Must Read: Digital Comics Roundup

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The gang at Comic Book Resources put together this fantastic roundup of the state of digital comics.  Go read it anyway or I'll make you watch "The Last Airbender."  For those who did, or are undeterred by my threats, big takeaways:

  • iAuthor has a LOT of people thinking about comics on the iBookstore.  Pay attention to this, it could shift the battleground over digital publishing.
  • Graphic.ly is going to do self-publishing.
  • Pay attention to Robot Media.  They seem to be expanding a lot.

– Steven Savage

Nitendo To Launch Own Network

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Well, it finally happened – Nintendo is doing its own network.  Not clear if it's in time for the Wii U launch or what, but a welcome addition to the company.  Well, in short, it's a needed one.

Of course details seem scarce, but let's be honest – Nintendo has to do this to keep up.  It's not something new, it's something they have no choice but to do.

Now a few things:

  • Is this going to be a minimal-network or are they going to do anything different with it?  Nintendo's "do different" ability has served them well in the past (you think we'd have Kinect without the Wii?).  They may leave people unimpressed or suddenly have competitors scrambling to keep up.
  • They may use this to steal the thunder of competitors.  Watch when the announcements occur.
  • How much is made – and how much has to be built.  There may be job opportunities here.
  • How do you get things distributed between this new network?  Developers should keep up on this.

– Steven Savage

 

 

Ask Steve: Insane Lists of Job Requirements And You

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Thanks to our own Tamara Hecht for noting a need for this post – and it's a chance for me to launch an experimental "Ask A Progeek" section (thinking of having it organized both for individuals and in general).

So it happened.  You found your perfect job, or come to think of it in this economy, any job.  Anyway, you look at the list of requirements, which almost inevitably is some kind of insane wish list, and you realize you don't meet them.  Yet, you still want that job and indeed can do it.

What do you do? 

First, let me put your mind at ease – if you think that that entire list has to be fulfilled perfectly, you're almost inevitably wrong.  Except in the case of certain scientific, engineering, and legal requirements, you don't have to fill the list out perfectly.  Chances are that list has been through so many hands no one actually cares that much.

Keeping that in mind, there's three things to do:

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