The rise of pre-order marketing gifts
== What do you think of the gifts you get for pre-ordering a game? ==
I refer to the pre-order marketing gifts as those small trinkets you get at your local game store for pre-ordering a game in advance of its release.
I, for one, like to pre-order the games I am anticipating. I even enjoy getting a trinket to take home after pre-ordering. Its a very small way to “wet my appetite” before the game is released.
Observing the changes of a gamers’ tastes
My tastes began, as most gamers my age did, enjoying the 2D nature of the Mario and Donkey Kong series.
Then, I used to enjoy the “scare” of Doom. I remember playing in my high school computer lab on the edge of my seat waiting to be scared by what was waiting around the corner.
Then, I used to enjoy the “gore” of Mortal Kombat. The “Finish Him” was always a welcome sound to my ears because it meant that what was to come would surey make both feet leave the ground.
On Web 3.0
Link to article by Salesforce.com CEO – Marc Benioff
http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/08/01/welcome-to-web-30-now-your-other-computer-is-a-data-center/
The following is just a bulleted list of responses to both the article and user comments.
Agree – Web 3.0: Anyone Can Innovate
Portfolio
I’ve added a new category for posts to help organize examples of my work.
I plan to post images with short descriptions.
Check out my portfolio posts here.
Maneuvering political waters
I must say, I didn’t know there were so many political moves one must make to upgrade a web hosting environment.
Technically, it is a sound move. Windows Server 2008, IIS 7 and .NET 3.5 are the latest generation Windows OS and web hosting environment. The site I am managing isn’t even that complex of a site.
Politically, it seems there are so many people you have to “sell” in order to make the move.
That’s fine, but it is teaching me a skill I didn’t think I would learn while trying to upgrade a web hosting environment – create a win for a customer, create a win for someone internally, and create a win for myself.
Our digital lives
Have you taken inventory lately on how much of a digital life we have?
For example, here is my inventory:
- This site (link)
- Family blog (link)
- Family pictures (link)
- My LinkedIn network (link)
- My amazon.com wish list (link)
- My bungie.net profile (link)
- My gamepsot.com blog (link)
- My salesforce.com profile (link)
And, if you are looking for it, I do not have a facebook or MySpace account.
Update
Is it a bit hypocritical?
Just a thought here…
If the company is expecting “commitment” from the employee, should the employee expect “commitment” from the company?
I can’t help but think that if a company hits a down market or slow growth that the company won’t be so “commited” to the employee. Maybe the reason that the employee is moving between jobs every 3.5 years is that he/she needs to move across the country or hates his/her job enough that they are doing more harm to the company than good by staying. Lets not paint with a broad brush and say that the reason employees leave every 3.5 years is because they are “not commited.”
Visual Studio 2005 (C#)
I’ve completed an instructor-led course on the introductory topics in C#. The application of choice was, of course, Visual Studio 2005.
This fits nicely with my SQL Server 2005 course and adds ASP.NET programming to my skill set.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
I’ve completed an instructor-led class on MS SQL Server 2005.
So far this class has turned out to be quite timely. We are discussing a web application that shows power consumption data stored, of course, in a SQL database. We have only discussed this app being available on our company intranet. But I expect that it will public as the app expands in scope. At that time, I’ll be sure to post an example.
Things I have learned so far:
Salesforce.com Certified Developer
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Giant Bomb
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