Dots strategy guide
Craig Kannalley goes into exquisite, SEO-friendly hints for Betaworks addicitive iOS timed puzzle game, Dots.
Tag: strategy
What would Rafe Blandford have done as the CEO of Nokia?
But then again, if I was going to be really ruthless, I wouldn’t have released the N9 at all. Rafe, interviewed by Everything N9. And you know what? I agree with him.
Amazon’s tortoise to everyone else’s hare
Venkatesh Rao: Unlike the other big companies that symbolize our times — Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft — Amazon did not rise to power by inventing a new product or service. It came to power by systematically taking down an entire existing industry. It is a story that called for strategic depth, not technical wizardry, design brilliance or sheer energy. In the technology world, nobody holds up Amazon engineers as extraordinary geniuses or its designers as Da Vincis. They are good, but not great. Yet, time and again, Amazon wins.
How to get a seat on the London Underground
Because it really is war for commuters: The Overground train arrives and dazed commuters spill on to the platform. Everyone stands aside to let them pass. But this act of kindness is the exception, not the rule. Once you all step into the carriage the competition for seats begins. You are now in a theatre of war. …no secret weapons or ju-jitsu fu (and no, I’m not telling you mine), but a great primer nonetheless.
Google spent two years of total profit on Motorola. Where’s the return?
The finances of the Google/Motorola deal, and the impact on the Android system are providing fertile ground at the moent for tech writers. Here’s Slate: In other words—and I never thought I’d say this—Steve Ballmer was right. Android isn’t free. In fact, it’s not even cheap. As Daring Fireball’s John Gruber points out, the $12.5 billion that Google is spending for Motorola amounts to almost two years’ worth of the search company’s profits. No company—not even Google—can throw around that kind of cash without envisioning a direct return on its investment. Where indeed. Especially as everyone wants us to think
Win Rock-Paper-Scissors by psyching out your opponent
The rounds between blindfolded players showed exactly this pattern; 33.3% of the time, there was a draw. However, when just one player was blindfolded, the number of draws rose to 36.3% – not a large difference, but a statistically significant one. BBC News reports what everyone secretly knows… winning at Rock Paper Scissors is more about psychology, reactions and social conditioning than luck.
