One of my goals has been to try out some free books, gathering former columns or interesting publications or just cool ideas together for useful Free books! The first one is out – Activities For The Civic Geek! From my … Continue reading
Workable apparently dropped their free membership, and their CEO Nikos Moraitakis explains why at Medium in a must-read essay. Two things stood out for me: Limiting design choices to things that can scale infinitely at near-zero cost is a recipe for … Continue reading
(Yes, I'm still analyzing Free, Freemium, et. al). So as I've noted many times – and as can be noted elsewhere – giving things away for free builds trust and you can make money with Freemium. Building trust with free … Continue reading
You've got practice software, unfinished (or not that great) stories, unused art. Even if you're a progeek career-wise, you've probably got a lot of assets that . . . well aren't that professional. You're not sure you'd want to release … Continue reading
Lots of free stuff out there, isn't there? Free books, free games, free video. Games that are free unless you want premium content. It seems that a lot of our media – at least that we can get electronically – … Continue reading
Ive been thinking about the different media economic models out there, especially games and e-books. I think I've discovered a barrier to customer involvement that is often not explored. Fear of commitment. … Continue reading
Right now on the internet there's a lot of discussion on the book "Free", a book exploring, well, the impact of freeness (and the internet's way of delivering it) on business models. I've not read it yet, I probably should, … Continue reading