warned, you’re putting your free time at risk.
Quick List of Big-Pixel Games:
Pixel Grower - Don’t let any pixels drop…...
Happiness is...
buddyblip:
a full access CMJ badge! (:
In other Buddy Blip news, we’ve got some cool stuff in the works. It’s been a VERY productive week, but the changes we’re making are across all sections of the site so we’re making sure it works nice and smooth before we open it up to everyone. It’s pretty exciting though. I certainly can’t wait!
Tobin (:
What? No Updates?
So it’s _almost_ been a week since there have been updates posted on the blog, but it’s not due to lack of progress. It’s more due to the progress is unseen to you. I know there are a lot of usability issues that need to be resolved, but I’ve been plugging away at a simple REST API.
The API is for other developers, but we will be our first customers by using it to create...
Feedback Overload!
Feedback is a double edged sword. It’s good in the way that it can validate your ideas, spawn new ones, and in general revitalize your energy in regards to what you are working on. However there are times feedback can catch you and completely overwhelm you.
Last night the NY Lean Startup Meetup Group held a Feedback Round-Robin session where we practiced getting feedback on our respective...
Observations of continuous deployments
Since I set out to develop Buddy Blip I’ve been using continuous deployments to publish code changes for the public facing website. I really like this methodology, but the concept can be quite frightening at first.
For a typical deployment the team would set up a timeline/milestone to get bug fixes and new features deployed to live. This is a nice practice as it allows you to smoke test...
How would you spend $20K - Revisited
buddyblip:
“If you had $20k to use towards your own technology business/startup, how would you manage it and spend it?” – That was a question I asked other nextNY members in May of 2008. At the time I had created a small fund for myself to allow me to bootstrap my startup and I wanted to find out from my peers about what they would do.
Some had humorous responses such as a huge launch party or...
The most meaningful advice I've heard given to an...
This past week I put together the Feedback Forum where we discussed Klickable.TV with Roger Wu. First, what is the Feedback Forum?
The Feedback Forum is a monthly gathering of NYC entrepreneurs and technology-based startups or businesses in the NY metro area.
Each month we focus on a specific company and discuss critical operational challenges in an open environment that creates a learning...
October 3rd, 2009 Buddy Blip Update - We got...
buddyblip:
While on my flight from ATL to California I was able to do a bunch of coding. The biggest thing I did was allow users to post images to comment streams and private conversations. It mostly started with my friend Kenji posting a link about getting some Korean food in NYC’s K-Town. I thought it’d be cool to show what I’m expecting!
Take a look:
Yum! (=
Okay, aside from that I...
October 1, 2009 Buddy Blip Update & Thoughts on...
For the past two weeks I’ve been collecting data through casual user tests, A/B testing, Feedback Army, and general analytics. The most significant thing I realized from the feedback is that I’m not doing much communicating on the site. I’m not explaining to the user how I envision they use Buddy Blip. I’m only telling them what it can do and leaving them to figure out how on their own.
I came...