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What's your point of difference?
Bear with me on this one...I'm currently sat watching a TV programme in the UK called '[Mary Queen Of Shops](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00swfz7)', which is of particular interest because they're focusing on a business I know near my...
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jQuery heatmap
A jQuery heatmap - [Link](http://tympanus.net/codrops/2010/02/08/a-jquery-heat-map/). jQuery Formlabels plugin - [Link](http://o2v.net/blog/jquery-formlabels-plugin). In search of the one true layout - CSS based layouts...
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Whilst researching teams, I recently came across 2 similar concepts that describe the skills of people working in your beloved game development industry - "T-Shaped" people and "Generalising Specialist". I wanted to know more about them and how...
Read morecareerJavascript TreeGrid control
**JavaScript TreeGrid control** aimed to organize and edit information in grid, tree, or treegrid modes.-[Link](http://www.maxtreegrid.com/). 10 things every good web developer should know...
Read moreWhat Really Defines A Social Game?
Social Games are a bit like a ball, they're inert when they're in the garage and not much fun on when your on your own\*. The more people there are the better the ball does it's job and the more people have fun. Then you're at the World Cup in South...
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In the second part of the series on **Leveraging Social Media To Maximise Your Game Sales**, I'll expand on the [previous article](/2010/06/leveraging-social-media.html) and cover the topic of useful easily getting **Real Feedback**, which already...
Read morebusinessmarketingWhy has multiformat games development become so problematic?
> With release dates slipping as titles need 'further development time' > and louder groans from coders regarding the trials of contemporary > CPUs, we look at how the increasingly contradictory nature of > development – with studios asked to make...
Read moreproductionWeekend Reading - 12/Jun/2010
As the editor of @simeonpashley I love to hear from you and share the brilliant things I find from other game development linchpins I discover. I've recently updated the site [book shelf](/book-shelf) with books I recently discovered from an...
Read moreread meHow To Improve Your Video Game Pitch
I've seen my game pitches in my time, and I've made quite a few myself but I'm continually amazed and just what some people think they're doing. Think about all those poor saps who've been sent to the slaughter on "X Factor" for our amusement when...
Read morebusinessconferencepitchWhy you should use Minimum Viable Product game production
The term **Minimum Viable Product** (MVP) has recently come to be used in the world of video game production but what does it mean and how can it benefit our games and the gamers themselves, including how to get the feedback you need. The phrase...
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