By Frank on September 26, 2009
Disclaimer: STILL not responsible for any addiction or desire to stab one’s eyes out with a spoon as a result of watching the below video.
So now you know by now that I’m a morning person. But am I a night owl? Can I maintain the same level of energy and positive thinking at night as [...]
Posted in Philosophy | Tagged K-pop
By Frank on September 14, 2009
Ok, so MAYBE I need to make up for that sugary-sweet Korean pop video I posted last week that made people want to rip their eyes out and stuff them into their ears from cuteness overload.
So without further ado, here’s a song that old school game players will appreciate, because it was made entirely with [...]
Posted in Computers, Gaming, Philosophy | Tagged Gaming, K-pop
By Frank on September 14, 2009
Image by Photo Giddy via Flickr
Sure, my small audience is probably not the type to be listening to this type of news, but for those that don’t know, last night’s MTV Video Music Awards had a bit of a highlight. Rapper Kanye West stormed onstage to interrupt Taylor Swift winning an award to protest (perhaps [...]
Posted in Gaming, Internet, Philosophy | Tagged Popular culture
By Frank on September 11, 2009
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Today’s topic is seemingly not on something a geek would normally talk about, but stick with me here – it gets relevant.
As someone Chicago-born and raised, it’s my pleasure today to be alive to have seen one of, if not the greatest basketball player of all time in Michael Jordan. The Chicago Bulls, [...]
Posted in Philosophy | Tagged Basketball, Chicago Bulls, ESPN, Michael Jordan, National Basketball Association, NBA
By Frank on September 3, 2009
Disclaimer: Overly Positive is not responsible for any mental damage or addiction to watching the below video.
I’m a morning person. This shouldn’t surprise some of you dear readers, considering my overall outlook on this kind of stuff. Now, I could waste a few paragraphs talking about how my geekery notions feed into this idea [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Social Geekery
By Frank on August 4, 2009
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As you figured out from my last update, I had to have my wisdom teeth extracted yesterday. These were two remaining wisdom teeth that had gotten infected and needed to be removed. As of today, I’m obviously still in recovery.
But enough about me. Rarely do I really write about what [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Social Geekery
By Frank on July 23, 2009
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Over at MMORPG.com, Sanya Weathers of Eating Bees has a great article based upon something one of her friends found that was relevant to community management. In it, she specifically talks about feedback, how community teams get it, what kinds of metrics are taken, and what she feels are the steps [...]
Posted in Gaming, Philosophy, Serious Business | Tagged mmo
By Frank on November 21, 2008
Sanya Weathers, former community weenie at EA Mythic and currently writing over at Massive Gamer Magazine, popped up a nice little recent piece about the value of wording responses in a way to subtly elicit the response you want. Basically, the crux is that the word “but” is a negation of whatever is before the [...]
Posted in Internet, Philosophy, Social Geekery | Tagged game PR, Philosophy, random thoughts
By Frank on October 13, 2008
Recently, I happened to be at a friend’s house as he struggled through a session of that old classic, Knights of the Old Republic. As I tried to pat him on the back and explain that his skills at gaming were really not as bad considering most children actually don’t learn how to destroy you [...]
Posted in Philosophy | Tagged Knights of the Old Republic, Peter Molyneux
By Frank on September 27, 2008
Remember that old question that was supposed to make you think, or at the very least, give you something to keep your mind occupied and away from dangerous things?
The question was simple – if a tree fell in the woods, and no one was around to hear it, would it make a sound?
Well, wonder no [...]
Posted in Philosophy | Tagged Philosophy
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