Let me tell you, I was glad to get to Seattle a night early before the festivities of PAX 2013 started Friday morning. After the flight from east coast to west it was weird (yes, weird) to see the Pacific…
Xbox One Kinect Requirement Dropped
Seriously, I’m surprised Microsoft didn’t call their new console the Xbox 180, because that’s what they’ve been doing since their next console’s big reveal. Which is both good and bad really. Good in the sense that they’re actually listening to…
Projects, Tech PM’s Sanity and Cthulhu [tf charts]
Everyone living as a technology project manager or in any job description where “technology project manager” falls into knows that there are both good projects and bad. They also know that most of them, regardless of a “good” or “bad”…
Philadelphia Celebrates the City’s Geek Elite
There’s many reasons why I love the City of Brotherly Love. The place is filled with things to do and places to go from end to end, from museums and nightlife to education and history. The same city that houses…
Xbox Doesn’t Just Want Your Living Room, It Wants Your Office
OK so Microsoft’s been through some interesting times since E3 to now regarding the Xbox One. Seriously, I’m almost tired of typing the name of that console out anymore. First there was the DRM. Then there was the public outcry…
Microsoft Backpedals on Xbox One DRM Policies
Backpedal (verb): to retreat or move backward. Last night the internet saw Microsoft go into full backpedal mode on their DRM practices for the upcoming Xbox One in a post on their site titled“Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox…
US Military Ready to Court Martial the Xbox One
Remember a while back when former Xbox director Adam Orth put his foot in his digital mouth, tweeting to us all that if there is an always on connection (of course before they confirmed it) that we can all #dealwithit? As…
AT&T Customer? Prepare to get Nickeled and Dimed (Pennied too)
I’m usually enraged with everyone that runs the show in the mobile consumer space. Over the years, I’ve found (as well as you’ve found I’m sure) that the major players do their level best to squeeze every copper penny out…
Xbox One Update – The Whole Internet Connection Thing
** Updated Info on the Xbox One and internet connections ** In my earlier post talking covering the big Xbox One reveal today, I got a little bit into the whole always on issue. From those who had hands-on experience…
OK Kids, Let’s Talk Xbox One
Just a little while ago from their Redmond campus, Microsoft finally pulled the curtain and gave us all the big reveal on their successor to the Xbox 360 – The Xbox One, announcing that it will be available later in…