In 1996, my old company Intelligent Games released a game called Azrael’s Tear. There was much to love about the game: the story, the visuals, the richly-imagined world, wonderful music and voice characterisation. Although the game died in the market, people are still playing and enjoying the game today.
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How NOT to lead geeks
The world of technology is full of immature management and poor leadership. Get some pointers about how NOT to lead geeks in this article from Alexander Kjerulf.
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Apocrypha now: the true story of NASA’s space pen
Have you heard the story about how NASA engineers spent a million dollars developing a space pen for astronauts that would work in zero gravity? And how the Russian, being smarter, issued their cosmonauts with pencils.
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Origin stories
Origin stories are important for business. They can be a source of living inspiration and guidance. For example, it’s very important for Silicon Valley companies to start in a garage. HP started it all here at 367 Addison Avenue.
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40 Essential rules for stress-free client management
For the last decade, I’ve been compiling a list of ‘rules’ for client management based on very personal, subjective reactions to things that happened to me, mainly in the business world.
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Managers vs Entrepreneurs
A while back, I asked if you were a Looney Tunes person or a Disney person. (Clue: Disney people like rhyme, Looney Tunes people like rhythm.) Now I’m curious about managers vs entrepreneurs.
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