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TED Talk: The Tranformative Power of Video Games [Video]

I admit it. I’m not a video game player.

When Myst was released in 1993, I was one of the first people to play it at the software company where I worked.

We all gathered together in one office to try and figure out what it was all about.

I did well, it was fun! But I never really got interested in video games after that.

Until the past few years, when I learned more about video games from my friends. And how games were becoming more accessible to people using assistive technology.

When Herman Narula, CEO of Improbable Worlds Limited, opens his TED 2019 talk about the transformative power of video games with the statement that a third of the world’s population—2.6 billion people—play video games, it caught my attention. Continue reading TED Talk: The Tranformative Power of Video Games [Video]

With this week’s announcement that Meetup.com was changing its pricing policy, many meetup organizers are looking for alternatives to using Meetup.com for their event registration.

While the decrease in cost to organizers at $24/year was welcomed, the $2.00 fee for attendees was not. Continue reading Event Registration Alternatives to Meetup.com

When I saw the tweet from Google Developers in late August 2019 about the new #AskChrome video series, I was excited!

Who wouldn’t want an opportunity to ask a question to the Google Chrome team and get it answered live on video?

The first episode was delayed from its expected September 4, 2019 launch to September 25, 2019. I finally saw it this week. Continue reading Learning About Images from the Google Chrome Team [Video]