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Using Odesk For SEO Tasks
[img](/assets/img/wpknock-odesk-logo-300x244.jpg)SEO or search engine optimization is a technique used to rank up high in Google. Deciding to hire a search engine optimizer is a big decision that can potentially improve your website, as well as,...
Read moreWhat can we learn from location based games?
Location based games have really taken off in the last year or so and they're only going to get better but do those ideas have to be constrained to gps devices? Can you do location based game play on a fixed console such as ps3? For a while now...
Read moredesignGames As A Service: Do You Really Know What It Means?
I was looking at the schedule for [Develop Conference 2010](http://www.develop-conference.com/) ( @developconf2010 ) to see if there was anything I should pick up on regarding game production and development and I've spotted a couple of tasty things...
Read morebusinessdesignproductionBlog - Game Development Social Media Partnership
### Fellow Game Development bloggers We all know that after writing a great post and hitting the publish ?button we're not even halfway finished! There can be a seemingly endless marketing job to do by submitting a ?blog article to various social...
Read moreGuest Post - Three Ways to Zap Stress During Crunch
Stress is a fact of 21st-century life, and all the more so when you're working on big, high-pressure projects. I've worked in a projects environment for most of the past 20 years, and I know how it gets. You start to become irritable, forgetful, you...
Read morecareerStressHow To Improve Your Video Game Pitch - Part 2
Recently I wrote an introduction to [How To Improve Your Pitch](/2010/06/improve-pitch.html) for your game and I thought it worth writing a little bit more ahead of E3 Expo 2010. I'll follow on with a little more detail today. I covered the basics...
Read morebusinessconferencepitchMaximise your Developer Evolution
Well, the inevitable has happened and by the time you're reading this I'll have traveled 250 miles to start the next phase of game development career in Guildford, the hub of game development in the UK. This prompted me to reflect on how things have...
Read morecareerLinchpin Manifesto
### Yes. Now. I am an artist. • I take initiative • I do the work, not the job. • Without critics, there is no art. • **I am a Linchpin. I am not easily replaced****.** • If it's...
Read moreread meSpotlight - 5 Indie Games Developers
The phrase 'indie games' often refers to games made by small independent developers, who fund the game themselves and release it out into the wild but self-publishing. After all, they're not bound to a publisher and therefore independent. I would...
Read morebusinessComment - Full Analysis of iPhone Economics - it is bad news. And then it gets worse
I recently re-tweeted this article and I commented on the post but wanted to bring the discussion here to see what you think. ### Full Analysis of iPhone Economics - it is bad news. And then it gets worse ###
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