Flametoad

I love it when a plan comes together. …however, when it doesn’t come together, the results can be quite humorous.

I spent almost fifteen years in marketing and business communications. I even enjoyed several years of it. Watching this video of design by committee reminds me why I’m glad I’m out.

Whether you play the game or avoid it like the plague, if you’re an RPG gamer then it’s been hard to miss knowing that new edition of the granddaddy of all roleplaying games–Dungeons & Dragons–has been released. As with each previous edition, this 4th edition makes significant changes to the prior version’s rules. I hate [...]

From an entertainment standpoint, there’s something enticing by the idea of a clever criminal. We could blame it on “the media”, but it’s certainly not a new phenomonon. Remember that Sherlock Holmes matched wits with some of England’s most cunning evil-doers, and one can easily draw on dozens of other early literary references. Today we simply carry on the tradition. Just remember that the image [...]

There’s a saying that goes “Those who beat their swords into plowshares will be ruled by those who don’t.” I was recently reminded of this when reading Monday’s Penny Arcade post, which in part relates a friend’s experience in a business school course on negotiation. The story is a short five paragraphs, but it’s one that manages [...]