Designer Diary: Pacts
by Ben Brin There exists a paradox in game design. You are simultaneously the most knowledgeable and least knowledgeable person about your game. On one hand, you are intimately familiar with every detail. You have opinions about how a single…
Matt: Bending Spoons
The story of what Bending Spoons has built is very impressive, and I’m a customer of theirs through Evernote, WordPress uses Meetup a ton. I think Automattic’s Noho office used to belong to Meetup. They’ve built an incredible engineering and…
Amigo Spiele shuffles top leadership again as 36-year company veteran Joachim Ulbrich announces retirement
Veteran German board game publisher Amigo Spiele has restructured its top leadership for the second time since the start of last year, after long-serving executive Joachim Ulbrich revealed he will retire at the end of 2025. Ulbrich, who has been…
WordCamp Central: WordPress Udupi Community Empowers 300+ Students Across Coastal Karnataka Through Campus Connect
As the lead organiser representing the WordPress Udupi Community, I had the incredible opportunity to bring WordPress Campus Connect to college campuses across Coastal Karnataka.What began as a small idea soon became a mission – to introduce WordPress, open source,…
How I Converted My HTML Site to WordPress (& Made It 10x Easier to Update)
If you’ve ever tried updating an old HTML website, you know how frustrating it can be. Every small change means opening code, saving files, and re-uploading them just to fix a line of text or replace an image. That’s one…
Become a Master at Red Leaf University, Return to Room 25, and Don’t Blow It in Bomb5
by W. Eric Martin Let’s continue rolling through SPIEL Essen 25 teasers for upcoming games, today visiting Matagot and its associated studios. ▪️ First up is Red Leaf University, a 1-4 player midweight Eurogame from Adrian Adamescu and Florin Purluca…
Matt: Meshtastic
I’ve been following this cool open source project called Meshtastic, which is “An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices.” I finally got some time to set it up tonight. It was super easy;…
Gutenberg Times: Gutenberg Changelog #124 – Gutenberg 22.0 and WordPress 6.9
In episode 124 of the Gutenberg Changelog podcast, Birgit Pauli-Haack and guest Ellen Bauer discuss the latest WordPress and Gutenberg updates, including the upcoming WordPress 6.9 release and Gutenberg 22.0. Highlights include insights on AI-powered site building, the importance of…
Designer Diary: Ultimate PAC-MAN
by James Wilson September 19th, 2023, 3:41 PM: I receive an email from John Bell at Buffalo Games, explaining a new project they are hoping to get started on and wondering whether my wife Clarissa and I might be interested…
Matt: Ben on Bubbles
Check out Ben Thompson of Stratechery (one of the most valuable subscriptions) on The Benefits of Bubbles. Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote ! Total 0 Votes 0 0 Tell us how can we improve this post? Captcha: +…
