So Palm’s new Tungsten W, which is supposed to be a Handspring Treo killer (in the same way that Adobe InDesign was billed as a “Quark killer”), hasn’t even been released yet and it’s already outdated. There’s no Bluetooth on the thing and it doesn’t run Palm OS 5, only Palm OS 4.1.1. What the heck? For five hundred and fifty dollars, I not only want Bluetooth on the S.O.B., I want a personal communications system with a built-in MP3 player, 802.11g and Rendezvous support for listening to streamed MP3s off a local wireless network and a wristwatch remote control. I swear, one of these days I’m just going to build the damned thing.
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I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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