Monthly Archives: February 2011
Choose Your Own Blog Post
My piece on the Choose Your Own Adventure books just went up on Slate. These books were an early-80′s publishing phenomena that swept the world and helped create a consumer demand for interactive entertainment which led to today’s massive gaming … Continue reading
Edward Packard Interview
If you read books in the early 80′s, chances are you knew the name Edward Packard. The originator of the Choose Your Own Adventures concept and the author of many of the best-loved books in the series, he is inextricably … Continue reading
David Lebling Interview
Slate just posted my story about the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. I firmly believe that the CYOA books were the tipping point when we all started to expect a lot more interactivity from our entertainment, and this used … Continue reading
R.A. Montgomery Interview
My piece on the Choose Your Own Adventure series of books just went up on Slate, but unfortunately there wasn’t enough room to include more than brief excerpts from the interviews I did with a lot of fascinating people for … Continue reading
Airport iPads 4 U
Ever wonder what the airlines are doing with all that the extra money they’re making by charging you for checked baggage? I was at LaGuardia Airport in New York City last weekend, waiting for a plane in the Delta terminal … Continue reading
Brown Power
It was the President of the United State’s first day on the job and he was excited to meet with the Head of NASA. “Mr. President,” the Head of NASA said, after the door was closed, “the first thing you … Continue reading
A Letter to My Son
Dear Son, Your mom and I saw you on the news last night and I want you to know that we are both so, so very proud of you. You’ve grown into a fine young man. And that beard! It’s … Continue reading
NSS: Undisputed III
(Welcome to the NSS: Netflix Streaming Safari. A trip into the bowels of Netflix’s Watch Instantly streaming movies library. On this journey you will see things that will shock you. Things that will please you. And things that will haunt … Continue reading
