Author: Kate
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Collected quotes, 2 of n
Things don’t have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What’s the function of a galaxy? I don’t know if our life has a purpose and I don’t see that it matters. What does matter is that we’re a part. Like a thread in a cloth or…
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The Plant Playthrough: Actual Game
If you’d like some background on The Plant, a free solitaire roleplaying game from Bully Pulpit Games, you can check out my previous post. The game begins. This post contains numerous excerpts and spoilers from The Plant. If you plan on playing the game, do that first! Area: Crawlspace The front doors are bolted shut,…
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The Plant Playthrough
Fiasco, that tabletop game that plays more like a collaborative improvisational storytelling exercise than anything, has always been one of my favorite games. The company that publishes it, Bully Pulpit Games, carries a range of similarly story-driven titles, and it just so happens that some of these miraculously fulfill two criteria: The Plant is one…
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Logged writing
Lately, there’s been some buzz about reviving the practice of blogging. Warren Ellis has posted about it, as has Chuck Wendig, and a bunch of other people, I’m sure. There seems to be a growing collective awareness of how ephemeral social media can be, and how devastating that can be when these social media platforms…
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Sunday Share: The Greeting Committee
My best Sundays so far have all featured good music. There’s nothing like a quiet afternoon in, hot tea in your hands and an album setting the vibe. Today, that album was This Is It by The Greeting Committee. I found this Kansas City-based band through Spotify: one of my Discover Weekly playlists included their…
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Learning UX design basics
Last week, I tuned in to General Assembly’s Intro to UX Design livestream for Asia-Pacific audiences. Technical hiccups aside, it was a good overview of what UX design is and what the work of a UX designer entails. The talk addressed key questions like: What is UX design? What does a UX designer do? How…
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