The Unseen University

A rambling blog from Jeff Kesselman, 25 year game industry veteran, serial startup CTO and part-time faculty at Northeastern University. One part industry commentary, one part philosophy, and one part irascible old engineer. Shake well and pour.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

The soundbyte generation

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I have noticed in the past few years that I am getting more and more flooded by people sending me web-links. Sometimes its just because the...

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Winners and Losers in Oracle's Sun Picks

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Now that the dust has settled in the Snorcle merger, we can see some of what Oracle has kept and not kept in the Sun portfolio. This is my ...

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Monday, April 12, 2010

Just got my IPad

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Quickie review Pros: great form factor, about the same size as my Clio was. (The Clio was fantastic, well ahead of its time hardware, cripp...

Thursday, March 18, 2010

More Lies, damn lies, and statistics

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Nothing is more meaningless or misleading then a statistic without context. For instance, take this one: Virtual Products & Goods Sales ...

Monday, March 15, 2010

Emperors new clothes and suits made of suede

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On numerous occasions I've heard it claimed that Free to Play (F2P) games are generating Average Returns Per User (ARPU) per month in t...

Friday, January 29, 2010

Saying goodbye to Sun

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Today, Sun Microsystem officially ceased to be. Sun was a great engineering company that was responsible for some great innovations. It wil...

Monday, January 25, 2010

Kenai to the rescue

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I don't know if this has anything to do with the oracle Sun acquisition or not, but Sun has a new community development site up in beta ...

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