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Sep

5 stages of gaming abstraction

Posted by jmcgready  Published in observations

yet another insight from The Plenitude: When describing a process of creating called Colonization (i.e. find the unowned, repackage it and sell it), the author described how the game of baseball got “colonized”. His description inspired me to create what I call the 5 stages of gaming abstraction. read more at metagrinder

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Tags: describing a process, direct play, fantasy baseball, fantasy league, game store, interactive examples, kitchen tables, league game, league style, physical character, plenitude, professional gaming, professional players, professional team, stickball, world of warcraft

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5

Sep

The 3 Blogging Hats

Posted by jmcgready  Published in observations

I’ve been reading The Plenitude by Rich Gold, and in it he talks about the subcategories of art as being three hats that an artist could wear. While reading it, I realized the same could be said for both blogging in general and bloggers in particular. read more at metagrinder

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Tags: A-list bloggers, affiliate marketing, baseball cap, beret, blogger, bloggers, facebook, folk art, instapundit, lunch, myspace pages, niche, plenitude, popular art, post secret, rich gold, scobleizer, search engines, sell books, straw hat, subcategories, xanga

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