I’ve created literally hundreds of tutorial videos over the last 15 years and while they’re not all perfect, here are some of the biggest mistakes I see in tutorial videos. 1. So much chit-chat. If your channel is a talk show, then go ahead and chit-chat. But if your videos are supposed to be how-to, […]
Three Ring Ranch 4 P’s Place: Online business, which saves on inventory, rent, etc. Products: Video tutorials that are aimed at beginning game developers. Pricing: Competitive with similar offerings; price testing often. Promotion: Focused on social media. Single worst P of the bunch. Of the 4 P’s for Three Ring Ranch (TRR), the place is the easiest one to […]
The last couple years I’ve been developing games and tutorials with Corona SDK but I’m always on the lookout for new cool tools. Unity has been around for a long time but I was never really interested in it because it focused on making 3D games — and I don’t really care about those. But […]
In recent months there have been a rash of “systems” promoting all the money that can be made simply by publishing for the Kindle on Amazon. “We’ll get rich, Martha! It’s guaranteed! Look, all these other guys are doing it!!!!” Um, yeah. Those other guys are not starting from ground level. They have a built-in […]
I’m waiting on review from Apple for a new app I created, it’s called AK Leads and is aimed at salespeople — specifically those who target their products and services at new businesses. AK Leads – Sales Leads for B2B in Alaska As soon as the app has been approved I’ll post a link. 🙂
My latest short story “Troupers: The Smiling Wizard” is available on Amazon as a digital download. Troupers: The Smiling Wizard It’s a fantasy story (you know, with elves and stuff) and you don’t have to have a Kindle device to read it — there are Kindle apps/programs for just about everything, so there’s nothing to […]
Everybody’s heard the best way to make money during a gold rush is to be the guy selling picks and shovels to the miners. Very few people will “strike it rich” but even the guys who lose their shirts need the tools to mine. I want to be a miner in the worst way — […]
game developmentIn the olden days a writer needed a publisher in order to get their book in front of their audience. But with Facebook, Twitter, blogs, Kindle and iBook stores, that’s no longer the case. And while I could argue for their usefulness still, one thing I continue to see makes me hope for the DEATH […]
Yesterday I exchanged my normal cable box for one that handles HD signals. I didn’t need to do it before now because until my birthday recently I didn’t even have an HDTV and rarely watched a “channel” at all. First thing I noticed with the new box is that stuff looked *really* different. In a […]
I’ve been the owner of a Kindle Fire for just about 12 hours now so I don’t have a lot of experience, but my initial reaction — overall — is that it’s the wrong size. At the risk of being called a fanboy (or even fanboi) I think Steve Jobs was right about 7″ tablets […]