Level Up In 2000, Don Lloyd, a software developer by day, moved up a level in the world of board games that delighted and challenged him since childhood. He established his game company, Knight Works, in Colorado Springs, Colorado and for the next few years he worked with family and a few close … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
NHL Stanley Cup Finals Offer 7 Lessons in Mass Communication Success
What can a T-shirt communicate about a community? The vibration, noise and visual sea of blue and green Vancouver Canuck team hockey jerseys is a testament to the rallying power of a cause that can mobilize an entire community to action, pride and support. Their partners in the final series … [Read more...]
Anime and Manga Alley — Talking Technique
As you can see, getting into manga has gotten me out and about. Not only that, I’m usually catching conversation with people as I thumb through the choices on shelves at my library or local stores. As a writer and happy-to-be-a-word-nerd, I’ve found that strangers are just friends who have not been … [Read more...]
Discovering 3-D Printing
by Helena Kaufman The phrase ‘3-D printer’ rapidly zoomed me past the immediate image of folks in funny glasses on date night in a darkened movie theatre into wondering about the limitless potential of this rapidly growing technology. There we have it, the first keywords that bring to light what … [Read more...]
Anime Appetizer at My Manga Meal
Culture is Communicated and Shared in Various Ways by Helena Kaufman Ever found that you understand and enjoy more about a culture when literally consuming it? Oh, you can immerse yourself in travel, or study the language in an intensive setting that compels you to connect with only elements … [Read more...]
Message in the Manicure
Influence being what it is, I was not surprised to find myself at the manicurist, even after denying it as an 'artist date' in my previous blog entry. And, being an observer by nature and profession, I found the need to record the experience, then and now, too hypnotic to resist. Be aware! What you … [Read more...]
Return of the X Wordsmith
I'm back. I was out. While out, I played. Got lost. Rewrote my plan. Tore it up. Then I alighted at an out of town seminar I'd been waiting four months to attend. In preparation for meeting other penguins after I hopped off my personal and private ice floe at the conference, I determined that I … [Read more...]