Author Archives: Cool Tech Toys

Sonar: Tech-enabled Telepathy

This post on Dialect Magazine talks about TechCrunch Disrupt and Sonar: Tech-enabled Telepathy says: At SxSW and again at TechCrunch Disrupt, I saw lots of fantastic social applications. At least, I think they were fantastic, it’s hard to tell without a userbase. I think I could use the LiveShare photosharer to create hilarious group photostreams…

MP3s for A Subtlemob Experience

In the spirit of new tech, this is a story about using older tech — MP3s, email — for a new experience. Tech and gaming writer Meg Stivison writes on subtlemob At IndieCade for The Indie Game Magazine: After a day of panels and impromptu chats about where gameplay ends and interactive art begins, I…

Moonbase Alpha

NASA’s new educational space game is out on Steam today. The game is called Moonbase Alpha, and it’s a multiplayer game for a LAN or over the internet. A few days ago, I was invited to check out NASA’s new game, Moonbase Alpha. Fortunately for you, it was still under wraps so you all were…

MyTribe for Facebook

Are you playing MyTribe on Facebook? Are you ever confused by the mysterious objects on your island? This blog post talks about the strengths of MyTribe and explains how to solve the MyTribe Mysteries: Grubby Games’ My Tribe has just been turned into a Facebook social game. I played the original My Tribe about a…

What’s New On ThumbGods

Here’s the year in review on sister blog ThumbGods.com: In 2009, I reviewed indie games like Funky Farm 2, A Case Of The Crabs, Rotoadventures Momo’sQuest, Slayer of Dragon,  Democracy 2,  Electric Box,  Faerie Solitaire, and CyberWord. I plan to keep focusing on creative, indie games next year. I also played major mainstream titles, like…

TechCoquette

TechCoquette is a new site for the intersection of flirting and technology. Lots of new articles up on TechCoquette, including this one on What his Twitter timeline is telling you: Want a peek into your new boyfriend’s mind? Just browse his Twitter timeline! A guy’s Twitter stream gives you clues about his hobbies, how he…

$10,000 for Not Using FireFox

Microsoft is offering $10,000 as a prize for not using Firefox! Yes, really! From a href=”http://www.microsoft.com/australia/ie8/competition/”the site/a:br /br /blockquoteWe’ve buried $10,000 somewhere on the Internet and if you’re the first one to find it, you get to keep it.br /But you’ll never find it using old Firefox.br /(So get rid of it, or get lost.)br…